[To THE Enrron or van "Sracrnrox..]
Sme,—No one can fail to admire those young Quakers who, "nobler than their creed," have gone forth to help to uphold the standard of liberty against tyranny. Perhaps when they return they may desire to seek refuge in a creed nobler than one which would "let high-sighted tyranny rage on till each man drop" rather than stir a hand to help the weak against the strong. One wonders whether the Society of Friends would still have retained their pacificist sentiments if their women- folk had encountered the tender mercies of the German soldiers in Belgium. If they would not, then they stand condemned as those who would avenge their own wrongs but are indifferent to those of others. But if they would still have remained Quietists, let ns hope that these young Quaker soldiers will not seek Quaker brides.—I am, Sir, &c.,
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