Samaritan

General Degoutte is a hero to the French. His War record and the stern efficiency of his rule in occupied Germany as Generalissimo of the Franco-Belgian troops combined to endear him to French hearts. In Germany, however, he was one of the best hated men among the hated "invaders."

Last week, a Mainz-Mannheim express steamed out of Mainz station and a few minutes later, in a tunnel, a local train crashed into it, "turning the tunnel into a smoky, gas-filled hell."

To the scene of the wreck rushed General Degoutte, the French Bishop with the occupation army and the German Bishop of Mainz. While the General personally directed rescue work, the two Bishops administered last rites to the dying.