A GREAT DANGER.
(To Tax Emma or rem 4.flrocraroan Sim,—In a recent issue of the Spectator you published a letter from "O. D. M.," of Boston, in which that writer seriously warned you, in a friendly way, that in the course of a tour which he made through parts of the United States he ascer- tained that "among well-informed people of the better class it is generally conceded that Germany cannot be beaten, and that the outcome of the war will be either a draw or else Germany will be victorious." As this opinion does not seem to be sustained by the events that are happening in the different theatres of the war, nor to be in harmony with the opinion of the great majority of the people in this country, its only value would seem to consist in illustrating the peculiar mental process of those whoa.) "wish is father to the thought." The allusion to " well.informed people," who are living four or five thousand miles from the scenes of operations, is a joke that could not have been lost on you and your readers. Perhaps your correspondent meant to say well-formed people, judging by their life on the prairies. Poor Humanity ! This war has revealed_ yourmany psychological twists, and makes me think how much truth there is in the lines of Tom Moore :—
" This world is all a fleeting show,
For man's illusion given;
The smiles of joy, the tears of woe, Deceitful shine, deceitful flow— There's nothing true but Heaven!"
But in order to make the world better England meet win, and
she will win. —I am, Sir, &c., T. E. W. New York, U.S.A., March 7th.
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