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Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 330, 3 February 1902, Page 1

It is to be feared that the typical German army officer has " too much ego in his cosmos.” His sensitiveness to insult is extraordinary, and his love for duelling almost a disease. On the whole, “ it is fortunate for Germany that her Emperor feels the weight of the world’s opprobrium in respect of her duelling practices. He has announced to the army that in future he will he the sole arbiter of necessity for fighting, in case of a difference of view between officers, or the touching of that particularly squeamish honor which can only vindicate itself by killing an acquaintance and orphaning his children. Hereafter the court of honor will sit, as before, and if an officer who calls his men swine and oxen, and refers contemptuously to a private as “it ” and “ that,” is spoken to in a like manner by a brother officer, lie can fay his grievance at the feet of this board and request permission to stab him. The decision of the hoard will not be final, however ; the case must after that go to the Emperor, and to mollify the wranglers it is announced that if they are forbidden to kill one another they suffer no loss of honor. Were it not for this they would persist in fighting, and to disobey the Emperor would be treason, and so punishable severely. The touchiness of a duelling people is ; childish, and the practice is one that inevitably leads to brutality. No man who wilfully stabs or shoots ail equal, for a look or a word, is a gentleman ; he is a bully and a ruffian, unfitted to , serve his country as an officer.” The annual meeting of the North

Island Grand Lodge of Druids is to be held at Masterjton, commencing next Thursday, February 6th, when a considerable amount of important business is to be transacted.

A reward is offered for the recovery oi a bay gelding with saddle and bridle lost from thp‘ Turanganui Hotel yards last pvenißS'