12 JUNE 1915, Page 3

We are glad to know, however, that the conscience of

many young Quakers has directed them to a different conclusion, just as Quakers in the American Civil War took up arms because they saw that the cause which they judged to be right was in danger of yielding to the cause which they thought wrong so long as they merely looked on as a matter of principle. In our opinion, there is no nobler spectacle than that of a young Quaker who knows how to differentiate between ordinary ware and a war such as this and joins the colours. Let us hope that there are Quaker girls not a few who, like "the young plants o grace" in Scott's ballad, say in their hearts; " Good Luck to thy Bonnet, thou Bonny Dundee."