The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1918-07-20
The Pious
Devil
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BY KATE JORDAN
OF The TigiI6nseS

German kaiser, and the cormOrants
who gutturaled with him over the
council tables, the opportunity for the
crime against mankind for which they
had been preparing for fifty years, we
have had him described. quoted. pho-
tographed by the highest men OF many
countries-men of honor, whose word
cannot be questioned.
His vanity Is misunderstanding to
gibe at. Raymond Hitchcock described
II when, as reason for his having
made the war, he explained that 1.-The
kaiser was oil dressed up with no
where to 60" He Is always dressed
up," either rs an hussar, an admiral,
as this, or that, and lately, even as a
Turk. Yes, William Hohenzollern IS
"crazy about himself" He likes the
way he carries the buds"
With vanity there Is always AFRO
gance; and he Is arrogant. His mus
tache ends alone are damning evil
dence Of that. The points point up at
him. 1t Is evident, too, in his addlc-
tion to posing ON horse-he can look
down, and ride over anything on 1901.
With vanity and arrogance. treach-
cry makes q good third. In his own
mind. the first two traits set him apart
a glorified unit. law unto himself.
What Is, therefore. just common de-
cency to other men has no meaning Tor
one who Is law. Because Of this he
can break his word, lie, cheat, STEAL
murder at every turn OF the game-as
he has done from the first moment
These three traits could not exist
without breeding cruelty. The German
insensibiuty to suffering In others
looms large in the "all-highest." IL
sheer savagery he has outdone the
most barbarous Turk that ever lived
He has directed the slaughter OF mil
lions Of men. And not only OF his enc
mies-make no mistake OF that! tn
has directed the slaughter Of his owl
peasant and artisan armies with d:
untrembling a finger. 1t might OF
we'll for the Germans in this country
who secretly yearn over the rather
land to think of this: The German
kaiser does not spare his people. III
murders his own-as cat eats It's owl
when the idea seems good for arlsto
cratic and Hohenzollern reasons.
Vanity, arrogance, treachery ant
cruelty! Surely these are enough 0
hell to exist In one man. But there i
another, and 1t reeks from the brew
this Is hypocrisy.
Yes. this man Of lies and tor
treaties, whose armies were Directs
to treat the betrayed Belgians as ny
enas treat the graves they pull t
| pieces for bones; this killer Of babes
this murderer Of the wounded
pious! II one were to believe hin
each OF his horrors has had Gods al
diting.
During this last year he has grow
very old and white Of hair. Some lat
photographs Of him that have reache
this country show no arrogance at al
No. he Is now markedly sanctimoniou
and very, very sad. No wonder. ID
and God-have not had the cas-
time that he expected.
You see he had the restaurant picf
ed out and the date set for his tr
umphal dinner In Paris around Chris
mas, 1914. There was reason for ri
feeling so sure. When he starte
across Belgium, killing and burnin
all in his path, he was most hideousl
prepared for the fight he knew 4
would meet In France.
| Perhaps 1t Is not generally know
Just how prepared he was In on
sided infamy. From sure authorll
have recently read Of the tons
barbed wire. Is years In the maxim
that went with those first troops
that every German soldier as he too
his first step over the Belgian fronti
with Paris as his goal, had In his K
tubes Of liquid gas and q perfect
constructed gas mask, also years al
years in the making. When the kais
ruminated on the liquid gas that WI
to come as a surprise upon his
fenseless enemies while his own M
were supermen, immune, is 1t al
wonder that the points Of his mustacl
waggled in q sweet, slow smile? Al
wonder that he saw himself In Par
by Christmas, eating sauerkraut pl
pared by a French chef?
Well, In spite of all that he d
!, brought to make solid his loathsor
,, ambition, he is not in Paris. He is
Berlin, or near it, and glad to st;
, there.
He hadn't counted on England-al
!, Englards navy bottled up his port
her millions poured over the chanr
after him.
He was sure italy would hold to
!, feeble sort Of promise to back him
! IL he were good. Italy thought n
! rotten bad and so she went after nj
He wasn't afraid of America. Am
lea was too busy making money, I
/, happy in selflshness, and luxury a
Incidence. America would never ng
She was Hike an overfed cat asleep
the sun. But from the time ne ga
the Lusitania America has really De
at war with him in spirit, as sne
now In reality. When she did wake
Q she put her head under the pump
( the cold water made her vision
clear she could see nothing but
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