Nov. 30.
In all probability a search through the proverbs of the world would fail to find one in whic since civilization began, practi and precept have been' more at variance than in that which say "All's fair in love and war. Leaving love out of the question for the time being, we may assert with considerable confidence that there have been many things, since the time of Grotius, for example, which have not been thought fair in war. The great institution of chivalry which did so much for mankind during the Middle Ages was largely occupied in laying down war regulations expressly denying in some cases the fairness of certain older practices, and what was done then has been surpassed since by international agreements based on that fiercer hate of "'man's inhumanity to man" which has been a growing characteristic of modern times. To go no farther back than the Conventions of Geneva in 1864 and 1868 we find the most careful attention given to the rights of the wounded, and it was knowledge of this fact which gave a shock to the civilized world when it read the notorious directions of the German Emperor to his troops in the Boxer year. Many more efforts have marked the years of recent history, all having for their object a lessening of the horrors, the cruelties, and the avoidable wrongs of war. Tt is impossible that the world can have forgotten what was attempted and what was done at the latest of the Hague Conferences, and hence it will be seen thet whatever may be considered
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.