[TO is EDITOR 01 1"111 ..erscrrros."1 SIR,—Yon may like to
publish the appended extract from a private letter. It is a conclusive opinion from one of the best- known Judges in the United States.—I am, Sir, &c., A BARRISTER.
"The war is engrossing the thoughts of every one here. The unanimity of sentiment against German militarism is wonderful. The exceptions are the native-born Germans or those with special and recent Germanic affiliations. This is not due to any hostility against the Germans themselves. Our connexions with them are too close and manifold. The feeling is directed against the spirit manifested in such books as von "Bernhardi's Germany and the Next if Nor are we unduly influenced by any unthinking prejudice in favour of England. During the Boer War, for example, I think the Boers had as much sympathy here as the British. Onr attitude in this case is, I think, due to an impartial consideration of the cold facts."
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