The same journal announces that General VON DIEDENHOFEN, the commander at Karlsruhe, has issued a proclamation expressing his "indignation at the dishonourable conduct" of three German Red-Cross Nurses who have married wounded French prisoners. It certainly does look like taking advantage of the poor fellows when they were more or less helpless. *** We hear that considerable ill-feeling has been caused in certain quarters of Paris by a thoughtless English newspaper calling the Germans "the Apaches of Europe." *** A German critic has been expatiating on the trouble we must have in feeding an Army with so many different tastes and creeds. Commenting on this, _The Evening Standard_ says: "This is not a surprising matter from our point of view, but the German cast-iron system does not lend itself either in thought or practice to adaptability." Some people, we believe, imagine the Germans feed, without exception, on Pickelhauben. *** A little while ago the Germans were claiming our SHAKSPEARE. We now hear that a forthcoming production at His Majesty's Theatre has set them longing, in view of the scarcity of the metal, for our _Copperfield_. *** Mr. THOMAS BURT, M.P., Father of the House of Commons, has decided to resign his seat in Parliament. This does not however mean that the House will be left an orphan. Another father will be found at once. *** It is rumoured that, after the War is over, a statue is to be erected to the Censor at Blankenberghe, in Belgium. *** A tale from the Front. "The enemy are continuing to fortify the coast, Sir," said the subaltern. "I don't care if they fiftify it," roared his commanding officer; "it'll make no difference." This shows the British spirit. * * * * * [Illustration: "BUT YOU AREN'T TALL ENOUGH." "WELL, CAN I GO AS A DRUMMER-BOY?" "I'M AFRAID YOU'RE TOO OLD FOR THAT." "WELL, THEN--DASH IT ALL! I'LL GO AS A MASCOT."] * * * * * A Sensational Statement. "General Smuts stated that there were in the field at the present time, not including those training, more than ---- men."--_Daily Telegraph._ This is headed "South Africa's Forces," and may have been an actual piece of news until it reached the Censor. * * * * * Another Impending Apology. We read beneath a photograph in _The Graphic_:-- "Miss PAULINE PRIM--the cat in the Aldwych Pantomime, as she is in real life." * * * * * The Troubles of Neutrality. From a recent Geography Examination paper:-- "Holland is a low country: in fact it is such a very low country that it is no wonder that it is damned all round." * * * * * A correspondent writes:--