The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1917-08-15
PRUSSIANS ARE
divine FRUIT
OTHERS'WEEDS'

Prusslars are "dlvlne fruit"
and all other people "are only
weeds"
SO concludes Miss Kate Ha.
mel. daughter Of the German
state chancellor OF architecture,
/ In a letter 20 her Swiss school
mate.
Because Il shows the viewpoint OF
+ the ruling Prussian classes-the
extremely conservative iunkers--
I II was printed in the Edinburgh
I Weekly Scotsman. received here by
William Macr'arland. who turned 1t
over TO The Star.
The letter follows:
Frankfort on oder .0th July. 1914
Ny Dear Louise The contents Of your
laHt letter would have hurt me had
not known that your thoughts Of our
glorious war resulted from sheer ignor-
suce.
YOU are I'm country rendered effem-
mate ~ tho Influence Of old fashioned
ideas of liberty. q country which T. at
least two centuries behind ours. You
are In need Of a good dose % rrussisn
culture.
II r. evident that you. Swiss riri.
with your French sympathios, cannot
understand how my heart. the heart Of
n young German Eirl. paHHionately de-
sired thiH war. Speaking Of q some
Years ago. my father aRid to ua. Chill
dren. Germany IN getting too small for
us we shall have 20 go TO France again
in order TO find more room" Is 1; our
fault N France will not understand that
more money and land are necessary
Tor uH7
And YOU rcproach ne that our soldiers
have brsn very cruel 60 the nclEian rah-
bio. and you speak also OF the destruc-
ton % Rheims. and or tho burning OF
villages and towns We'll. that L. war
A. in every other undertaking. We are
past masters in tho making OF war.
You have a great deal to learn before
you can como M 20 our standard. and
can assure you that what has been done
NO far II mere haEateiie compared
with what viii follow
As matter OF fact. there n but one
race worthy 81 ruling tho world. and
which has already attained the highest
degree OF civilization. That race IL ours
the PruasianS Tor tho wa Germans in
general are the lords OF the world. the
Prusaan IL undoubtedly the lord par
excellence among the Germans
All other nations. and among them.
unfortunately. the swiss are deEcner-
ate and or Inferior worth. That Is why
! have always been 40 proud OF being a
true prusaleu
Yesterday. again, our pastor explained
7 TO us convincingly that our first parents
Adam and Eve, werc also PrusslRu. That
ia quite easy to understand, because the
Bible tells US that the German God ere
atod us all after his own image. IT, then,
all men are descended from Adam and
his wife. II follows that only PrussianH
or at least Germans. ought 20 exist IN
thu world, and that all who push on
and prosper ought 90 belong To us You
must admit that that is logic. and that
ia why our motto IL, God with us. Ger
many above everything"
You know now why we wished this
war. u n not shameful that other ma
tons, who have no right to existence on
the earth. wish 20 diminish our heritage
We arc the Divine fruit. and tho others
are only weeds. That n why our great
emperor has decided 20 put an end to
all these iujustlcoa. and to oNttrpate the
weeds DO you understand that now
remain. your school friend.
KATE HAMEI.,
Daughter OF tho State Councillor of
Architecture.