glad they were to receive any details
of his death. Another brother, who is an officer in the German
army, had written from the front, begging her to inform the dead
soldier's relatives of his fate.

In her letter the lady says: "Although we are enemies, pain and
mourning unite us. So thought my brother, too, for he wrote
everything about your son he could find out. I am sure my
brother and his comrades did all honour to their enemies."

The next extract is from the _Nation_ of November 13. 1915:

Soldiers are not reluctant to speak well of their foes. The
officer son of a friend of mine relates that beyond his line of
trenches is a German commemoration of a British advance in the
shape of a carefully wrought cross, bearing the inscription:
"Sacred to the memory of Lieutenants A---- and B---- of the
Staffordshire Regiment, who died like heroes."

From a private letter: "What impresses one most are the graveyards. All
these are beautifully kept, all the graves have been cared for, and no
distinction has been drawn between German, English, and French, who lie
side by side. 'Hier ruht ein tapferer Englaender, gefallen im Luftkampf'
(Here lies a brave Englishman, fallen in the air fight), etc., etc."

The _Daily News_ of March 10, 1919, has the following:

From a staff sergeant in Germany: "Here, in Germany, an English
officer with the 'flu was nursed by his landlady, who, when her
patient was better, succumbed to its ravages. Her daughter
caught it from the mother, and is now lying at death's door. But
merely 'Huns,' I suppose."

The roll of honour in the chapel at New College, Oxford, includes the
names of three Germans, and the words of charity: _Pro patria--Memento
fratres in Christo_.

THE WAY OF NEW RUSSIA.

In reprisals of good we may learn something from the new Russia. When
the German prisoners were set to work Kerensky said, "Prisoners or not,
they shall be paid at the same rate as other men," and they were. What
was the result? Again the movement of gratitude, which is so potent a
force, if only we would believe it. _The German prisoners presented half
their wages to the Russian Red Cross._ I have to rely on private
information for this.

THOUGHTS FROM THE OTHER SIDE.

The thoughts of the others are much like our own--that is the difficult
truth we have to learn. It is a truth that is absolutely essential to
any peace that