The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-10-25

The German school girl revealed
the peculiar reasoning OF the national
mind when she wrote:
my Dear Louise: The contents
Of your last letter would have hurt
me had / not known that your
thoughts of our glorious war resulted
from sheer ignorance.
"You are in country rendered eff
Terminate by the influence of old-fash-
toned ideas of liberty, a country
which is at least tWpf centuries be-
hind ours. You are in need of a good
dose of Prussian culture.
1T is evident that you, a Swiss
girl, with your French sympathies,
can not understand how any heart,
the heart OF young German girl, pas
sionately desired the war. Speaking
of it some years ago, my father said
to us: Children, Germany is getting
too small for us; we shall have to go
to France again in order/to find more
room. Is it cur fault If France will
net understand that more money and
land are necessary for us?
And you reproach us that our sol
diers have been very cruel to the Bel
gian rabble, and you speak also of
the destruction of Rheims. and, of
The burning of villages and towns.
Well, that is war. AS in every 9th
er undertaking, we are past masters
in the making of war.
You have a great deal to learn be-
fore you can come up TO our stand
ard, and can assure you that what
has been done so far is a mere baga.
telle compared with what will follow
"As matter OF fact. there is but
one race worthy of ruling the world,
and which has already. attained the
highest degree Of civilization That
race is ours, the Prussian; Tor though
we Germans in general are the lords
of the world, the Prussiar is undoubt-
eddy the lord par excellence among
the Germans.
"All other nations, and among
them, unfortunately, the Swiss, are
degenerate and of inferior worth.
That is why l have always been so
proud of being true Prussian.
Yesterday, again, our pastor ex-
planned to us convincingly, that our
first parents, Adam and Eve, were al
so Prussian. That is quite easy to
understand, because the Bible tells
US that the German God created us
all after His own image. If, then,
all men are descended from Adam and
his wife. it follows that only Prus.
SLAMS, or, at least, Germans, ought to
exist in the world, and that all who
push on and prosper ought to belong
to us. You must admit that that is
logic, and that Is why our motto Is
God with us, Germany above every.
thing ..
You know now why we wished
this war. Is it not shameful that
other nations. who have no right to
existence on the earth, wish to dimin-
ish our heritage? We are the divine
fruit. and the others are only weeds.
That is why our great emperor has
decided to put an end to all these
injustices, and to eXtirpate the
weeds. Do you understand that now?
| remain your school friend, Katie
Hamel."
II is not only the Prussian ruling
house but the whole of Germany, a
nation satisfied with false education
and a belief in might as supreme,
that civilization is facing. The wick.
ed and absurd thing must be crushed ;
and the task must be accomplished
at the earliest moment. If we with.
hold our assistance, either in men or
money, we are prolonging the agony;
while a united effort, concentrated
upon the battle lines in France and
Belgium, will bring a speedy end.
Every person, then, who pulls back,
who argues against the most complete
preparation for war, who talks about
a possible peace on any other lines
than undisputed victory, who hest
tates or refuses to buy Liberty bonds,
who attempts TO bring outside con:
alterations into the problem, is re
sponsible to the degree of his activity
for the delay of peace.
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