Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1917-08-24
A Prussian Girls
Views of The War


Here is a letter written Eby a
Prussian schoolgirl to a friend In
Switzerland. The writer undoubt-
ably is young. Therefore it is quite
safe to assume that her views are
reflected, and consequently throw
a very good sidelight on the pecu-
liam mental condition of the aver
age German the German OF
k1ltur, for her father is the state
councillor of architecture. And II
YOU were not aware that Adam and
Eve were Prussians and that the
Prussians are the lords par excel
.lence of the world, and that all
other nations are only weeds,
the following letter, printed in the
Scotsman, will euiighten you On
this and other interesting facts
Prussia:
Frankfort on Oder, 10Th July, 1916
Ny Dear Louise: The contents
of your last letter would have hurt
we had | not known that your
thoughts of our glorious war re-
suited from sheer ignorance.
You are in a country rendered
effeminate by the influence of old
fashioned ideas Of liberty, a coun-
try which is a; least two centuries
behind ours You are in need of a
good dose Of Prussian culture.
1t is evident that you, a Swiss
girl, with your French sympathies,
cannot understand how my heart,
the heart of young German girl,
passionately desired this war.
Speaking of it some years ago, my
father said to US: "Children, Ger
many is getting too small for us;
we shall have to go to France again
in order to find more ROOM" Is it
our faultif France will not under
stand that more money and land
are necessary for us?
And you reproa CHI us that our
soldiers have been very cruel to the
Belgian ra bile, and you speak also
of the destruction of Reims 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 be-
fore you can come up to our stand
ard, and | can assure you that
what has been done so far is mere
bagatelle compared with what will
follow.
As a matter of fact, there is but
one race worthy of ruling the
world, and which has already at
tanned the highest degree of civil
ization. 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. All other nations, and
among them, unfortunately. the
Swiss are degenerate and of inferior
worth. That is why I have always
been so proud of being a true
Prussian.
Yesterday, again, our pastor ex :
planned ta~us convincngly that our
first parSnts, Adam and Eve, were
also PTdssian. That is quite easy
to understand. because the Bible
tells US that the German God
created us all after his OVID image.
If, then, all men 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 push on
and prosper, belong to us. You
must admit that is lagic, and that
is why our motto is, God with US,
Germany above everything"
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
diminish 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 ex-
tirpate the weeds. Do you under
stand that now?
I remain your school friend,
Katie Hamel,
Daughter of the State Councillor Of