14 JULY 1917, Page 12

DONALD HAMMY AND SOME KAFFIRS.

(To THE EDITOR OP THE " SPECTATOR.") Sts,—Somewhere in France there is a large camp of Kaffirs. When I first saw them, my British ignorance and prejudice made me jump to the conclusion that they were the scum from the mines in South Africa. To my utter amazement, however, I have since discovered that eighty per cont, of these blacks (Basutes' and Zulus) are the product of our mission schools. They are Christian men—have their own native Padre—and thirty or forty of then; knew all about Donald Mulkey and were quite familiar with .4 Student in Arms! There may be white camps where the same may be said of them, but I haven't come across them yet. Your readers may probably agree that there is something here to set us