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Society of France can publish anything in the journals or reviews of 

 the enemy countries. 



4. The Entomological Society of France does not subscribe directly 

 for any publication of the enemy countries ; it will procure those which 

 appear to be necessary through intermediaries. 



5. The Entomological Society of France does not furnish its pub- 

 lications directly to any national of the enemy countries ; such must, if 

 they desire them, procure them through intermediaries. 



Moreover, the Entomological Society of France expresses the wish 

 that, among the reparations which will be demanded from the enemy, 

 the allied and associated governments will include those for injuries 

 caused to allied entomologists by destruction or pillage of their col- 

 lections and libraries. 



The conclusions of this report were put to vote and adopted 

 unanimously. (Bulletin Soc. Ent. France, 1918, No. 20, 1919.) 



At the meeting of the same Society, held February 26, 1919, 

 the President, M. E. Moreau, read a letter written in the name 

 of the Entomological Society of Belgium by the latter's Secre- 

 tary, H. Schouteden, dated Brussels, February 18, 19 19, stat- 

 ing, inter alia, that the Belgian Society had unanimously rati- 

 fied the expulsion of all its German and Austro-Hungarian 

 members without exception, and decided to entertain no rela- 

 tions whatsoever with the entomologists of the central empires 

 and not to make any exchange of publications with them. 

 (Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1919, No. 4.) 



The severance of relations between scientific bodies, as above 

 declared, is one of the least of the evils due to the recent war. 

 We can appreciate the feelings of those who decline to have 

 any direct communications with the enemy and it is not to be 

 expected that intercourse will be restored for many years to 

 come. When we turn from these lesser evils to the greater 

 and consider the enormous losses in life, in happiness, in op- 

 portunities for productive labor, in property, which to some 

 degree have been experienced by every one of the inhabitants 

 of the civilized world, no punishment can be deemed too severe 

 for the imperialistic group which, positively or negatively, 

 plunged mankind into the horrible struggle.^ No false notions 

 of forgiveness, charity, or mercy should be allowed to stand 

 between that group and the death penalty. 



