This picture is based upon a question which is as old as civilized warfare and is no nearer solution now than it was the first time it was asked. Is a soldier justified in permitting one of the enemy to escape when he discovers him, as in this instance, at the bedside of his dying mother? The heart says he is, but according to the rules of warfare as understood by all nations, he has not. This soldier pondered long on the matter after he permitted the escape. He didn't settle it to suit him after all. This problem gives the film a strength which it would not otherwise possess. It is a commonplace in pictures for one soldier to pursue one of the enemy and ultimately capture him. - The Moving Picture World, November 18, 1911
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