Trench and camp. [volume] (Augusta, Ga.) 1917-1919, 1918-03-13
THE TWO SWORDS
"a Gantrast.9

SO lar as am aBte 70 aeaTII, iA a A'NA
man paper published in Leipzig, Ger
many 1t has had a wide circulation in
both the land of it's origin and in the
German newspapers of the United
States IT finally reached such a paper
the western part of North Dakota where
Honorable Lewis F. Crawford, President
of the Board of Educational Regents OF
North Dakota. saw it. 1t iEnprest him
strongly III two ways; first, as being
D correct interpretation of the German
spirit as manifested III the present war
ara, secondly, as calling IoT "a dsPiSJ
Hymn of The German Sword.
1t is no duty of mine to be elther
ju<t or compassionate; 1t suftices tffat
am sanctified by my exalted mission,
and that | blind the eyes OF my enemies
with such streams of tears as shall make
the proudest of them cringe in terror
under the vault of heaven.
I have slaughtered the old ana h me
of women: and l have run thru me
bodies of children who gazed at me with
the eyes of the wounded lion.
shadowy horses in the Valley OF Ey-
nresses and as / ride l draw forth the
life blood of. every enemy's son that
dares to dispute my patA ~, -.
It is meet and right that should cry
aloud my pride, for am not the liam
ing messenger OF the Lord Almighty!
Germany is SO far above and beyond
all the other nations that all the rest or
the earth, be they who they may, should
feel themselves well done by when they
are allowed TO fight with the aogS ioE
the crumbs that fall from her table.
When Germany the divine IS happy'
then the rest OF the world basks in
smiles but when Germany suffers, Coo
in person is rent with anguish. and,
Wrathful and avenging, He turns all the
waters into rivers of blood.
Tho American Sword.
I am the American sword.
/ have never unsheathed except IN the
cause of justice and humanity.
/ punish only under solemn and COM
polling obligation.
In my presence national perfidy and
dishonor never go unchallenged.
/ opened in generous trust 10 all ma
lions the portals of American Cpportun-
ity and gave equal rights to aE in the
inheritance created by the toll and blood
In me everything that is good finds
approval, everything mean meets re-
btiSe.
My people are enticed to love me by
the gentle responsiveness of my life.
| am the visual enchantment OF the
downtrodden and the oppressed; the en-
blem of national honor; the embodiment
of the worlds hope.
and the love of Calvary; 1t is mine TO
trace the hiden equities OF divine re-
ward and connect national wrong doing
fillment adds splendor to the gorgeous
Mosaic OF our dreams.
o Kaiser: obsessed with power, drunk
with passion, enemy of peace and light
and freedom throughout the world, STAY
er of age and infancy ,raVisher of Vir-
ginity, spreader of contagion. flend IN
Against thee barren fields cry out in
protest: Yenerated works of art and ar
chitecture, hatlowed by the centuries.
thou hast cru1nbled under shells of
SN~r F1SNtErn ~
the worlds manhood in red ruin spurred
on by the grim reaper Of Hate.
Thou international brfgand; enslayer
and robber of Belgium, looter of Servia,
betrayer Of neutrals thou art pirate
running mad on the painless sweep of
oceans, plundering and numbering O. the
worlds highway.
Diplomatic intriguer: Thou hast faith
lessly broken age-old treaties, thou hast
torpedoed hospital ships, bombarded de-
fenseless cities, and unleashed liquid fire
and poison gas-outlaw demons of de-
struction. In this epilepsy of the worlds
horror thou art not bowed with q sense
of unfathomable guilt and sodden shame;
thou, the arch gutter snipe of civiliza-
ton, are more unSparing than Torque-
mazda, more cruel than Nero, more atro-
cious than Caligula, more crafty than
Geronimo; thou hast loosed the hosts of
Ill upon a peaceful world and darkened
the heavens with blasphemy.
Thou art chased by the maddening
pillows, the deeps, in malice open to re-
ceiNe thee; aBhen faces turned toward
flame-lit skies, appeal for vengeance.
My presence gives courage to endure
the appalling strain and omnipresent
peril of battle.
I bestow superhuman nerve. Sleep
less caution, capacity for sacrifice and
the justice of my cause palsies the hand
of brutal might and insensate ambition.
pity the victim, not the violator;
the sorrows I bring wear no weeds Of
mourning.
open new era in history; I fire the
hope; / will survive this conflict and
pronounce it's sentence.
When the name of Kaiser shall have
lost Its stencil and been covered by the
dust of ren1Orseless centuries, / shall
still be glorified as the main stay of
democracy- the peace-maker of the
world.
LEWIS F. CRAWFORD.
President of the State Board of Regents