ajority of cases,
truly not deserved to be derided in such a way. Had they not
fought bravely we should not have had to register such losses.

Insipid, therefore, as these postcards are in themselves, their
effect here on the battlefields, in face of our dead and
wounded, is only calculated to cause disgust. Such postcards are
as much out of place on the battlefield as a clown is at a
funeral. Perhaps these lines may prove instrumental in
decreasing the number of such postcards sent to our troops.

Personally, I believe this to express the soul of the real Germany and
the soul of the real England. The soul of any people is the _best_ that
is in it.

The following is from a lecture delivered by Prof. H. Gomperz in Vienna,
early in 1915:

"Ladies and gentlemen, in our day all sorts of speakers and
writers feel called upon to preach to us the doctrine of hate,
in prose and even in verse, more especially against one of the
countries opposing us. I do them the honour of assuming that
even they do not mean that we are to translate this feeling into
action; rather, even they do not dream of doing the slightest
harm to any individual Englishman in so far as it is not
necessary or inevitable for the purposes of victory. What then
does this preaching of hatred mean, if indeed it means anything
at all, and is not the mere empty clamour of some people anxious
to attract attention without rendering useful service? Do they
mean us to nurse and cherish the feeling of hate? Truly a
strange demand after nearly two thousand years of training in
the teaching of the gospel! And besides, whom are we to hate?
The individual doing his duty in the service of his country,
just as we are? Or the responsible governors of the destinies of
that country, and the irresponsible leaders of its public
opinion?" Hatred of the individual serving his country and
governed by others Prof. Gomperz does not stop to discuss. It
can obviously be the product only of what with etymological
correctness we may term _insanity_. The governors and leaders
imagined an irreconcilable antagonism. If they were right their
case is justified; if they are wrong we must no more hate them
than we should hate a patient suffering temporarily from
delusion.--_International Review_, August, 1915.

Magnus Schwantje spoke very plainly at a meeting