The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1917-11-22
THE WAY WAR LOOKS To
A YOUNG PRUSS|AN GIRL

nELUsIoN OF PRUsslANs THAT
THEY ARE CHOSEN PEOPLE
TO RULE THE WORLD.
current Events, little weekly
publication which supplies the con-
.densed news of the world to the pub
TIC schools of the country, says the
following letter from a Prussian girl
to friend in Switzerland may throw
light upon that amazing state of mind
! OF the Prussian people which leads
them to support and applaud their
king in plunging the world into war.
For behind the war, and the real
cause of it. there is a Prussian way of
looking at things That way is so
foreign to our American ideas of right
and wrong that Americans can hard
ly understand it or believe that it
exists
The letter is printed in the Congress
siona Record, and is taken from page
S046 of the volume for the recent SEES
sion. No doubt this girl is just an
average Prussan 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 a great intelligent
people like the Prussians can be SO
ignorant and perverted in their moral
ideas is what is hardest for Amer-
cans to understand
The Letter.
Frankfort on Oder, July 20, 1916
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 a country rendered eff
Terminate by the Influence of old fash
toned ideas of liberty country winch
is at least two centuries behind OH $.
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
how my heart, the heart
of young German girl, passionately
desired this war. Speaking of it some
years ago. my father said to us: Chill
dren, Germany is getting too small
for us, we shall have to go to Franco
it our fault if France will not under
stand that more money and land are
necessary for us?
Cruelty Mere Incident.
And you reproach us that our
soldiers have been very cruel to the7I
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 under
taking, we are past masters in the
making of war
You have a great deal to learn be-
fore you can come up to our standard,
and | can assure you that what has
been done so far is mere bagatelle
with what will follow.
Only Race Worthy to Rule.
GAS a 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 undoubt
eddy the lord par excellence among
the Germans
All other nations, and among them,
the Swiss, are degen-
crate and of inferior worth. That is
why | have always been SO proud of
being true Prussian.
The Chosen People.
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 all
after his own 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 ought to belong to u.s.
You must admit that that is logic, and
that is why our motto is, God with us,
"You know now why we wished this
war. Is it not shameful that other
nations, who have no right to exist
ence 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 extirpate the weeds. Do you
that now?
II remain your school friend,
KATIE HAMEL."