South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-09-22

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Europe much as
William H. dreamed
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great supply base in -,-.-.uz.,vzss,
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Genseric as Crown Is
Prince was early mi
tiated into this plan
for world conquest.
and cultivated ASST The Royal
duously the arts by Palace at
which he could en- Potsdam. This
courage the paciisin Mecca of
OF his neighbors Prussian "kultur
while concealing his Was the Royal
own programme OF Domain or
military efficiency. Censeric, as IL
He lost no occasion Is Now OF
for prOclaiming 10 the Kaiser.
the ENJOYS OF neigh
boring States that peace was HIS only aim
that he maintained an army only as a
means of ensuing this worthy-not to say
Christian-object
For Genseric and his vandals were all
Christians-at least in name.
mo wonder that German scholars to-day
honor Genseric as the first Of the great
pioneers in Welt POitik If not PTussian
Kutur. Military Germany honOrs in this
great Vandal OF Potsdam a soldier who
would have appauded the murder OF Edith
Cavel or the sinking OF the Lusitania-
in other words. who conducted war as a
worthy ancestor of the Hohenzollern
spirit"
Genseric led a victorious army OF Ger
mans, Noors and disaffected Christians
from Tangiers 10 Hippo tthe present
Bona) in "A little moro than one year: and
after The conquest OF this place Il was
eight years before he could enter Carthage
)439) II YOU will consult your map YOU
viii probably feel the rough analogy be
tween the rapid raid OF the Vandal and the
astonishing rapidity with which William
H. Overrau Belgium. Luxembourg and North
ern France nearly fifteen centuries later.
Geuseric was checked at Hippo; William
II. AZ the Marine Hippo is but two hun
dred miles from Carthage. but one thou
sand from Taugiers-and the rapidity OF
Geuseric's initial raid was made possible
by the same peTfdious methods that en-
abled Prussian troops 70 menace the cap
ital OF France IN 1914. The initial raid
succeeded because Genseric had prepared
The way BY an advance army Of spies. who
spread the GOSPEL OF Pacifsm and Vandal
Kutur and who promised with the de
structfon or Rome would come an era Of
liberty fer the oppressed sect OF Donatists
and a redistribution OF land in favor OF all
who aided IN the holy war.
Hippo finally fell and the usual Hun
procedure disposed OF the inhabitants. The
soldiers were first let loose upon the help
less civil population as a reward for the
dangers through which they had passed
and after that the more systematic pillage
was undertaken with prudent Prussian
efficiency. Every house was emptied OF
its human occupants, who were camped or
informed outside the city walls All men
OF military age were disposed of by the
sword. unless they proved their desire 10
become recruits in the Vandal army.
Young women and craftsmen were placed
in a second camp and sold into slavery or
apporuoned 70 the soldiers.