Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1918-01-24
How Europe Was Made
Safe for Royalty
BY OSCAR cox
'00pSr'sh' i'i' wes;sEn Newspaper Union

ed The principal points out OF this story
81. whose territory consists OF only few
- square miles. The prince being Of IN,
blood royal and an associate on cana
- terms with the other sovereigns of Eu
rope, was required 20 keep up thei,
n style though he did Il on an Infinitely
M small scale. lie had one general. one
10 Judge, one exccutloner. His army con.
,c sisted ~ a hundred men divided into
ten companies consisting Of ten men 10
company Everything else was on n
proportionate scale. But the general.
: except when on duty, was a butcher !.
the Judge the only policeman I'm the
principality, and the soldiers were
$ iaoorers The executioner was the
$ parson officiating over the little church
\ 70 ny 30 feet In area. one-third OF
which Is taken up by the royal pew.
Inc parson was n meek little man in
competent to decapitatc chicken.
All worked well In the principally
Tor many years. There were no crlml.
I~als to try. or to punish the prince
spent his time visiting his royal rela.
yves, so that his living was provided
Tor and the people, who were taxed I
only to provide for the royal pocket
money, were happy.
Then suddenly came trouble. The
general of the army was caught in the
| act Of treason. A ncichborIng king
| whose territory consisted Of many mil.
Hons OF square miles wanted the prip.
cipahty for n pasture for his cows. {
nnd hrihed the general Of the prince I
Tor % consideration. tu lat down the
bars Of the fence incl0Sius the prince
ly territory and admit the kings army
without resistance ON the part of the
princes forces. The plot being dis
covered in time. the other European y
sovcrcigns frowned upon il and
stopped II. Had Il been carried -
through they would have held con.
ference and In order that the pcacc OF y,
Europe might not be disturbed would =
have winked AT II. As il was. the only (
action required was to try the general -
Tor high treason and cut OF his head.
But the judge, who II has been said.
was only policeman, knew nothing
ABOUT law and was incapable OF con- .
Quoting trial. The prince got over al
the difficulty by ordering a trial behind
closed doors; and when they were
opened warrant was produced by
which the general was condemned 10
death. II was taken TO the prince. who 49,
signed II, and the pen with which he r
affixed his royal signature was sent 10
the sovereign Of the most powerful en- l.
pire as a token that Imperialism was
absolute In the principally.
II remained now only to carry out n,
the sentence by beheading the general. VI
A meeting Of the privy council was
held. az which IL was unanimously -
agreed that the executioner could not vi
pc relied upon TO carry out the sen
ence and the members deliberated -
What was 10 be done in the premises. ~
me suggested that the general, being IN
butcher, was far better fitted 10 cut
II his own head than the executioner.
no was parsOn. WhereupOn another
lemb"r suggested that the two be sur
'putlously made n change places and
ne butcher be made 10 cut off the
Fad of the parsOn. This would sat. Z
fy the powers. d.,
But the prince, who was a lust soy =
cign would not hear Of such Il nefa. -
Gus deed. ana dismissed the council n
ying that he would lay plan for
frying out the sentence himself. I'm
such time as he could find an exc
Ihoner he would take the generals
role and release him from confine- r..
enL The general willingly gave his TN
ORD not to leave the principally and
Q next morning was 20 be seen pence
Ily swinging his cleaver In his
tcher shop. IF
Now the king Of that country who -
sired the principally for his COW IA
Sture-remember that this story has al
en- censored and all names have been W
Ieted--hear.ng that the general was
gagged nj his usual business, sent a
putation 10 the prince 10 protest
alnst such fragrant omission OF "A
yai duty TO punish treason. repre-
ming that If such leniency were
lcticed by the crowned heads of Eu-
pc the world would az last be cursed IN
Ia all the horrors OF democracy. o.,
To this the prince replied that rather Zen
m see this he would consent 10 the 6ftv
ssacre Of every one OF his subjects. hro,
% leader OF the deputatlon replied fruit
this that n the prince so desired his The
.al master would send his own exc ana
.ioner to decapitate the general. seed
= IL" u"ss lhter the kings eXecu- used
ner arrived. His guard OF honor n, \
nbered five hundred men armed than
N the most deadly implements of mai,
dern warfare. They took the gen
i from his shop and the kings exc
ioner dispatched him. Then the
nee was shot down. and when the
were finished there was
a human being left In the princi- -
lily. =
he exeeuuoner, attended by his "
nd. went back to the king, who Il