The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1918-01-31

THE TWO SWORDS
CA Contrast
Editors note: The Hymn of the
German Sword which follows first
appeared, 30 far, as / am able to
learn, in German paper published
in Leipzig, Germany. 1t, has had q
wide circulation in both the land Of
its origin and in the German newspa-
pers of the United States. 1t finally
reached such paper in the western
part of North Dakota where Honora-
BILE Lewis F. Crawford. President of
the Board of Educational Regents of
North Dakota, saw it. II imprest
him strongly in two ways; first, as
being a correct Interpretation of the
German spirit as manifested in the
present war and, secondly, as calling
for reply. The American Sword"
is Mr.. Crawford's reply. The Quar-
terly Journal is very glad to give
space for the contrast.
Hymn of the German Sword
1t is no duty of mice to be either
just or compassionate; it suffices that
l am sanctifed by my exalted mis-
sion, 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.
have slaughtered the old and the
sorrowful; have struck off the
breasts of women; and have run
thru the bodies of children who gazed
at me with the eyes Of the wounded
lion
Day after day j ride aioft on the
sshadowy horses in the, Valley of Cy-
presses and as ride draw forth the
life blood of every enemy's son that
dsres to dispute; my path.
1t is meet and right that I should
cry aloud my pride. for am not the
flaming messenger of the Lord Al
mighty? Wy 1.
Germany is SO far above and beyond
all other nations that all the rest of
the earth, be they who they may.
should feel themselves we'll done by
when they are allowed to fight with
the. dogs for the crumbs that fall
from her table.
When Germany the divine is hap
py.e then the rest of the world baaks
in smiles; but when Germany suffers,
God in persoi, is rent with anguish,
and, wrathful and avenging, He turns
all the waters into rivers Of blood.
The American Sword
81 am; the American sword.
have never unsheathed except in
the cause Of justice and humanity.
Ispunish only under solemn and
compelling obligation.
L In my presence national perfidy
and dishonor never 60 unchallenged.
opened in generous trust to all
nations the portals of American OPP
portunity and gave equal rights to all
in the Inheritance created by the toll
of our ancestors.
| In me everything that is good finds
approval. everything mean meets re-
buke.-
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 emblem Of national honor; the
embodimsnt of the worlds hope.
In me is linked the command OF
duty and reward and connect national
wrong-doing with its swift retribu.
ton; under me fulfillment adds splen.
dor to the gorgeous Mosaic of oul
Il dreams.
o Kaiser: obsessed with power,
drunk with passion. enemy of peace
and light and freedom turnout the
world, slayer Of age and infancy,
ravisher Of virginity, spreader of con.
tagion, fiend incarnate!
! Against thee barren fields cry out
in protest: venerated works Of ar
and architecture, hallowed by the
centuries, thou hast crumbled under
shell of.frenzy; thou art wasting til.
flower of the worlds manhood in ree