The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1932-11-19
contempt for the feelings Of the vanquished A
Marriott describes his conduct:

contempt for the feelings of the vanquished AS
Marriott describes his conduct:
I'm Berlin Bonaparte behaved like the vulgar con-
queror he With his own hands he desecrated
the tomb Of Frederick the Great at Potsdam, and
sent of his sword and scarf to the Invalides he
scrawled obsence insults against Queen Louise on the
walls of her palace; he demolished the obesk
the battlefield of Rossbach, he carried off to Paris
the figure of Victory from the Brandenhurg gate and
drove the PrusSan guards like cattle down the Inter
den Lindena spectacle for the burghers to mock at"
On top of this, he issued a decree in 1903 which
ordered that the Prussian army should be reduced to
$4,000 and kept at this figure. At the same time
Napoleon could muster than half million
trained soldiers.
Prussia Inundated thoroughly She seemingly
was much under the iron hand of the conqueror as
Germany has been since the treaty of Versailles in
1919.
But the spirit Of revolt and regeneration quickly
arose in the face of this humiliation. Stein and
Hardenberg carried through administrative and eco
nomic reforms which upset the remnants of the old
feudal system in Prussia and mace it an efficient
modern monarchy.
Ffchte inspired the populace with his idealism
Father jain introduced his campaign for physical
betterment and national gymnastic exercises
Most important of all were the military reforms
introduced by Scharnhorst and Gneisau They dis
carded the old army system which had been dscred-
tied completely by Napoleon's easy victory at Jena
in 1906.
"Old and incompetent army officers were cashiered.
caste restrictions abolished; better system of
promotion, based partly on merit was adopted; and
improvements effected drill tactics guns and
munitions"
c In he OTYT,d
in the manner in which the arbitrary limitation of
the Prussian army to $4,000 men invited successful
evasion. The letter of Napoleon's decree was obeved
carefully.
While the formal army never was larger than
$4,000, the personnel changed rapidly Men were kept
IN the army long enough to receive careful train
ing. They then passed into a wel-trained BODY of
reserves
In few years Prussia thus became one great cti-
zen army ready for the first opportunity to throw off
the yoke OF the conqueror SO, in the end Napoeons
restrictions created the most powerful military Prus
STA known down to this time
AT first, it seemed quite impossible to conceive of
successful Prussian of liberation But Napoleon
was weakened by the fatal Russian invasion and
Prussia joined with his old enemies in the first great
successful campaign against the Corscan adventurer
War was declared in March 1913, and in the great
hreeday battle of Leipzig (Oct 1919 the power of
Napoleon finally was broken. France was invaded
Napoleon captured and sent to Elba in exile
BY their unfair tactics since 1913 France and her
allies have promoted just such desire for revenge
and liberation in the present-day German reich A
few books on modern history should be put beneath
the noses Of their statesmen and diplomats before an
other European confagraton like that of 1918 breaks
out
But the friends of peace should hope that the ad-
jusment will not be along the line of permitting Ger
many to arm more heavily. Civilization will be served
only If the other nations disarn to the German level
Kansas woman a 81 900 prize for short
story. There ought to be another prize for the one
who discovered woman who really could tell short
story,
In several rural districts the trading of commodi-
ties has taken the place of purchases in which money
changes hands. Wonder how man would go about
acquiring toothbrush that way?
Professor Einstein now says the earth is 10000
million years old. You'd think the old thing would
know better
Columbia university's student paper advocates that
football players be paid If that crusade successful
some paper ought to come out in favor of paying the
Chicago teachers.
And figures an English writer, women probably
talk more because men are too polite to interrupt
them" Let's get rude, boys.
I'D D. ~