COMFORT FOR MOTHERS

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 100, 22 January 1919, Page 4

COMFORT FOR MOTHERS

' THE KAISER'S MESSAGE OF ... SYMPATHY/ Olio word' in the Kaiser's letter to Frau Meter.after she had lost line sons in the war strikes the majority of nonGermans .with, amazement.

It has been often asserted by our enemies that the world outside their borders do not. tJiink as do the Germans, and the rebuke is accepted as praise, -but when the Kaiser writes the bereaved mother that he is "gratified" by, the extent of her sacrifice there is seen to be' a depth yet unplumbed in the Emperor's psychology. Americans instinctively ; place' alongside this strange message of sympathy the letter that Lincoln wrote to Mrs Bixby, and tho two men'seem-to stand out in a clearer light. • , : •; The Kaiser's Letter.' "His 1 Majesty the Kaiser hears that you have sacrificed nine-sons in defence of the Fatherland in tho present war. His. Majesty is immensely gratified at the fact, and in ■ recognition is pleased to send you his photograph, with frame and.autograph signature.'.'•- '-••■:•" Lincoln's Lottbr. ' "Dear Madam,—l have, been shown in the files of the War Department a statement of-, the' Adjutant-General of Massachusetts that yon are tho mother of fivo sons who have died gloriously on.the field of battle. I, feel how weak and fruitless must be any words of mine which would attempt to beguile you from the grief of a loss so overwhelming. '■■ But I cannot refrain from tendering to jyou the. consolation that may be found in the thanks of tho Republic they died to save. I pray that .our Heavenly Father may assuage the anguish of your bereavement t-nd leave you only the cherished memory of the loved and lost, and the solemn pride •that mustbe yours to have laid so costly a sacrifice, upon- the altar of freedom."

■'■ "Only a humane i man; a man of feelings, 'could have written the letter to Mrs: Bixby," says' the Kansas City "Star." - Only a supreme egotist could have'written 'the letter to Fraa Meter. Yet it would be a mistake to assume that' Lincoln, heeause.he folt his heart melt'at tjie -grief., of an 1 American mother,'Jiad not the sternness of purpose to persevere- in his task of saving democracy on.this continent.

';"The other word for - German efficiency is cruelty. To be thorough in the German theory, is to be unfeeling. The Kaiser,, therefore, -was 'gratified' that nino eons of a German mother had died to'preserve his autocracy. To him it was- merely evidence that his system was. still working, and he congratulated himself. Tbi>.t is tho meaning of his letter. It could not convey any other and be German.''

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