We Germans will summon the whole earth to suppress the infamies of England.

Serve us well, and you will not be forgotten.' Then he suddenly asked: 'Did you fight in the last South African War ?' 'Yes, Sir,' I said.

'I was in the commando of that Smuts who has now been bought by England.' 'What were your countrymen's losses ?' he asked eagerly.
I did not know, but I hazarded a guess.

'In the field some twenty thousand.

But many more by sickness and in the accursed prison-camps of the English.' Again a spasm of pain crossed his face.
'Twenty thousand,' he repeated huskily.