It is even stated that a pro-German group of young Flemings exists (_K.Z._, 18th March, 1915). In verse translations, the _Dietsch_ or _duitsch_ of the Flemish poets is rendered by "German," whereas these words signify simply the Flemish or Dutch language (_Lüttich_, p. 127; _Köln. Volksz._, 25th January, 1915). Herr Karl Lamprecht, the well-known historian, who knew that his translation was dishonest, was one of those who translated _dietsch_ by "German" (_Die Woche_, No. 12, 1915). Better still, in the same article Herr Lamprecht feigns to believe that by the expression _Noord en Zuid_ Emmanuel Hiel intended to denote the Germans and the Flemings; whereas he is speaking--and no confusion is possible--of the Dutch (Noord-Nederlanders), and the Flemings (Zuid-Nederlanders). A short story by M. Maurice Sabbe was published in the _Berliner Tageblatt_ on the 25th December, 1914, with an introduction which was peculiarly compromising to the author's patriotic sentiments. His extremely plain reply was as follows:-- HOW FRÄULEIN DÄMCHEN WAS BURIED. (_Reproduction prohibited._) By MAURICE SABBE, Professor of Germanic Languages at the Malines Athenæum. (The sketch was preceded by a brief introduction, which we quote.) The sketch we publish here deserves particular attention. Maurice Sabbe is a scholar and a Flemish writer of repute, who, during the bombardment of Malines, fled into Holland. Sabbe knows Germany, thanks to a long residence at Weimar, and the military situation has not succeeded in destroying his feeling, which is exempt from prejudice, for Germany and Germanism. He expresses his opinion with sympathy in the lectures which he is delivering in Holland, and, in the same spirit, he has addressed, through his translator, to a German journal, the _Berliner Tageblatt_, this short story of life in Malines, which describes an episode of the war: the first contribution which, coming from Belgium and written by a Belgian during the war, has been destined to find publication in Germany. THE EDITOR. (_Berliner Tageblatt_, 25th December, 1914.) BUSSUM, _28th December, 1914_. SIR, I beg your hospitality for the following lines:-- In the November number (1914) of the review _Onze Eeuw_ I published a literary version of an episode of the bombardment of Malines. A Dutch writer, M. E. Meier, requested my permission for the publication of a translation of this sketch in a German newspaper. I granted it him without hesitation and even with a certain pleasure. My narrative emphasized the kindness and magnanimity of my countrymen towards their enemies, and, at a moment when the German press was accusing every Belgian of being a franc-tireur, I thought myself fortunate to be able to place a contrary example beneath the eyes of the German public. I left the choice of newspaper to my translator, and the translation appeared in the Christmas number of the _Berliner Tageblatt_.