22 APRIL 1916, Page 11

A GREAT-HEARTED SOLDIER. (To THE Emma or THE "Breen:roe.'J

SIR, —I beg to quote an extract from the letter of a soldier in Flanders written to his parents upon the receipt of the news that his brother had been killed in action. I send you this because I feel that no pub- licity can be too wide for such inspiring sentiment at this particular time :— " I have seen many a breach in the circle in which I live, but we hardly think of them as dead. It is more like school, where each term brings fresh faces while others are missed. It is easy for us. It is those at home who feel the blow most when it comes. But the compensations are very real, especially in this war of wars in which the duty to go is so clear. It is far better never to return than never to have been."