The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1918-07-31

"Thor stood at the midnight end of
axe. so far as my hammer goes whiz-
zing through the air shall the land and
the sea be mine And the hammer
flew from his hand. flew over the whole
earth it fell at the furthest end of the
South, so that all should become his
own. SINCE then It's the joyous Ger
man right with the hammer to win
land. We are of the race of the Ham
mer-God and mean TO inherit his world
empire"
So wrote Felix Dahn, famous Ger
man poet. So spoke the kaiser and
his ministers. So taught the German
professors and economists, and so be-
lieved the great mass of the German
people as they started gayly on the
world war, sure In their own minds of
easy conquest, arrogant in their be-
lief of mental and military superiority,
and confident Of the protection of the
German God" not the benevolent
Deity Of other lands, but the Thor Of
the barbarian tribes who overrnn Eu-
rope nearly two thousand years ago.
Prussians Long Land Grabbers.
Expansion has been the sole aim of
the Prussian rulers since the days of
Frederick the Great. Expansion, to a
Prussian, means not peaceful settle
ment of uncivillzed lands, but forceful
spoliation of ones neighbors; not COL
Onization but conquest Prussia, by
conquest, expanded from q little in
land state to the great German EN-
pire of today. The Prussian dream
now is expansion until the world is
mastered as Rome mastered it; expan-
sion until there is no room ON the
globe for any trade but German trade.
One of the most popular books in
Germany during the years Immediate
ly preceding the war was "Greater
Germany and Mld-Euupe in the Year
1850" 1t tells how Germany must
dominate Europe, take what 1t wants
from those who now have it, and re-
duce the population'o of conquered lands
to servitude. Here is a typical quo
tation:
The Germans, being alone entitled
to exercise political rights, to serve in
the army and navy, and to acquire
landed property. will recover the feel
ing they had in the middle ages Of be-
ing a people of masters. They will
gladly tolerate the foreigners living
amongst them, 10 whom inferior man
ual services would be entrusted"
Others to Sweep Streets.
Presumably they would allow the
French, the Belgians and the Italians,
who now are opposing them 50 vail
antly, TO sweep the streets and dig
the sewers.
Klaus Wagner. noted German writ
er. in HIS "Krleg," says:
"South America must also and may
easily become u home for new free
Teutonic races. ResettleInent of the
territory by people of Teutonic stock |;
removal Of the n0n-Teutonic inhabi-
tants to reservations, or. best of all,
to Africa Retention of TeutonOidr
Latins In South America in so fur as
they are physically. mentally and NOR:
ally sound. and are passed by a com
mission of anthropologtsts, physicians,
artists and teachers"
Imagine such a specialized German
commission passing on your fitness 10
live In these United States; picture,
If you can, how you would pass your
axanninatiant Ana 20 tho Earman an n
list happened not TO like the color Of
your eyes or the shade Of your hair,
TO Africa you would go. II the Ger
man teacher thought you failed to ar
ticulate your gutturals properly. 1t
would mean deportation.
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