Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 288, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1918 — Why Troops of the Kaiser Were Given Title of "Huns” [ARTICLE]

Why Troops of the Kaiser Were Given Title of "Huns”

The Huns were a brutal race of savage people who invaded Europe about 350, slaughtering the inhabitants and destroying property. When the kaiser sent his troops to China, July 27, 1900, he said to them: “Use your weapons in such a way that for a thousand years no Chinese dare look upon a German askance. Be as terrible as Attila’s Huns.” Because of the Germans* brutality and wanton destructiveness in the present war they have been called Huns.