Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-01-13

Germany. because Germany has nothing
to fear from her.
Go back to the Prussian national
hero, Frederick the Great. "Old Fritz"
as they fondly call him-as contcmpti.
bic u bully and sneak and blackboard
and liar as ever lived. Would he have
turned back from an Ivowed purpose
to male America pay the cost of
this war" IL he were Victorious? Did
lie ever turn aside from any purpose
ii lie could effect il by force by Chi
canery. by lies. by bluff, by dishonor.
By any crime? History--at least Prus.
sian history gives him the title OF
Great" but in the civilized sense
there is nothing great about him OK
ccpt meanness OF character and or ac-
ton He was. when compared with
his contemporaries, q successful war
rior. but he. like the present IIohen
Zoilern. had for that time "a marvellous
army which was prepared to strike
and struck. MaSnunimity or any o;bcr
or the attributes OF greatness nc had
not at all even the traditional linSlv
honor. which is assumed TO be tie
heritage OF Il throne. was utterly want
ing 10 him; and his chief claim TO liza
IN history is based on the fact that
ne robbed u woman: that without cause
ne made war on helpless Queen. Mari.
: Iheresa. and despoilcd her of :: crov
a @
world that he had caught her heipiess
ana so stole what he desired Moro
over. he gloricd in the infamv
bismarck. who ruled while his stunid
sovereign reigncd. deliberately forged
ALTERED. as he put it-a telegram of
that King. and so forced France into
war and robbed her Of billion, of move.
and two provinces
Ana William the Infamous was sim
, ply running true to form and trying 10
Guido the shameful examples Of his
predecessors. when, absolutely ready
ne forced the present war. Have We
forgot that the toast for years at cverv
RUSSIAN officers mess. drunk stand
! ing and with cheers was: ITO III.
day meaning the day that Prussia
! would 'ule the world and the other
rations were but her vassals:
ana what Prussian conduct in this
war would give an American any
ground whatever for even the remot-
| est belief that this country would he
treated by Germany. were i, to win
TINS war. as other than a conquered
province. Certainly nothing in prus-
"ia's trcatmcnt of the countries It has
oHerrun--nor 6vcn her treatment, or
! neutral nations in prox mity to her.
INTENTIONS OF PRUSSIA
! CANNOT Ri TRUSTED
necessity knows no law said the
/ imperial German Chancellor in his now.
/ famous address in the Reichstag OF
! the day hostilitics began: our troops
nave occupied Luxembourg and, per-
maps; arc already on Bclsian soil.
Gentlemen. that is contrary 10 the die
| tatcs OF international Law we
/ were compelled TO override the ms.
| protest of Luxembourg and tho Ecic-ja n
| government" So the trcutv. h. which
GermanE ss ono of the high contract
ms parties, solcmnly guaranteed the
/ inviolability OF belgian soil and sol.
EMMY engaged to defend Belgium
from INVASION was, by Germany. STYLED
mere scrap of paper" to be dc.
stroycd at its plcaSurc-which pleasure
vas then come.
ono may we'll ask these trusting
Americans how they can Iull them
selves into tho fatuous security OF
trusting Prussia's intentions ard honor
when Prussia herself says frankly, sh /.
mas no honor. no intentions bu; IN,
cS!Gcncy Of the moment and the pur-
poses or her government, that seldom
trea made have binding effect on
heT arc made only for the moment are
but blind. under cover of which she
can mobilize her forccs-a rusc de
/ Gucrrc--and TO be scrappcd when the
! moment is ripe FOR action.
I Would America. think YOU be such
/ bastard:
/ Yet your trusting American still per.
SistS in his foolish notion that Prussia
in its dealing with America will he
sciuaicd by American ideals that
, Europe. but as an American in
! America.
| God help us it the actual testing
or this supreme folly ever be brought
to these shores.
William the Infamous" some wears
since when he was dispatching his
! russian contingent to join the march
to Fcking in tho BoHcr Rebellion. In a
/ srandiloiuc addrcasc called himself
! "Attila' and his soldiers Hung" AMI
| eXhortcd The latter to moro than emu
late the soldiers OF tie "ScourEe of
! God, bidding them tcrrorf1c China
| and STAY her people, innocent as VOL n.
guilty. II was the doctrine OF fo,c q
AHA blood laid down by the almisiiticst
! tho Irussian God. to the HohenoI-
ier!i, is simply the Almighty.
And the world, except Prussia,
smiled at what it took TO be the mere
| bombastic cffcrvcscence OF mount.,
bank in uniform. shrugged its shout
ders. and forgot the cfrcrvcscence. The
world did not then appreciate and pos
sihiy docs not now appreciate. that
William had the solid facts OF history
behind him in thus voicing the true
nature OF thc Prussians the racial ma
tons--they are Oricntals; and as
Oriental in nature and concepts as the
veriest Turk.
CIVILIZATION HAS NOT
CHANGED NATURAL INSTINCTS
The BoTussians. or Prussians. re one
Of the three branches OF the Lithu-
anians and of o-Europcan origin
Ptolcmy mentions two clans, the Ca
lindae and Student, who probably be-
lonGed TO the western subdivision OF
this racial group. the Borussians, or
Prussians.
The Prussian was Matched from a
cannon ball." Napoleon said. Her bus
mess is war-thc Oriental war. with
its lying. its treachcry, its cruelty. it's
massacre of prisoners. its disregard Of
truces. its contempt for treaties. The
fact that Prussia. as time went on. as.
sociated with increasing intimacy with
European nations, has not altered in
the very slightest their mode Of
thought or their actual nature. Such
Western habits and manners as they
adopted were adopted for perfectly
good reasons, either OF state or COM