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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 was. With his own hands he desecrated
the tomb Of Frederick the Great at Potsdam and
sent off his sword and scarf to the Invalides; he
scrawled obsence insults against Queen Louise on the
walls of her own palace; demolished the obelisk on
the battlefield of RoSsbach he carried of to Paris
the figure of Victory from the Brandenburg gate and
drove the Prssan guards like cattle down the Inter
den Lndena spectacle for the burghers to mock atg
On top Of this, he issued decree in 1903 which
ordered that the Pussian army should be reduced to
$4,000 men and kept at this figure. At the time
Napoleon could muster more than half a million
trained soldiers.
Prussia was Inundated thoroughly. She seemingly
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
Eardenberg carried through administrative and eco
nomic reforms which upset the remnants Of the old
feudal system in Prussia and made it an efficient
modern monarchy.
Fichte 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 discred
tied completely by Napoeon'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 in drill tactics guns and
munitions"
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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 obeyed
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 well-trained body of
reserves
In few years Prussia thus became one great citi-
zen army ready for the first opportunity to throw off
the yoke of the conqueror So in the end Napoleon's
restrictions created the most powerful military Prus-
STA known down to this time
At first it seemed quite impossible to conceive of
successful Prussian war of liberation But Nanoeon
was weakened by the fatal Russian invasion, and
Prussia joined with his old enemies in the first great
successful campaign against the Corsican adventrer
War was declared in March 1913, and in the great
threeday battle of Leipzig (Oct 1919 the power of
Napoleon finally broken. France was invaded
Napoleon captured and sent to Elba in exile
BY their unfair tactics since 191S 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 conagration like that of 1913 breaks
out
But the friends Of peace should hope that the adj
justment win not be along the line Of permitting Ger
many to arm more heavily. Civilization will be served
only II the other nations dsarm to the German level
Kansas woman 81 900 prize for a 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 commod
ties has taken the place Of purchases 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 universitys student paper advocates that
football players be paid If that crusade is successful
some paper ought to out in favor of paying the
Chicago teachers.
And, figures English writer, women probably
talk more because men are too polite to interrupt
them" Let's get rude, boys.
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