The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-08-14
REVIVAL OF ROMAN DEspoTIsm


Everyone who knows anything OF
the history OF the Roman Empire. and
who has also followed the modern de
velopment of Germany, will see much
in the latter to remind him of the
%despotism of the former in its blood
lest days Later Rome was as diff
ferent from early Rome as midnight
is different from MONDAY. And the
same is true of the earlier and the
modern Germany. The earlier Ger
many was noted for its knighthood.
its chivalry, its music. its literature,
its learning and it's art. Within the
last hundred years, particularly with
IN the last fifty years, Germany has
beer losing the soul of her better
self. Cursed with an Unsuitable lust
Tor power she has bent every energy.
every resource. every cent of her
wealth, every particle of her man
hood and every Christian ideal to at
tain this power. She has sold her
soul and the soul of her people in her
satanic quest. Emperor William, like
Nero and others of his ilk in ancient
Rome, has stopped to crimes unimag-
Unable in civilization. To sneak the
plain truth, no b~arbarous nation has
so far committed such depredations
as has Germany during the last three
years Even the Huns in making
their raids upon the crumbling Roman
empire and upon the city of Rome it,
self were constrained to leave nm
touched those priceless cathedrals
and masterpieces of art which they
found IN the possession of their can
tive people. But not so with these
modern huns. They will leave NO
piece of art untouched. No cathe-
oral is sacred to them. What do they
care for n most magnificent and
costly temples, erected to the honor
of the Christ, when they have trampI-
ed His teachings under their unba1-
lowed feet? Nor do they care what
atrocities they commit against limo
cent combatants. Never in civilized
warfare has it been known that the
soldiers of a warning nation would
commit such d-epredations uDon in
nocent women and children as Ger
man soldiers have again and again
m upOn the women and child
rem OF every people they have over
run. Not content with this, m
mas made depreciation after depreda-
ton upon non-combatants in Franco
and England. She has raided proner-
~ and human life upon the high saas
against all laws of God and man
"hether Zoe or neutral made no diff
ference She has wantonly insulted
nearly every flag on earth, so shame
luiiy that no less han twentv-four no
uohs have broken diplomatic rela
lions with her and thirteen have ac-
tually taken up arms to defend their
rational rights and the rights of bu-
manity. "u
ana another thing, in a way eve,
more heinous, she has ann rent1v
brought under her own nefarious sinh
Je01loh her own allies. Every one
knows that Turkey and Bulgaria. and
even Austria-Hungary. are only ~
many catspaws in Germanv's hands
"hether Germany is victorious against
'ne entente allies or not. she is ap-
parently already victorious ovar bar
own allies, and, if permitted. will as
sert her victory at the peace narlia-
ment when il shall be held. In a ver,.
uue sense anomalous as il may seem.
the entente allies are fighting for
Germany's allies and for their right
10 a place in the sun. Can anvtbins
DC more unjust. more unhuman. more
than to turn upon ones al
lies thus and undermine their nation
al rights One is convinced that Ger
many is. at least in bar r,If,~
wholly depraved, thoroughly bad. ir-
remedially u-nregenerate- And if she
should be victorious in arm-God for
bit it'-she would wreak her venge-
ance upon her victims 10 generations
yet unborn.