Arabs are honourable fellows, and may be trusted to stick to such
understanding.
One point in which an Arab shows himself more of a gentleman than,
say, the Germans in South-west Africa, is that he will never poison
wells, even though he knows his enemy may use them.
True comradeship does not take any account of what the other fellow's
position in life may be.
I remember that when I took a troop of Boy Scouts to Canada, they all
worked in pairs during the whole of the trip, and one of these pairs
consisted of two boys who were respectively the son of an Earl and the
son of a sergeant in an infantry regiment. Yet, although they had been
brought up on totally different lines, they were boys, they were
Scouts, they were not snobs, and they were the best of pals.
And we see very much the same thing at the Front to-day, where, in the
ranks of every battalion, are to be found men of every class and
standing--
"Cook's son, duke's son, son of a belted earl!"
And so, too, between officers and men there is a splendid feeling of
comradeship, each working for the other so far as he possibly can.
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