GERMAN CROCODILE TEARS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XLII, Issue 87, 9 May 1916, Page 7

GERMAN CROCODILE TEARS.

pondoms pay a generous tributn tu i'rencli valour at Verdun and tiiere is obviou'ly a readiness to make friends with the French people. Major Moraht, writing in the ii; rliner Tagoblatt,' says: "While the whole of Germany looks with pride on Ivr warriors, their endurance and their courage, we must be honest enough to acknowledge the bravery of the enemv. In many counter-attacks tho French tried to will a breathing space, and i.Lelended themselves against our iron grip and from threatened destruction by our terrible artillery. A warlike ra'e goe ; - down in the graves of Verdun or struggles home. It is a sad part of this sanguinary war that two nations which could rule the world together and promote Kultur in an unlimited wav are destroying each other. AYe must* keep in mind that these two peoples have no grave reason to attack each other but nevertheless the offer of tho imperial hand was rejected."