The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1918-10-31
Inklings of Terrorism

lnklIngS OF terrorism
While Americans have one very direct purpose in
view, to bring the boys home quickly and safely by
means of investment in Liberty Bonds, they will want
to keep in mind, of course. survey of the whole
world and it's affairs as affected by the Perhaps
brief review of few important points may be
enlghtening.
The world obtained its first inkling of German
modern military methods when Bismarck, the Prus-
sian diplomat and Won Moltke, the Prussian military
leader, defeated Austria and overcame France. both
results being accomplished quick, decisive camp
aigns by rapid and powerful strokes with German
armies. The Germans had worked out their theory
of fighting from the campaigns of Napoleon and later
of the American commanders, General Ulysses S.
Grant and General Robert E. Lee. While the Ger
campaigns admiration, they did not startle
the world by picturing any great danger.
No further opportunity offered for noting
German military methods until 80 years later, when
in 1900 the Germans Invaded China. 1t will be
membered that comparatively small number OF
Chinese, provoked by aggressons of foreigners,
gained league to drive out foreigners and made an
attack foreigners in Picking. driving them into the
British legation, where thousand foreigners and
two thousand Christian Chinese were besieged. They
were ~.
ican British French, Japanese, Italian, Russian and
German detachments.
The German government believing that the Chin
should be punished later expedition from
Germany for this purpose.
Frequently during the present war the fact has
been published that the young German Emperor then
advised his soldiers in addressing them the leave
taking, act like Huns the wild horde that in early
centuries had laid waste Europe, so that Chinese
would dare to look into the face of German for a
thousand years. Although the nations that had in
terests in China arriving at satisfactory settle
ment of the uprising with China, which settlement
was as much to the interest of Germany as to any
country the Germans nevertheless committed terrible
depredatiops and took part in bloody orgies.
Some military and correspondents the
significance of this campaign but the world at large
did not it. You and l. for instance. though
lived through that period and read the facts, did
realize that Germany building up military
machine which by this method would attempt
to carry terror of the German through all the
world, and, by means of quick and powerful military
action and the frightening of numbers of people
into abjectness would seek conquer large parts Of
the earth and build up the ruthless commercial
and military machine known to history. The mass
of people would probably not have believed that the
German people capable of Hunnish savagery.
The plan safe to carry out against
limited number of people nations. mean, foul
fighting bully may terrorize few persons if he
rorlzes them by one. but when he undertakes to
terrorze whole community, some of the other fell
lows going give him his own medicine and fight
just meanly and unfairly as he fights. and in the
long so many will be reused up against him that
he will be given thorough cleaning up. That is the
way terrorism works human nature, wherever an
attempt is made to put 1t into Effect rane-ing