South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1915-08-30
GERMANY A VICTIM OF STATE
HYPNOTISM
Written by His Hghness Prince Eugene Trubesoy Professor of
Jurisprudence of the University of Moscow.
Reply by Sam j. UnSer.

Your Highness' article recently
published under above headline
created more than ordinary amount of
amusement and laughter among Ger
man-Americans and Americans fam
liar with Germany's people, its GUS
toms, laws. etc.
SO your Highness really thinks that
the German people are rather hypno-
tized by their government. Well,
then lets look into this sort of hypno-
tism, as you choose to call il, and
compare it a trifie with what all the
world without exception calls Rus
sian Tyrannizm." In Germany you
stf|e everyone calls each other by
some title or other, while in Russia,
however. one calls each other by their
Christian names,-if such be posi- BILE
but you carefully omitted that ia
nous or rather infamous little greet
ing, YIN" that usually, if not in
all cases, goes with ii when people
address one another or speak to each
other in the ordinary innocent way of
conversation. without il it seems the
Russian language would have no taste
for Russians. Won't you admit my
dear little prince that there is no ma
ton under the face Of the globe that
can boast of anything as foul and vile
used by high and low among your
writer to pick flaws. find faults or
make comments on Germany and its
people, but veto the Russian with its
darkness of night lowering over the
minds of its pauperiZed. dOwn-trod-
de supplied inha bitants, where au-
tocrats are daily committing atrocious
acts of every description. especially by
the princely tribe of which you have
the honor to be a member. and you
IB,-f,, .Trr. - l. ,,fs
crimes committed by Germans sup
posedly in Belgian, all of which have
been found wanting the stamp of
truth, but only proved TO be manu-
featured falsehoods and libel. for not
a single one Of those sO-called acts
of the reign of terror have been
found to be manufactured and hatch
ed out by the British press in London.
What about on the other hand of
your noble followers who composed
the Russian steam roller" can their
acts OF bestiality possibly be described
without ignoring the laws OF decency,
say nothing about humanity? Our
Honorable Hoosier Statesman. Sen.
Albert Beveridge, who has seen the
handy work left behind by your
friends the retreating cOwardly cos
sacks. the main support Of the latter
ing. tumbling Russ throne. none of
l
press dare make mention of.
But speaking of state hypnotism''
your Highness' interpreter has evil
IDENTIFY picked the wrong word for
your translation, there is a far more
/ fitting one available if you had TAX
en- the pains TO find IL or had you fol
| lowed yourself TO be governed by a
sense of justice in your criticism; that
i little word is not "hypnotism," oh. no
/ it merely spells Loyalty" nothing
/ more or less.
Germanys people are attached tC
/ their government by strains OF pure
/ love, and devotion TO their Father
land and have every reason for il
Rather a different state OF affairs thar
the relationship existing between the
government of your HignneSs little
fathers tyranny and its pauperizeC
mushiks. peasants. serfs and a Siber
ia full Of shackled. starved, beaten
deceased exiles
You might in your next article M
noble prince and professor of juris
prudence also criticise Germany fol
/ having none OF your grand institu
tons, such as Schluesselburg. Kremel
Exile-transpOrts. Pogroms and las
but not least a Siberia, a mammoth
unmarked grave of every ideal. ever
noble though. every possible means
tendlng the upllft OF your degenerat
/ ed race. where hundreds OF thousand
OF your most human hearts have bea
their last and rivers Of tears of nobl,
. martyrs run overlooking.
That isn't all YOU can criticise Ger
many with. blame its Teutonic cultur'
TO be responsible for having given tn
world a Heidelberg" Jena.
Donna" ''Teubinger" and many 9th
er places OF art and knowledge ans
men such as Schiller. Goethe Kant
Heine. Wagner Mozart and Beethoven
Though II might be said that one
there lived a Tolstoy. who tried witt
all his might 10 force the sunshiu
OF higher inspiration into darkes
Russia, but the little father or rSthe