“A letter came, forwarded through a neutral in Switzerland; but the letter was not from the pen of Miss X. It had been dictated. Briefly, it said: ‘I am bed-ridden and almost blind. I have hardly anything to live upon; and the Germans will not let me go.’ “Certain details were added which clearly established identity to the recipient of the letter. There followed, on the same sheet of paper, and in the same handwriting, a postscript: ‘Sir, I have taken this poor Englishwoman into my house. How can she live on 10 marks a month? Yours, Fräulein ...’ “Intervened the British Foreign Office and the American Embassy. Then came another letter: ‘Sir, your efforts have not been in vain.... Fräulein ...’ “But that is not the end of this incident of war. ‘Hate.’ had still its ‘uses.’ “‘Sir. I thank you for your good letter and your very kind question. All is paid, hospital and funeral. There were 30 marks left to have the grave a little arranged. Fräulein ...’” My correspondent adds the following comment: “I was an enemy, and ye took me in.” In Vienna newspapers there were in 1915 many advertisements in which French, English, and Russian natives offer their services as teachers, thus: London Lady (Diploma) gives lessons.—L. Balman, VI Bez. Gumpendorferstrasse 5, Th. 14. Frenchman and Frenchwoman give instruction in French.—VIII, Lerchengasse 10. An Irishwoman, brought up in England, gives lessons.—Letters to Miss Morris. Such advertisements, we learn from the _International Review_ of July, 1915, appear daily in Vienna. From _Die Hilfe_, June 22, 1915: “in a weekly concert in Noyon the collaborators were Prof. Rivière, Sergeant Bonhoff, and Director Günzel. The performance of the Frenchman from an organ composition of his own was most effective.” There are, of course, also exhibitions of narrow-mindedness. In Halle the police forbade a performance because one of those who took part was an “enemy alien.” (_Vorwärts_, June 1, 1915.) On the other hand, when some Italian musicians complained of unjust dismissal, the court awarded them damages of 700 marks. The _Volksstimme_, of Frankfurt a.M., June 8, 1915, writing of Italy, deprecates any hatred of Italians. As soon as the responsible authorities had decided on war, obedience was the duty of each Italian citizen, just as of each German.[69] This outspoken deference to “responsible authority” is characteristically German, but the doctrine is here applied with great fairness. Some of our militarists apply it less fairly. And, alas, when the Italian _Avanti_ published an article “Against the Blunders of International Hate,” the wisdom of the Censor caused it to be largely blanked out. The Censors seem to have strict orders to keep us hating each other.[70]