ABSTRACT
In this chapter the author attacks the peace preliminaries recently agreed by Lord Shelburne's ministry and advances many of the arguments of the critics of these preliminaries in both Houses of Parliament. He maintains that the government has unwisely rushed into peace negotiations just when Britain's naval power has been restored and when greater success is now possible in India and the West Indies. Having sensibly abandoned the war in America, Britain is now in a position to turn its full naval and military weight against her European enemies. In looking at the specific terms negotiated with France, Spain and America, the author accusing the British ministry of making over-generous concession to France and Spain, and agreeing frontier and commercial terms with America that will cause new problems in the future. Shelburne is warned that he should not continue with his peace negotiations when he has not secured the full support of Parliament.
