The Seward gateway daily edition, and the Alaska weekly post., 1918-02-08
WHO IS A HUN: AND WHY?

Attila styled himself as the ScOurge which God had chosen to chaSSe the human He was idolzed by his barbarian hOrdeS They believed in his supreme deS tiny. Their ambition was but the complement to his am bition namely to wed without mercy the forces of cruel y that he might dominate the world and they share in the spells of victory More than 1900 years elapsed from the downfall of the first Hun leader, who made that synonym of terror the rise of the second Hun leader Frederick Wilhelm HOhenzOllern, king of Prussia and emperor of Germany.
 In the course of that 1900 years new civilization was bon Slowly; painfully in blood and tears by hero ism by lofty inspirations by unmeasured and mmeasra- be thought and to by devoted sesacrfce by exalted deasm by the best which the heart and brain of man. kind had offer that civilization nodded and develop ed until it began promise the mlennia fruits of which prophets dreamed and poets sang.
 The world baskng, as it were in the glory of this promise and the mind of man universally and steadfasty bent betteent of the race the modern Hun enters upon the scene and with cold calculating and scientific savagey essays either to master or destroy the civza On of his time Ata sought to master destroy Ro civilization.
 Except for the outline history has been kind to the Hun of the fifth century Concerning him, 1t has left us bill of particulars But through him destructiveness devastation inhumanism given interpretation and emphasis they never had before These terms as they could be made applicable national policies and radical characteristics all expressed in their highest power under that single word of three letters-Hun.
 Wilhelm of the family of HohenzoLern, his Prussian following and his deuded people have richly earned sue ceSSiOn to that name. They have written into history record of atrOcity which in the passing of generations mankind probably will forgive, but will never forget They have not done this by wanton impulse but by deb crate choice and scientific plan
 Frightfuness was not afterthOught to the German imperial declaration of war in August 1914 Years be- fore had been calmly thought and set down in the manual of the German army officer Years before the seeds of it had been in the German universities cu tivated in every German SchOonO the thing itself not the fruit when began to develop practical fOrm that left to the ripenng process of military training
 It is the testimony of Investigator of Belgian out rages from the Hague that he heard of auhen tcated of brutal assault upon Belgian women, but it was committed by German officer. Doubtless there were drunken German OfficerS but drunkenness nor any other vice transcends the discipline of the German army This hewor executed for the most part by those who would be named in pharase as the flower of Ger man manhood the highest product of Prussian civza ton was within the studied intent and purpose of that discipline.
 Why? Because this modern Hun, emphasizing his ferocy by the cold logic of materialsm decided that frghtfuness would deter the people of neutral Holland and the neutral Scandnavans from following the course that Belgium took In his philosophy there no thot of conscience To his mind to talk think of pity on