NEUTRALS.
[To rot Emma or run "Srcomeros."] Sin,—As you say, the issue in the present war is the existence of our civilization. It is whether the law of justice and humanity or mere brute force is to prevail among the nations. We are fighting those who my "Our strength shall be unto ns as a law of righteousness and the weak are of no account " (Wisdom of Solomon, chap. ii., verse 11). Tho forces of good are arrayed against the forces of evil. In this conflict there are neutrals. Might I remind your readers that Dante records an earlier conflict between the forces of good and the forces of evil (Inferno, Canto 3) P In that conflict also there were neutrals. There were rebel angels and angels faithful to God, but there were also angels who took neither aide, but remained " detached spectators," waiting to see what would tarn up. This is what Dante calls them :— " Quel cattivo core degli angeli the non furon ribolli of fur fedeli a Din, ma per oh fore."
("That caitiff choir of the angels who were not rebellions nor were faithful to God, but were for themselves.")
Dante goes on to say what happened to them
" Caceianli i ciel per non esser men belt ne lo profondo inferno gli ricer° CLS alcuna gloria i rei avrebber d'olli."
("Heaven chased them forth to hoop its beauty from impair, and the deep hell received them not, for the wicked would have some glory over them.") They were kept in the dark ontskirt of hell, tormented by wasps and hornets. Dante spoke in a parable, a parable applicable to all time when the issue is between good and evil.—I am, Sir, Ac.,
Hove, Sussex. jOSITIIA. STRANGE WILLIA,VB.
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