Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 140, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 June 1919 — SATAN’S THRONE IN BERLIN [ARTICLE]

SATAN’S THRONE IN BERLIN

Not, However, the Seat of the Kaiser's Authority, as One Might Rea* sonably Suppose. In order to understand where the throne of Satan came from and how ft came to Berlin, it Is necessary to open the pages of ancient history and n-ni’w our acquaintance with Pergamum. ... I’ergamum (Pergamos or Pergamon) was the ancient capital of iifysia. In Asia Minor. Ij was about three miles north of the Caicus river and fifteen op twenty miles from the Aegean sea. Under the Greek rule of Attalus I (241-197 B. C.) It became not only a powerful city but also the center of the artistic and literary life of Asia. Attalus built many wonderful temples, altars and monuments that attracted the attention of the entire •world. His son Eumenes II (197-159 B. C.) carrier! on the policy of his fa- > ther. He founded the famous Pergamum library, which cnnKined 200,000 volumes. This library was later removed to Egypt by Antony’ and presented by him to Cleopatra. Attalus 111 bequeathed his treasures and the kingdom of whjeb Pergamum was the capital to Rome, and so, at his death, in 11$ B. C., it became a Roman province. This was the first Roman province on 'Asiatic soil. Carl Humiinn, a civil engineer, who had traveled in Asia Minor, induced •the Berlin museum to fit out an expedition to excavate for the hidden treasures of ancient Pergamum. In 1886, at the close of the third campaign, Huinann r and a friend named Conze unearthed the great altar and the site of the library. Subsequent expeditions uncovered many treasures. The great altar was shipped, piece by piece, to Berlin and re-erected in’ the Kaiser Friedrich museum. A few parts of It are in Constantinople. However, the central and main portion of Satan’s throne is in Berlin. With the throne of Satan in Berlin it is not difficult to understand the military ambitions and actions of the German government.