Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-03-07
Face to Face With Kaiserism-

principle OF the system was deep
abdominal breathing with slow re-
lease or the breath ne soon as n"r-
Nousuosy came on japanese wreE
Tors pruilDed this he added, and
whom "a man took deep hreaths II was
almost -uluxslble 90 throw him
~ course. social life ami customs
change with climate Hut education
r. the most powerful factor ~ all.
Tho NziyC- 90 Mexico offered human
sacrifices tpt the letter Of the Aztec
mother tp her daughter giving ad.
vice and counsel mentioned by Pres
colt in his history, might have hoen
written tt 90 Now England mother
today somewhere in the world.
moverycr. IN savage eating human
flesh persuaded that IN 40 doing he
IL actin. boz accordance with the ten
cts ~ hIH religion,
These are tho extremes
Hut the German, or rather tho
/ FruHsiRn hpa neen nodded into tho
eNuaordlnoy person that no is TO
I day hN H slow process Of 'luCuioC
extending thru several gcnHrctiJns.
/ Al MarienbuTE on tho Baltic shore
I Of Germany. stands the ancient cns.
a." OF the Teutonis knights recently
restored by the German KAISER. The
kniGhts At one time conquered ami
occupied much ~ the territory that
/ II now modern Prussia. A military
/ religious order, they attraotei ad-
Vcnturvrs from an lands and theft
descendlnis constitute many Of the
| noble families OF Prussia. II is this
| tradition Of conquest for gain that
{ still puim1tcs tho ruli1g c'tss "
Prussia and therefore ALI Germany
Gcrmans Oncc Mcrcenarics OF
Europe.
| Later through the middle ages and
NJ the central power OF the emperor
grew weaker and weaker what In to-
I day Germany became a. nest Of duke
I dOms and municipalities. Before tho
| French revolution these numbered
| hundreds After the thirty years
war which raNnged Germany from
| 1915 To l6Ah extreme poverty was
often conspicuous at these petty
/ courts War whs an Industry ana
J the poor German peasants we're fro.
IQuontly hartrrvd us slaves 20 the war
god, as the llessiauB wore sold hy
! their ruler 10 tho liritiEh In our war
! of the revolution, The Germans
we're then the mercenaries Of Flu
rope. sayuEcs skilled la war. without
mercy toward the towns unfortunate
enough tu he given to their plllage.
| No more horrible account In all his-
tory II there than the sack of Rome
| by the German mcrccnarics In tho
| year 1897. when under General
[ Ueorgs Won FrundsbcrE, who Joined
forces with the recreaut Constable
| bourbon of France ana the Span
,ardh, these laWless Germans Invaded
the fertile plains OF Italy and took
Rome by assault
The most awful outraFes were
perpctrutod I'relalcA were tortured
after being paruded through the
streets - the Eternal city, dressed In
their sacred pontifiCals and mounted
on donkcys Affairs were dcfiled. ~
cred Images broken. Ncstments and
services and works Of art taken from
the plundcrcd churches ana sacred
rellcs tnSutcd, broken and scattered.
For nine months the orgy continued,
the Inhabitants being tortured by
these German soldiers In their effort
90 find hidden ap treasure In fact.
conditions In belgium OF TODAY had
their counterpart centuries ago In
ths treatment of Roman Catholic
priests and the people of Rome
The great change In the feeling OF
the country toward Prussia since the
many In 1850 Ia still eXemplified by
| one quotation from Goethe. lie said,
''The Prussian was born brute and
CIVILIZATION viii mako him ferocious.'
We have all seen how prophetic was
this sentence. skilled In chemistry,
In science, well educated. made rich
by manufacturing and foreign com
nerce, the pruasians ot today have
shown themselves far more bloody,
far more cruel than the German
t.ansauenet OF tho middle ages who
sold himself. his two-handed sword.
his military experience and his long
lance TO the highest bidder,
Tacitus tells ~ how the ancient
Germans when drawn up In battle
array. used to sing sort OF war song
to terrify their enemies
II was Goethe. incidentally. who
remarked "Amerika du hast cs
hessor" America, you are better.
offJ The IR6et. who died In 1882.
toreH,w. indeed. the coming power
Of the free democracy across the
seas.
Continued 1bmorrow)