Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1923-07-20 | Page 4 | One Little Act of Kindness

ONE LITTLE ACT OF KINDNESS Near Neal Cologne i Germany Germans two French soldiers were In danger of death ath by drowning A German Inn innkeeper leeper who saw their plight forgot thele was hatred in the hearts of the French and Germans Into the Rhine and rescued the themen muon When the deed of o heroism was reported the French general com the area the German was wao asked it 1 ho he desired anything as i a reward and he be pleaded for tor the lives of seven BeTen of ot his en who have been sentenced to dell death h hon on charges of sabotage The Tho gen gen- general general eral ersi promised to send his plea for mercy to the Preach French government This Is ls an opportunity to wIpe cloe to some the bitterness of the con- con fIlet which exists The moral ef- ef ef effect feet of ot sentencing the men to death will remain even en though their lives be BI spared red and by relenting under 1 an act of ot generous Im Impulse se on the tho part of ot a German a deep deep aba slon might be bo made German mind From little things big things come ome One little act ot t good will might clear c the minds of the French and and nd release rolease the two from tho the hatreds of ot th the past paste DIner Digger better should find expression in hi the neighbors neighbor who ho have haim frowned at each other across the Rhine and ane have bave tilled theIr hearts with distrust 1