18 APRIL 1914, Page 15

[To THE Mores Or THE . SPECTAT08.1 SIR,—I enclose two Latin

verses which may seem to you

A ROMAN POET ON A ROMAN SOLDrEa's CONSCIENCE.

"Frangit of adtollit wires in milite muss ; guae, nisi justa subest, excutit arms pudor." —Propertius, IV. vi. 57.

Your Roman soldier never fears a fight.

But fights his best in causes that are right.