since philosophers and philanthropists are not the controlling powers, it is well for our soldiers to guard our frontier and homes, and their arms, skillfully used, are perhaps the surest guarantee of the peace we all love.

“Peace is a gift only granted to the strong and the resolute.

”I am, dear sir, etc., ”JULES CLARETIE.”

The upshot of this letter is that there is no harm in talking about what no one intends or feels obliged to do.

But when it comes to practice, we must fight.

And here now is the view lately expressed by the most popular novelist in Europe, �mile Zola:

“I regard war as a fatal necessity, which