Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-06-02
BY DR.. w. H. Ballou,

~"SHcSt VI f1SdocIi1J Oh natural sciences,
National Institute of Social Science,
Honorary Commissioner United States
Department of Agriculture, etc.
THE unparalleled ferocity which the
Prussians have shown In the pres.
ent war has shocked the civilized
nationR. Scientific examination OF tho
SKULLS Of the Prussians proves, however.
that their methods Of waging warfare are
natural 10 them, and that. indeed, theS
could not, being as they are, wage war in
any other way
AS man thinketh in his heart. so is
he,' says the Bible. and science adds that
according TO the SHAPE OF a mans skull
so he thinks. A long-headed tyne does
not think on differen, lines than the round
head. but he possesses virtues which the
round head and the square head lack just
as the round head and tho square head
possess powers which the long head does
not.
The head OF the Prussian. it has been
found goes back directly through the
cruel Tartars-whose successive inva.
eions swept over Germany from Asia, TO
the tremendously ancient savage known
as the Heidelberg man.
Just az other races have specialized their
brains In the line OF progress and art.
invention. altruism and Intellectual prog
ress, the Heidelberg man. his descendants.
the Mongols and Tartars and PruesiaDs
have specialized their brains in the direc.
tion OF making remorseless. relentless
force supreme. The Heidelberg man lived
over 100000 to 100000 years ago He is
the first Prussian known 10 science and
1907 seventy-nine feet below the surface
OF the sand pits near The village OF Naue-
six miles from Heidelberg He and his
fellow savaEes were immigrants from Asia
and we're probably dominant for 100 900
years.
Homo HeideIbergensis. as science calls
him. was the strongest. most brutal. cruel.
est man force in the world.
That the Prussan is the direct descend.
ant OF the Heidelberg man is asserted nv
many great anthropologists since the
discovery OF the bones in 1907 Among
those. who hold TO this view and who have
proved It by cranial measurements facial
chara cteristics and so on. are Or Rudolph
Martin of the Chair Of An,hrono'ocv ~
the University Of Zurich. Switzerland. and
Professor Soule, Director Of the Institute
OF Human Paleontology OF Franco. and
head Of the Paris Museum Of Natural His
tory.
found that Won Hindenburg the military
idol Of Germany. IS remarkable throw.
back to the old Heidelberg savage himself
1t is as though out OF this harbarous black
age OF ma nkind there should suddenly step
one OF the brnte-!iko humans Who then
ruled and. equipped with modern brain.
should again assume leadership of his
lordes.
Recently Professor Henry Fairfield Os.
born. president Of the American Museum
of Natural History. New York. was asked
This question:
VIVA. are your views on the savage
ancestry Of the Prussians and their leader
Won Hindenburg, in the direction OF Homo
Heidelbergensis. and does this descent
account for the ferocity. the infamies and
brutalittes OF him and his compatriots
Inherited from long line OF savages VINO
have specialized in brain power solely as
function OF night
DR.. Osborn said:
1.-THE round head element In Germany
OF which Hindenhrrg Is an examine is
probably Of Eastern Central Asiatir
origin. This type is found among the
'Wendish' tribes. who came to Germany by
way Of the Carpathians
1.-THE callous cruelty Of this military
Prussian type Is largely due to remote
Asiatic ancestry and barbarfc blood
The modern Germans have n very largo
admixture Of this blood. estimated as high
as 80 per cent of the total population Only
about 10 per cent Of modern Germany in.
cludes the bueeyed, fair-haired. long
headed element which constituted the lead.
ers the knights and the chivalrous and
romantic class OF the Middle Ages
1.-THE reason Ia that this knlghtlv class
was divided against itself during the Thirty
Years War and was nearly exterminated
This Is the reason why the gentleman. In
the best American sense, the man OF chiv.
alrous conduct toward women and chival
rous and maenanimous conduct toward
defeated enemy so rarely exists in Ger
many The type was killed Off during the
Thirty Years War. leaving the Asiatic,
barbaric class to dominate and set the
standards.
This Asiatic barbarism Is what the
courageous and sporting shirt Of our sol.
diers is pitted against--a foe as treacher.
Gus and cruel and inhuman as were the
Huns whom the Emperor William has held
up as models for his soldiers in their cam.
paign against China.