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that his son has nevertheless succeeded in
making himself an honourable position in
life—of course, you could never have become
a German officer. To go back to what we
were saying,” he went on, “I am glad you
mentioned Rheims. Here we have again an
example of what I so appropriately called an
unavoidable accident of war. I am aware
that a great deal of fuss has been made about
this accident by the hostile press, and I have
thought a good deal about it. Luckily for us
we are as innocent with regard to the
bombardment of the cathedral of Rheims as we
are with regard to the disturbance we
unhappily caused you and your wounded last
night in this little church. Our conscience is
quite clear. Civilians cannot understand
that the position of a battery is perforce
determined by the formation of the
surrounding country. The unfortunate
situation of the cathedral in the very firing line
of our heavy guns made it unavoidable that
the old building should receive a scratch or
two from the claws of the German eagle—a
rather striking metaphor, if you allow me to
say so. Besides, Gothic architecture has had
its day, and, as the Frankfurter Zeitung so
cleverly pointed out, the disappearance of
these old monuments will only hasten the
birth of new and astounding creations of
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