The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1918-07-12
The Piouls
Devil
Nv KATE JORDAN
OF Ths T1raeafss

have had him described, quoted, pho
tographed by the highest men OF many
e~ountries--men OF honor, whose word
cannot be questioned.
His vanity Il misunderstanding 10
gibe at. Raymond Hitchcock described
Il when, az a reason for hia having
made the war, he explained that "the
kaiser was all dressed up with no
where 20 GO" He II always dressed
up" either az an hussar, an admiral.
a. this, or that, and lately. ever as n
Turk. Yes. William HohenKollcm IN
"crazy about himself" He likes the
way he carries the duds."
With vanity there IA always arro-
gance; and he IL arrogant. His mus
tache ends alone are damning evil
dcneo OF that. The polnte point up at
him. Il n evident, too, In his addic-
ton 10 posing on n horse-he can look
down. and ride over anything on foot.
with vanity and arrogance, treach-
cry makes a good third. In his own
mind. the frst two traits set him apart.
a Rlorined unit. a law unto himself.
What IL, therefore. just common de-
eeDcy TO other men has no meaning for
one who IL law. Because OF this No
can break his word. lie. cheat. steal,
murder at every turn OF the gnme-as
he has done from the hrst moment.
These three traits could not exist
without breeding cruelty. The German
lnscnsibility 20 suffering In others
looms large In the "ali-highest." In
sheer snvagery he has outdone the
most barbarous Turk that evor lived.
He has directed the slaughter OF mil
lions OF men. And not only OF his enc
mles-mnke no mistake OF thatl He
has directed the slaughter OF his own
peasant and artisan armies with as
untrcmbllng n finger. II might be
well for the Germans In this country
who secretly yenrn over the father
land TO think OF this. The German
kniser does not spare his people. He
murders his own-aa n cat eats It's own
when the idea seems good for arlsto-
cratic and HohenEollern eason
Vanity. arrogance. t~reachery and
cruelty Surely these are enough OF
hell TO exist In one But there In
another. and Il reeks from the brew
this Is hypocrisy.
Yes. this nan Of lies and torn
treaties. whose armies were directed
20 treat the betrayed Belginns NJ by.
enas treat the graves they pull TO
pieces for bones; this killer OF babes /;
this murderer OF the wounded-ls
piousl II one were 10 believe him.
each Of his horrors has had Gods au.
diting.
During this last year he has grown
very old and white OF hair. Some late
photographs OF him that have reached
this country show no arrogance at all.
No, he Is now markedly aanctimonious
and very. very sad. No wonder. He
and God-haye not had the easy
time that he expected.
You see he had the restaurant pick
ed out and the date Cot Tor his tri-
umphal dinner In Pods aroucd Christ
mas, 1914. Their was reason Cor his
feeling 80 sue. When he started
across Belgium, killing and burning
all In his path, he was most hideouily
prepared for tho fight no knew he
would meet In France.
Perhaps II Is not generally known
Just how prepared he wal In a one
sided lnfamy. From sure authority
I have recently read OF the tons OF
barbed wire. 10 years in the making,
that went with those nrst troops
that every German soldier as he took
his FIRST step over the Belgian frontier
with Paris az his goal. had In his kit
tubes OF liquid gas and n perfectly
constructed a mask, also years and
years In the making. When the kaiser
rumlnated on the liquid gas that was
TO come as a surprise upon his de-
fenseless enemies while his own mel
were supermen, immune. Is Il ans
wonder that the points OF his mustachC
waggled In a sweet, slow smllei ANS
wonder that he saw himself In Paris
by Christmas, eating sauerkraut pre-
pared by a French ehefi
Well. In spite OF all that he has
brought to make solid his loathsomc
ambition. he is not In Paris. He IL IN
Berlin. or near II, and glad to stay
there.
lie hadn't counted on England-and
England's navy bottled up his ports
her millions poured over the channel
after him.
He was sure Italy would hold to a
feeble sort OF promise to back him ~
II he were good. Italy thought him
rotten bad and 90 she went aftvg him.
He wasn't afraid OF America. Amer
lea was too busy making money, too
happy In selhshness, and luxury. and
Incidence. America would never nght
She was like nm overfed cat asleep IN
the sun. But from the time he sank
the Lusitanla America has really beer
at val with him In spirit, as she Il
o In reality. When she did wake NJ
she put her head under the pump and
the cold water nude her vision 80
Gear she could sec nothing but thu