LEST WE FORGET

Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2838, 1 August 1916, Page 6

LEST WE FORGET

Sir,—Many thanks for your article, 'The Unspeakable Gorman," in to-day's issue, it is good thus to formulate the public indignation; but it is, ajas, necessary to prevent oven such inhuman misconduct as that of the miserable bounder who 15 the head anil front of all this ofteiidiug irom being forgotten. Otherwise, assuredly it is going to happen that he will escape the punishment of at least some of his crimes. The jubilation wnen peace is declared, the impulse at such a time to exercise the spirit of mercy that inhabits the breast of each of [is, the disposition common in trie English character to let bygones be bygones, ■ the indisposition as common to triumph, over a fallen foe—each of these will bo used, and skilfully used by this rascal's emissaries to obtain for him the best possible terms. 1 venture to suggest that you compile and publish, and republish at not too long- intervals, a full and correct list of Hun atrocities as extant to date. You may depend upon it that so reminded of what is due to the valour of wen and the sanctity of women miserably done to death to order in spite of law, we shall feel better fur- - nished when we come to answer the question: "What does New Zealand demand?" And, for pity's sake, don't omit this last outrage 'at Lille.—l am, etc., cto., X. [We shall adopt o.ur correspondent'? suggestion.], • I