The Glasgow courier., 1917-12-14
TEUT0NS CLAIM
ADAM and EVE
Prussian Pastors Tell Their
FlOcks That First Man Was
Created a German.

Pastors of churches in Prussia
tell the members of their flocks
that Adam and Eve were Prusslans,
according to letter written by a
German girl, long before America
entered the war to a girl friend who
lived in Switzerland. This letter,
which is printed in the Congressional
Record on page 8046 of the volume for
the last session, throws some light
upon the amazing state Of mind which
apparently leads the German people
to support and applaud their king IN
plunging the world into war
No doubt this girl is just an av-
erage Prussian in the ideas she shows
regarding a supposed Prussian right
to rule the world. She expresses the
idea little more simply and frankly
than the Prussian statesmen, that is
all. That great intelligent people
like the Prussians can be so ignorant
and perverted in their moral ideas is
what is hardest for Americans to un-
derstand. The letter:
"Frankfort on Oder, July 20, 1916.
my dear Lo1ise: The contents of
your last letter would have hurt me
had not known that your thoughts
of our glorious war resulted from
sheer ignorance.
Behind the Times.
"You are in country rendered ef-
Terminate by the influence of oldfash-
ioned ideas of liberty, a country which
is at least two centuries behind ours.
You are in need of good dose of
Prussian culture.
at is evident that you, Swiss
girl, with your French sympathies, can
not understand how my heart, the
heart of a young German girl, pas
sionatey desired this war. Speaking
of it some years ago, my father said
to US: Children, Germany is getting
too small for us, we shall have to 60
to France again in order to find more
room.' Is it our fault if France will
not understand that more money and
land are necessary for us?
Cruelty Mere Incident.
"And you reproach US that our
soldiers have been very cruel to the
Belgian 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 other
undertaking, we are past masters in
the making Of war.
"You have a great deal to learn
before you can come up to our stand
ard, and l can assure you that what
has been done so far is mere baga-
telle compared with what will follow.
Only Race Worthy to Rule.
GAS 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 Prussians; for
though we Germans in general are
the lords of the world, the Prussian
is undoubtedly the lord par excellence
among the Germans.
Call other nations, and among them,
unfortunately the Swiss, are degener-
ate and of inferior worth. That is
why l have always been so proud of
being a true Prussian.
yesterday, again, our pastor ex-
planned to US convincingly that our
first parents, Adam and Eve, were
also Prussian. That is quite easy
to understand, because the Bible tells
US that the German God created US al
after his own image. If, then, all mer
are descended from Adam and his
wife, it follows that only Prussians
or at least Germans, ought to exist
in the world, and that all who pusl
on and prosper ought to belong to us
You must admit that that is logic
and that is why our motto is, Coz
with US, Germany above everything
"You know now why we wished
this war. Is it not shameful tha
other nations, who have no right t.
existence on the earth, wish to di
minish our heritage? We are tn
divine fruit and the others are onl
weeds. That is why our great EN-
peror has decided to put an end to
these injustices and to extirpate tn
weeds. Do you understand that now
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