23 MARCH 1945, Page 11

• IT WILL BE SO

One day, when guns have ceased to roar And once again the world is clean, The memory of these tortured years Will seem as distant as a dream; And listening to old soldiers' tales With wide, uncomprehending eyes,

Small boys will shake their heads and say: "Old men, you know—they tell such lies."

(Translated from the Russian of Alexei Sudtov by ALAN MORAY WILLIAMS.)