The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1917-09-06
A PRUSSIAN >.,-.L'S VIEWS.
Says PruSsianS Are the Only People
Worthy TO Rule the World.

Here is a letter written by Prus-
sian schooleirl to friend in SWitZ-
erland. The writer undoubtedly is
young. Therefore it is quite safe to
assume that her views are reflected,
and consequently throw a very good
sidelight on the peculiar mental con-
dition of the average German-the
German of kultur, for her father is
the state councillor of architecture.
And if you were not aware that
Adam and Eve were Prussians and
that the Prussians are the lords par
excellence of the world, and that all
other nations are only weeds, the
following letter, printed in the
Scothman, will enlighten you on this
and other interesting facts about
Prussia:
Frankfort-or-Order, 29th July, 1915.
My Dear Louise: The contents of
your last letter would have hurt me
had l not known that your thoughts
of our glorious war resulted from
sheer ignorance.
You are in a country rendered ef-
Terminate by the influence of old-fash-
ioned ideas of liberty, a country
which is at least two centuries be-
hind ours. You are in need of good
dose of Prussian culture.
It is evident that you, 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. Germany is getting too
small for us; we shall have to go
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?
And you reproach us that our SOL
diers 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
great deal to learn before you can
come up to our standard, and | can
assure you that what has been done
so far is a 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 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 excel
lence among the Germans. All other
nations, and among them, unfortu-
nately the Swiss, are degenerate and
, of inferior worth. That is why l
have always been so proud of being
true Prussian.
Yesterday, again our pastor ex-
planned to us convinvingly 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 US. You must admit that
that is logic, and that is why our
motto is, t'God with us, Germany
above everything.''
You know now why we wished
this war. 1t is not shameful that
other nations, who have no right to
existence on the earth, wish to di-
minish our heritage. We are the di
vine fruit, and the others are only
weeds. That is why our great en-
peror has decided to put an end to
all these injustices and to extirpate
the weeds. Do you understand that
now?
1 remain your school friend,
KATIE HAMEL,
Daughter of the State Councillor of
Architecture.