29 APRIL 1916, Page 13

A NEW ZEALAND TROOPER'S LETTER.

[TO THZ EDITOR OF THE 'SPECTATOR.')

Sin,—I beg to quote from the letter of one of my sons in the New Zealand Army, after his brother had fallen in action. The writer, by profession a farmer in the Antipodes and a plain man of action, joined as a trooper : "I am very proud of C—, and if it is my lot to share the same fate I know you won't regret. I feel very much for you, mother, and hope you won't go and get ill. I feel very sad sometimes, but there is always some excitement here, and the thought that I will soon be in it myself helps a lot. I always think that people who stay behind suffer the most. Death is nothing really, but the thought of the unhappiness it will cause often makes a chap think."