The Washington times., 1918-03-17

and because wanted to offset the riumphs in Asia Of
Luculus, greater man than himself.
Caesar conquered and murdered his way.to power. His
friends murdered him. and the world on ruled
by social evolution and currents Of thought not by ndvd
ual ambition.
Napoleon as he well knew, was the product of the
French Revolution The nation tired of its Intellectual de-
bauch him the trained in the glorious revolution
ay wars he had kings sitting like in his
waiting for their oriers-and he appreciated joke
The kings locked him up the Island of Eba. He
broke out fought at Waterloo They locked him up again
at St Helena On that island he died and around his tomb
in Paris there the magnificent French republic that will
outlive the kingdom of Napoeons Prussan wouldbe mi
tator.
Napoleon found his doom in Russia, where the Kaiser
finds his latest hope.
The great Frederick marvel of tenacity and of blood
different from that of the present Kaiser was compared
the Kaiser like mountain compared to chds sand pile
yet Frederick was as nothing compared with the great
three
. Frederick knew when he was well off, knowledge lack
ing to his present he invited such Vol
tare to visit him and help correct his bad French poetry
In Prussia Votaire said, he surrounded by hun
dred and fifty thousand bayonets liked little and stayed
a short time.
Of Theodorc the average newspaper reader knows less
than Of the others He born almost fourteen hundred
years ago.
his people like the Kaiser were of mixed Hun, Slavic
Semitic and Germanic blood Their territory had been
overrun by Attla 1.-THE scourge Of God, and his Huns
who have left too much of their blood in modern Prussia
Attila married his young wife and died of overeating
At the celebration, said poisoned by her.
others thought. Then Theodorics father, Theudemir
and his brothers drove out the Huns and established them
seves rulers under the suzeranty of the Eastern
peror to whom at the age Of eight Theodore sent
guarantee that his father and unces would behave them
selves.
At this time what call the Hohenzollerns were an
unknown family Of savages living in dreary east Prussia
their blood occasionally strengthened poisoned you
choose to put it, by the invading Huns and other Asatics
that made Prussia camping ground Those Hohenzollens
had yet hundreds Of years to wait before they should be
established petty prncelets with money lending and rob-
berry for their principal business They had fourteen
ures to wait before they should produce for the worlds
injury the present Kaiser diseased in mind and deformed
in body who turns back for his inspiration the chief royal
murderers.
Theodorics story appeals to the Kaiser undoubtedly
because he actually extended his domnons far outside Of
his boundaries
He learned many things during ten years Of life as
hostage at the Eastern court That experience changed him
from little eight savage to well trained soldier
at eighteen.
he started fighting as soon as his father died. when
he was twenty BE fought well and hard that to be
nd OF him the Emperor Of the East him permission
to invade and conquer Italy, then ruled by another one of
the mixed Germanic invaders named odoacer.
This foolish person, conquered twice, surrendered with