We have received the following telegram from Moscow : "
The Polish colony and exiles in Moscow, assembled in the Polish Theatre at the Shakespearean Festival, have thrilled in union with literary England celebrating a time-honoured glorious anniversary.—Presi- dent of the Polish Committee, Alexander Lednicki, Prince Mathias Radziwill, Antoine de Zwan, Count Xavier Puspowski." The Germans have always tried to claim Shakespeare for themselves. We may be certain, however, that were Shakespeare alive he would have counted the tribute from the Poles as worth a wilder- ness of praise from the Germans. His " free and gentle spirit," just, temperate, and wise, was the very antithesis of that which now, alas inspires, debases, and deforms the German nation:—
"0, it is excellent
To have a giant's strength; but it is tyrannous
To use it like a giant."
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