The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1918-03-28
How Europe Was Made
Safe for Royalty
tcOpyrisht isi'. Western Newspaper union.j
By OSCAR cox

square miles Tho prince bainy ~ IN,
blood rovnI and an associate on eoun
terms with the other soyereIrns OF En-
rome. WINS required TO keen nm thei
STYLE though he did II on nm infinitcl,
small scale. He had one general on,
jrdge. one executloner. His army con
sisted of n hundred mon divided int,
ten companies consisting of ten men I,
n company. Everything else WINS on ,
proportionate scale. But the general
| except when on dirty. was n butcher
| the Judge tho only nolIceman I'm m,
| prIncipalIty. and the soldiers ver,
Iaborers. The executioner was IN,
parson officiating over the lIt,le cburc,
20 by 30 feet I'm oreo one-thlrd n,
which is taken IN by the ROYAL now
The parson was n meek little man in
competent 10 decapitate n chicken.
All workod weII In tho ,r,,c,,oli,,
for many veors There wore M cr,,,i.
mails IN trv ar IN nunisb tho nr,ncs
spent his time visiting his royal rela.
tives. so that his living was provided
for. and the people. who were taxed
only TO proyide for the ROYAL pocket
money, were happy.
Tbep suddonIv coua tror,Io Tho
general of tho army was cougb, I, tho
not Of treoson A ,o,c,hor,r, L,nc,
whose Territory consisted Of ,nanv mil
lions az souore miles wanted ,ho min.
cinoIitv for n nasture for he cows
and brihad tho GENERAL ~ tho nr,rco
for n consideration 70 10, down tho
bars of the fence inclosInp the prince.
ly territory. and admit the kings army
without resistance on the mart of the
princes forces. The plot being dis
covered in time. the other European
soyereIrns frowned upon IL and
stoned II. Had II been carried
throurh they would have hold n ron.
ference and in order that the peoce of
Europe might not be disturbed would
have winked at II. As II was the only
action reouired was IN fry tho general
for high treason and cut off his bend
p,,. ,,, ,,,d,o d. 4. 49, .,t,
u.os onI,, a noI,comon Ino,, na,hIn,,
ohor, Low ond ,,.os ,noonahIa ., oan,
ducting a trial. The prince got over
the difficulty by ordering a trial behind
closed doors: and when they were
opened warrant was produced by
which the general was condemned 10
death. II was taken TO the prince, who
signed IL. and the pen uDh which he
affixed his ROYAL signature was sent TO
the sovereign of the most powerful en-
pire ms n token that imperialism was
absolute in the principality.
II remained NOW only 10 carrv M,
tho sentence nv heheadin, tho gensroI
A meeting ~ tho nrivv counciI was
held M which II was unanimously
agreed that the executioner could not
be relied upon TO carry out the SEN
tence and the members delIberated
what was 10 be done I'm the premises
One suggested that the general. being
a butcher. was far better fitted TO cut
off his own head than the executioner,
who was a parson. Whereupon another
member suggested that the two be sur
made to change places and
the butcher be made TO cut off the
head OF the parson, This would sat
isfv the noWers' T---
But i69 prince. who was a lust SOW
ereIgn wonld NOT hear of such n nefa-
rious deed and dismi .sed the council.
saving that he would Law a plan for
carving ont the sentence himself I'm
III such time os he could find an exc
cutioner he would take the generals
parole and release him from confine-
ment. The general willingly gave his
word not to leave the principally and
the next morning was to be seen peace
fully swinging his cleaver In his
butcher shop.
Now the king Of that country who
desired the nrincinalitv for his COW
nostura--remember thai This story has
been censored and all names have been
deleted-hearIng that the general was
engaged ot his usuaI business. sent a
denu,otion IN the nrince IN protest
against such n fragrant omission of n
ROYAL duty 10 punish treason. repre-.
senting that ~ such IenIency were
by the crowned heads of Eu-
rome the world would AT last be cursed
with all the horrors of democracy.
no ,h,s Tho nrinco ro,l,od that rather
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