The Washington times., 1918-06-02
By DR.. w. H. BaTlOu,

Member, of Academy of Natural Sciences,
National Institute of Social Science,
Honorary Commissioner United States
Department of Agriculture, etc.
THE unparalleled ferocity which the
Prussians have shown in the pres
ent war has shocked the civilized
nations. Scientific examination Of the
skulls of the Prussians proves, however.
that their methods of waging warfare are
natural to them, and that, indeed, they
could not, being as they are. wage war in
any other way.
he" says the Bible, and science adds that
according to the shape Of g mans skull,
so he thinks. A long.headed type does
not think on different lines than the round
head, but he possesses virtues which the
round head and the square head lack, Just
as the round head and the square head
possess powers which the long head does
not
The head Of the Prussian, It has been
found, goes back directly through the
cruel Tartars-whose successive inva-
sions swept over Germany from Asia, to
the tremendously ancient savage known
as the Heidelberg man.
Just as other races have specialized their
brains in the line Of progress and art,
invention, altruism and intellectual prog
ress, the Heidelberg man, HIS descendants,
the Mongols and Tartars and Prussians,
have specialized their brains in the direc-
ton of making remorseless, relentless
force supreme. The Heidelberg man lived
over $4,000 to 100000 years ago He is
the first Prussian known to science, and
parts of his skeleton we're unearthed IN
1907 seventy-nine feet below the surface
Of the sand pits near the village Of Mauer,
six miles from Heidelberg. He and his
fellow savages we're immigrants from Asia
and were probably dominant for 100000
years.
Homo Heide1bergensis, as science calls
him. was the strongest, most brutal cruel
est man force in the world.
That the Prussian Is the direct descend
ant of the Heidelberg man Is asserted By
many great anthropologists since the
discovery. Of the bones in 1907. Among
those who hold to this view and who have
proved iteby cranial measurements. facial
characteristics, and so on, are Dr. Rudolph
the University Of Zurich, Switzerland, and
Professor Boule, Director Of the Institute
of Human Paleontology Of France, and
head of the Paris Museum Of Natural His
tory.
And curiously enough. science has also
found that Won HiDdenburg, the military
idol of Germany. Is a remarkable throw.
back to the old Heidelberg savage himself.
II is as though out Of this barbarous black
age Of mankind there should suddenly step
one of the brute-like humans who then
ruled and, equipped with a modern brain,
should again assume leadership Of his
hordes.
Recently Professor Henry Fairfield o.
born. president Of the American Museum
Of Natural History, New York, was asked
this question:
What are your views on the savage
ancestry Of the Prussians and their leader,
Won Hindenburg, in the direction Of Homo
HeidelbeTgensis, and does this descent
account for the ferOcity. the infamies and
brutalities of him and his compatriots
inherited from long line Of saYages who
have specialized in brain power solely as
a function Of might?"
DR.. Osborn said:
"The round head element in Germany.
Of which HindenbuTg is an example, is
origin. This type is found among the
'Wendish' tribes, who came to Germany by
way Of the Carpathians
The callOus cruelty Of this military
Prussian type is largely due to remote
Asiatic ancestry and barbaric blood.
The modern Germans have a very large
admixture Of this blood, estimated as high
as 80 per cent Of the total population. Only
about 10 ,per cent Of modern Germany in
cludes the blue-eyed, fair-haired long
beaded element which constituted the lead
ers, the knights and the chivalrous and
romantic class Of the Middle Ages
THE reason is that this knightly class
was divided against itself during the Thirty
Years War and was nearly eXterminated
This is the reason why the gentleman, in
the best American sense, the man of chiv-
aIrOus conduct toward women and chival-
rous and magnanimous conduct toward a
defeated enemy. so rarely exists in Ger
many The type was killed or during the
Thirty Years War, leaving the Asiatic,
barbaric class to dominate and set the
standards.
"This Asiatic barbarism is what the
courageous and sporting spirit Of our SOL
diers is pitted against-a foe as treacheT-
Gus and cruel and inhHman as we're the
Huns whom the Emperor William has held
up as models for his soldiers in their cam
paign Against China
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