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Colonist, Volume LI, Issue 12475, 27 February 1909, Page 4

An extraordinary example of Ger-man-military discipline, wlnclv occurred on Christmas Eve, near Brpnikowen is attracting public attention shvs the Berlin correspondent of the .'•Daily Express")- Herr Arcnur Kriede, a wealthy landowner of Bronikowen, was skating- on • SonsburK Lake, when the ice broke and he fell throush into the water. A soldier was doing sentry duty near at hand, and Kriede shouted to the soldier for help, and begged him to. render as-, sistance. Military "regulations, however, prohibit a soldier doing sentry . duty from leaving his pojst under any : circumstances whatever. As this particular soldier could not render as- J sistance to Kriede without ; leaving his post and thereby, infringing military regulations, lie remained where he was and watched Kriede drown before his eyes. There were several long poles lying near the spot, and the soldier need only have walked to the bank of the lake and held.out one of the poles to the drowning man to effect his rescue.