The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1917-12-07

later Bernhardi--whose teachings
infamed the youths Of Germany,
who in good time would be willing
any loyal subjects and eager to spill
their blood and pull your chestnuts,
yours and mine. The spell has
been perfect you cast your ambi-I
tious eyes toward theMediterranian,
Egypt, India and the Dardenelles,
and you began your great railway
to Bagdad, but the ambitious ARCH
duke and his more ambitious wife
stood in the way. 1t was then that
! sowed the seed in your heart that
blossomed in the assassination of
the duke and his wife, and all hell
smiled when it saw how cleverly
you saddled the crime on to Serbia.
| saw you set sail for the fiords of
Norway and | knew yon would
prove an abb.
How cleverly done, so much like
your noble grandfather. who also
secured an assassin to remove old
King Frederick of Denmark, and
later robbed that country OF two
provinces that gave Germany an
opportunity to become a naval pow
er. Murder is dirty work, but it
takes q Hohenzollern to make away
and get by.
Your opportunity was at hand:
you set the world on fire and bells
of hell were ringing; your rape on
Belgium caused much joy--it was
the beginning Of the foundation Of
a perfect hell on earth, the destruc-
ton Of noble cathedrals and other
infinite works of art was hailed
with joy in the internal regions.
| You made war on friend and foe
alike and the murder of civilians
showed my teachings had born
fruit. Your treachery toward neu-
trail nations FASTENED a universal
upheavel-the thing | most desired
Your undersea warfare is a master
stroke; from the smallest mackerel
boat to the great Lusitania you
show no favorites. AS a war lord
you stand supreme, for you have
no mercy; you have no considera.
ton for the baby clinging to its
mothers breast, as they 60 down in.
to the deep together, only to betorn
apart and leisurely devoured by
sharks down among the corals
7 have strolled over the battis
fields Of Belgium and France. ]
have seen your hand Of destruction
everywhere; it's all your work. SUI
perfiend that | made you. | have
seen the fields of Poland, now q
wilderness, fit for providing beasts
lonly; no merry children in Poland
now; they all succumbed to fros.
and starvation. drifted down into
Galicia, where formerly Jews and
Gentiles lived happily together;
found but ruins and ashes. | felt a
curious pride in my pupil, for it was
all above my expectation. ! was in
Belgium when you drove the peace
full population before you like cattle
into slavery; you separated husband
and wife and forced them to hard
labor in your trenches. | have seen
the most fiendish rape committed
on young women, and those who
were forced into maternity were
cursing the father Of their offspring
and ! began to doubt if my own In.
ferno was really up to date.
You have taken millions Of dol.
lars from innocent victims and call
ed it indemnity; you have lived on
the fat of the land you usurped and
sent the real owners away to starva.
ton. You have strayed away from
all legalized war methods and In.
troduced a code Of your own. You
; have killed and robbed the people
of friendly nations and destroyed
) their property. You are a liar. q
; hypocrite and buffer Of the high.
est magnitude. You are a part Of
mine and yet you pose as person.
al friend Of God. All. Wilhelm, you
are wonder. You wantonly de.