Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1919 — Voice as From the Tomb. [ARTICLE]

Voice as From the Tomb.

Empress Marla Theresa, who reigned over Austral from 1740 to lfWk told whnt she thought of Prussia and the Hohenzollertis. “Everybody In Europe knows how much dependence may be placed In the king of I’russtn and his word,” she wrote. “France has experienced It on several occaslons, and, speaking generally, no sovereign of Europe has been able t» avoid his perfidies. And It Is such e king who wishes to Impose him**!* on Germany as a dictator and protestor. . . . For 37 years this man ha* been, by his military despotism and his victories, the scourgfe of Europe. He has broken with all recognised principles of right and truth; he disregards every treaty and every allegi* anee. and It is we who are the Utah to be exposed to his blows." A fese days before her death she added: “The Holienzollern dynasty recognizes ne other motive than its own profit. If Mils principle Is allowed contlnnaßF, to gain ground, what will be the failure reserved for our successorsT* v