Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-10-10
PRuSSlAN YOUTH IMPRESSED BY
TEACHERS WITH SUPERIOR
RIGHTS,
PEOPLE OF OTHER
NATIONS THE WEEDS
German Girl Writes Friend of
Necessity Of Expansion and Excuses
War-Taueht From Pulpit That
Prussians Should Inherit Earth
Germanic God Creator of Universe.
pecial to Times-Republican.

| Special to Times Republican.
| Cedar Falls Oct. 10.-That Prussian
! militarism dominating Germany early
| inculcates in German children the war
spirit; that it teaches the pupils Of
German schools that they are the d.
vine fruit, while the people Of other
nations are mercy The weeds, is shown
in letter OF u German girl to one OF
her school friends in Switzerland, a
copy OF when Was received here today
| oy aelen Corning.
Miss Corning recently taught school
at RostDurg, ore. A friend there ie
CelNed The German girls letter from
the girl in Switzerland to whom it was
orig inaily written, who forwarded it 10
America as being an example of the
German viewpoint The letter writer
Is the daughter of a German official.
Her letter, more than a year old, fol-
OwS:
Frankfort on Oder, July 20. 1916.
Ny 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 ig-
norance.
You are in country rendered eff
Terminate by the influence of old fash
Toned ideas of liberty, a country which
IS at least two centuries behind ours.
You are in need Of a good dose of
Prussian culture.
The Place in the Sun.
&c Sy,yiSc pir VI
with your French sympathes. can not
understand how my heart. the heart Of
= young German girl, passlonately de-
sired this war. Speaking of It some
FeaIS ago. my father said to US: Chill
lren, Germany is getting too small for
rs; we shall have to go to France
gain, in order to find more room Is
DO our fault if France will not under
land that more money and land are
e! cCessary for us?
And you reproach US that our SOL
Iers have been very cruel to the Bel
-ian rabble. and you speak also of the
destruction of Rheims and the burning
OF villages and towns. Well, that is
war.
AS in every other undertaking, we
are pastmasters in the making of war.
You have "a great deal TO learn be-
fore you can come to our standard, and
| assure you that what has been done
is a mere bagatelle compared with
what will follow.
LAS a matter Of fact, there is but one
race worthy of ruling the world, and
which has already attained the high
est degree of civilization. That race
is ours-the Prussian: for tho we Ger
mans in general are the lords Of the
world. the Prussian Is UNDOUBTEDLY the
lord par excellence among the Ger
mans.
All 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
Prussian.
Adam and Eve Prussians.
Yesterday, again, our pastor ex-
planned TO US convincingly that our
first parents. Adam and Eve, were also
Prlssian That is quite easy to un-
derstand, because the Bible tells US
that the German God created US all az
ter his own image. If, then, all men
are descended from Adam and his
wife. it follows that only Prussians or
Al least Germans, ought to exist in the
world. and that all who push on and
prosper ought 10 belong to US. You
must admit that this Is why our motto
Is, God with US; God above every
thing
You know why we wished this war
IA It not shameful that other nations
vho have no right Of existence on
Garth wish to diminish our heritage?
W. ~. the a!-:ae e-:;!:. Fl! 1:l@-= s@
only the weeds. Do you understand
that now?
T remain your school friend
Katie Harmful.
..Daughter of state councillor Of arch