The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-11-29

yAott eiioc uhA.Sb Gil !CiaSSeS III True
democratic spirit, such as would SUR
passs the most daring dream Of the
patriotic democrats Of '48. e.
The grand part children are TAX
ing in public work is cieating gen.
Grafton of practical citizens that will
be of the greatest value to Germany
in the future.
Why Help is Needed.
but do not imagine that the state
can do EVERYTHING. / have come
distance of over 5000 miles to tell
you of facts unprecedented in history.
Such facts are to be found in the
history of East Prussia. This part of
the empire has ben warbound very
often in the past.
East Prussia, founded in the 18th
century by the Deutsche Ritter Or
den, fourished and attained the high
est culture until it was destroyed by
the Tartars in 1410, when the first
battle of Tannenberg was fought. The
proclamation of the reformation of
Luther was issued in Koenigsberg,
East Prussia, in 1926; but the pros
perity of the country again was de-
stroyed by the Tartars in 1866. This
last invasion bears the greatests sim.
llarlty to the present conditions. East
Prussia never~has had long time of
leisure to recover from its war
wounds. Napoleon's cradle of war
Tor German independence, armies, on
their way to and from Russia, left
track of desolation behind. East
Prussia then again became the cradle
OF war for German independence, and
1T would be going too far to enum-
crate all the great men who found
their birthplace in East Prussia. The
inhabitants, of whom many are Of Po-
llsh descent, are injured to hardships
under which their patriotism has
grown, and strengthened, so that thew
are able to bear the strain of the
present time.
"These same East Prussians were
IN reality the only Germans who rea-
llzed that war was coming to US.
Their suspicion had long been arous-
ed by, the behavior of their Russian
neighbors.
Germany Unprepared.
"Trip to remember the shape of the
German-R Russian boundary. This long
line that touches Russia for $50 kilo-
meters, about 700 miles. This line is
without Notifications, and shows only
light preparation for defense. Ger
many can have no more eloquent
proof of her absolute unpreparedness
tor world war than the refusal of
the reichstag in 1913 to give East
Prussia the means for three regi
ments for it's defense.
"Russit! The word usually awak-
ems sense of romance in the breats
of Americans. 1t opens dreams of
grandeur and pomp of the abilities of
Peter the Great, and of poetry in
thinking of the Nomads and the Cos
sacks and their life on the great
plains of Russia.
"To the German the word has quite
different sound. We think of all
the bloodshed and cruelty that has
built up the throne. We know of the
poverty and suffering Of the greater
part of the inhabitants, whose gener-
al education certainly will be one of
the great issues of the present war
And we know that the vaunted Co.'S
sacks are but wild horde Of undis-
clpilned riders, who are regarded
with contempt by the regular SOL
dicrs of the imperial army.
ga Cossack is a man whose tribe
is under obligation to send it's young
men fully equipped Tor military SER
wees to the czar, from whom they re.
ceive no remuneration for their SER
vice. They must provide for them
selves by theft and plunder. Crime
is matter of course under these con-
ditions. Such were the hordes that
invaded East saved In contributing
to the 'voks-
They came across the fields, de-
yastating everything in their path.
The Germans of Easts Prussia had
anticipated this invasion, but it was
deemed best not to flee, and to keep
their houses occupied by right of the
law OF non-reslstance, which prevails
IN every civilized country on earth.
They were not armed, these peaceful
inhabitants; they were not snipers
who killed soldiers; they did not at
tempt to be anything but friendly to
the invading forces, because they
were afraid that by leaving their
houses they would be demolished, Just
because they had no occupants.
Plain Butchery.
Well, the ossacks came, they
butchered every man they could find
10000 innocent, unresisting men.
They butchercd them Just to kill
some Germans'-that is ALL The
women were treated even more terri
ply. They defiled them, and the chill
dren of these unfortuns. e women,
motherlcss and fathcrless now, are
taken care of by the German govern
ment.
"The Cossacks went into the
houses, killed the males, put the fe-
males aside, and proceeded to clean
out the houses. Every piece of fur
niture was thrown into the street;
pianos, books, everything that could
be moved. Thousands of carts, fol-
lowing the army of the Cossacks, re-
moved everything Immediately to
Russia, where every trace of it is
lost. Then the buildings were set on
fire.
Whcn the second invasion took