The Nevada County picayune., 1918-06-06

William H0henZollern, Von Hindan- burg, Won Ludendorff, Von Mackinsen as disciples of him of Gethsemane and Calvaryl
 One must go back to the darkest period of the dark ages to find similar effrontery-to Alaric and the rest who claimed, as William of Prussia claims in all hispublished felicitations to his armies, that they were doing the will of the Almighty, that they were march ing "onward with God"
 It must be peculiar mentality that. in this day and generation, could have the arrogance to advance such claim-and a queer very queer, peo- pie that has the mentality and docility to accept such rot-ahd actually be- lieve it.
 We Americans freeiy admit that we cannot follow the mental processes that would evolTe such a claim or would use such methods in war; and yet there are those of Us who persist in judging What the Prussans will do to Us. if thor win this war, by what we will do to them if We win it. Which necessarily must mean that as soon as the Frussian has won he will experi- enCe a change of heart. abandon his savage methods, and be converted to our terms of peaee-that victorious he will forego the PruSSan fruits of vic tory: will cease to march onward with his God = will put his God aside and be converted to the God of civil ization, the God of the Golden Rule and the sermon on the Mount, the fol- lower of the meek and lOwly Jesus, him of the manager of Gethsemane. of Calvary.
 And these Americans have so much CD on which to base their trust, so much to justify their belief that America has nothing to fear from Ger many, because Germany has nothing to feal from her.
 Dates Back to Ancient Rulers.
 Go back to the Prussian national hero, Frederick the Great. "Old Fritz" as they fondly call him-as contemptible bully and sneak and
 
 Would he have turned back from an avowed purpose 10 make America pay the cost of this war" if he were victorious? Did he ever turn aside from any purpose If he could effect it hv force bv chicanerv by lies. by bluff, by dishonor, by any crime? His. tory-at least Prussian history-gives him the title of Great" but In the civilized sense there is nothing great about him except meanness of charac- ter and of action. He was. when com pared with his contemporaries. suc- cessful warrior, but he, like the pres- ent Hohenzollern. had for that time a marvellous army which was prepared to strike and struck MagnanImity or any other of the attributes of great ness he had not at all, even the tradi- tional kingly honor, which is assumed to he the heritage of throne, was ut terly wanting to him; and his chief claim 10 live in history Is based on the fact that he robbed woman: that without cause he made war on help. less queen. Maria Theresa. and de- spoiled her of province, and cyni. cally hoasted to All the world that he has caught her helpless and so stole what he desired. Moreover, he gloried gin the infamy. sra
 Bismarck. who ruled while his stu. pid sovereign reigned deliberately forged altered as he put it--a tele- gram of that king, and so forced France into war and robbed her of billions of money and two provinces. And William the infamous was sim ply running true to form and trying to outdo the shameful examples of his predecessors. when, absolutely ready, he forced the present war. Have we forgot that the toast for years at every Prussian officers mess drunk stand ing and with cheers. was "'To the day" meaning the day that Prussia woHld rule the world and the other nations were but her vassals
 Admit They Have No Honor.
 One mav well ask these trusting Americans how they can lulI them- selves into the fatuous security of trusting Prussias intentions and honor, when Prussia herself says frankly she has no honor, no inten. lions but the cxigency of the moment and the purpose of her government that solemn treaties made have no binding effect on her. are made only for the moment, are but a blind, under cover of which she can mobilize her forces-a ruse de guerre- and to be scrapped when the moment Is ripe for action.
 Would America, think you, he such a dastard?
 Yet your trusting American still persists in his foolish notion that Prussia, in it's dealing With America, will be actuated by American ideals that Prussia thinks as Prussian In i I,,t {,,