Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-03-11
UNCONSCIOUS HUMOR
IN NEWS FROM BERLIN
Two Modern Gods OF HunIand Must
Hereafter BE Hyphenatcd, Hin
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
FAIRY TALES ABOUT AMERICA
German Newspaper Declares French
and English Have Pledged Colo
NAL Possessions to United States
as Security for Loans.
EDITED by }. J. nosDAN.
IInternational News Rurcau.l

H.
Here is u funny one. the Two mod
cru Gods of lIunland" must be. here
after. observation-disclosures Ludcn-
dorn. Those iilustrious alliances oi
old and ancient times must pale int
oblivion. David and Jonathan. Ananias
and Sapphir,. ana even Sodom and Co
morrah. were mere temporary &C.
auaintaIIres compared with Hindenburg
and his brains, Ludendorff. At least
the Ecrlin Lolsalanzciger has mad,
III" discovery. and prints tho follow
ing in it's current issue:
They whom Coo has joined toEcth-
er. let no man tear asuudcv."
I'm these terms. Field Marshal Won
ilirdcnburg. when receiving = deputa-
ton OF citizens who came to Offer hin,
their congratulations on his seventeen
birthday. referred to the fratcraal
bonds that attach him TO his friend
and hcipmatc, General LudcndorN.
'Whcrevcr his own name was ut.
tered. said the great field marshal. that
of l.udcndprff must also be mentioned:
otherwise the picture would he in
complete. lie characterized his great
collaboration as the soul OF the .-cneral
STAFF aud as the central point in al,
ITS lahors, and concludcd:
Il, is an indispensable JOY to me
that the German people have thorough
~ appreciated the great Significance
pt l.utSndorHS pHcSOnalitv.'
URGES READERS TO PRAY.
FOR ki!SER: III: NEEDS TT
StrassburE ro#t is shedding tears for
tho Kaiser Tho worthy paper urges
its readers To pray for the Kaiser II,
maintains that tn" Kaiser Is 4 much =
wronSed and terribly abused man. and
that he IS in sCr-- need of LIS p.opje' s
prayers. The Post unConS,iouS,y leads
INC 10 suspect that the alliance hi;h-
"rto so much hrnrEed about by The
Kaiser between "A1o una ';ott" must
have been ahrosatcd b. Tho second
party 10 tho covenant. Otherwise. why
pray for him? Here is about. " hat the
Iost says between heavy sohs
There Is y" greater test Of true
friends than 'nisfortunc
our love oc. our loyalty to and our
r"snect for our Kaiser should. there.
for. lac demonstrated particuIarly at
This hour tn. hardest in his life and
in his reign
III is nor,. more than ever. that he
ma" nee! "f our sympathy. Of our
WISHES. of orr prayers because, hr 4,
IS who has To suffer defamation and
Wh" * being insulted on all sides and
npcSe" as a tHrant. a criminal thirst
ing Tor blood and never satisfied"
Thr average reader might harbor tho
idea that since the unccrenonious cx
pu,sion or the tribe OF German PRO
nagandists from American shores the
Germans have given up their intensive
abuse Of their enemies. That is far
from being the fnct. In an editorial
rom the "kolnische Zei,unr"--the
ending German colonial organ. heavily
subsidized by the Foreign ONCE. an,
constantly inspired by the German
!oreiEn ministry, we read the following
trash. which is & fair sample Of the
peculiar Hun mentality:
america is hoping to have some
satisfaction FOR hcr land-hunger dur
ing the war. The idea that ALI the
Islands off the Atlantic coas; Of North
America ana tho Guianas should 10
annexed to the United States was. il
says, hrst mooced last April at a CON
rress promoted by the University ~
New York, when tha opinion was er-
pressed tina, proximity and The ucccs-
Sity OF protecting the Panama Canal
we're sufficient reasons.
France and Great Britain. indeed
are the principal owners, but their
possessions viii he treated as pledges
for loans. and probably never returned.
Ihus the object is attained, and p-o-
prlcty observed. How far the idea was
developed as yet IL is very difficult, 10
say. Meanwhile II was no secret
months ago that Er!tain had had to
p'cdg" Bermuda to her inexorahln
money-lcndcr, and that tho Mother
Country had compounded with tho best
grace she could by sharing Denmark
tate. 'Thc allusion is 10 the island OF
~. Thomas.) We further learn that
France also is subjected TO America
pressure: