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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2765, 8 May 1916, Page 4

lii Germany the Government is most careful to prevent the appearance of wounded soldiers ; in the streets. This i precaution gives us further clues to-', wards an -understanding of German psychology, as compared with that of our own people. '■ It seems that tho ; •Teutonic temperament can endure nothing connected with war except reports of .victories mid of atrocities committed upon other people; that, in fact, any, suggestion of suffering to themselves would be unbearable. Almost any day one may see in London omnibuses crowded* with our wounded men,_ some-: of them crippled for life, arrive at places of entertainment. Laughing and cheering and waving their crutches, the occupants scramble out upon the pavement What are the emotions such a sirrht inspires in the passing ciowdr Pity, no doubt; but above and beyond that surelv a glow of exultation thai men can suffer so bravely, a clear recognition that it is an honour to be of their race, and, perhaps, almost a feeling that it is shameful to be whole among those heroic maimed lads.