Show y THE GREED OF THE NS AS FREDERICK THE GREAT HIMSElF lAm LAID IT GOWN DOWN i Extend x end Your Power Command Fear and Respect Respect Newly Newly Discovered Book Reveals It If Is Said Rules of Ac Ac- r tion icon and Creation of Blood and Iron Policy for Preservation of German Empire Empire Is Kaiser Fol- Fol J r f lowing Illustrious Predecessors Predecessor's Doctrines y l' l r THE CREED r i AS LAID DOWN BY l FREDERICK FREDERICS THE TIIE GREAT MORE THAN l O YEARS AGO ACCORDING TO TILE THE WENDELL PHILLIPS PAMPHLET Statesmanship can bo be reduced o 0 principles First maintain your power and according to circumstances increase and extend it second form toro alliances only for your our own advantage third command fear and respect re re- oven even in tho most disastrous times Always boar r In mind that with regard to kingdoms we monarchs take what wo we can and we wo arc never In sit tho wrong except when we wo arc compelled to give up what wo we have taken Do not be ashamed of ot m making making interested alliances from wl which eh only you yourself can derive the tho adv advantage Do not make mako the foolish mistake mistaKe mistake mis mis- take of ot not breaking them when you bellevo that your interest requires it aU all uphold the tho following maxim mum That to despoil your neighbors is 15 to deprive them of the moans of injuring you Never ask Sit anything weakly Appear rather to demand I If some one is disrespectful toward you reserve your vengeance for a time when you youcan youcan youcan can obtain full satisfaction Do not fear that your glory will b be diminished by It It will bo so much the worse for who may have to suffer by it All your neighbors must bo be quite finite persuaded that you are afraid of or nothing and that nothing can astonish you Try especially to have them believe that you are arc a dangerous monarch who knows no other principle principia than that which leads lead to glory Editors Editor's Note Note Frederick Frederick the Great third king of or Pr Prussia PrusIa reigned from 1740 to 1786 1760 and stands out as tho the great groat figure of the tIle dynasty He lie was a disciple of tho the God of or War Var purely for what he could gain gaul for Prussia by it He Ho instigated the last world war warthe the the seven coven ven years' years war war all of Europe because of his desire d Iro for territorial expansion His war with Austria brought him Silesia and his alliance with Russia caused the Ule partition of ot Poland Special BOSTON Oct Bismarck 10 Bismarck didn't invent in the tho rule rile of and iron It was created a hundred d. d y years ars before his hiI time timo and b by no less a person than Frederick tho Great third kin king of Prussia Bismarck just jUt developed c it del it-del defined it-defined defined ned it in iu the tho reign of William I I. I and by its o operation cration constructed the great reat German empire I 1 imperial aspirations aro are revealed in to a striking little pamphlet just discovered in tho time library of ot Wendell Phillip s tho great American orator and abolitionist of Boston who ho died in 1831 1891 The ho pamphlet contains what is ish h said aid to bo be tho creed of tho laid down by br tho great Frederick to his bis heir to tu the throne The Tho title reads I INSTRUCTIONS S OP OF I FREDERICK II OF CF PRUSSIA v I TO JUS lII 1 SUCCESSOR TO THE fIlE CROWN I i I ORIGIN OF THE BISMARCK BIS AnCK POLICY OR ORTHE 4 I t TIIE THE DOCTRINES AND MAXIMS f r DESCRIBED AND DEIo DEFINED r f tt r BY THE TIlE MOST fOST EltI EMINENT EXT MONARCH OI OP TIlE THE PRUSSIAN N DYNASTY FREDERICK TILE THE GREAT tiIU J Is 18 the present resent kaiser following tho the creed and doctrines doctrine and command command- commandments ments t which it is a his illustrious predecessor sor laid down Iowa a u century land and n a half ago 1 Addressing My Mi Ir dear nephew Frederick says t iu iii u the opening letter 41 Do Do not be so PO childish henceforth WE MONARCHS TAKE WHAT WE CAN H Always AI nys bear iu mind wind that with regard to kingdoms wo we monarchs tako what wo 0 can cnn when wo we cau can and wo we aro arc nc cr in the ron t wrong exe except pt when weere wo we ere aro compelled to give up what hat wo we hud had taken From the time of ot to that of tho the great elector our lions was a hardly a able bl to support itself There were vere fifty princes in the empire who vero were our equals in every respect and nd properly speaking we were ourselves only a branch of tho the great empire of ot Germany Many of our ro royal nl ancestors tors proved to be cr very bad characters But chance an and anu circumstances have greatly favored us Our first diadem was placed on a 11 vain ain and aud frivolous head belonging to a n crooked and distorted body 11 Frederick rederick refers rr-fers to religion Religion is absolutely necessary in a state government The discussion of hta maxim would bo be very vary Impolitic and a king 1 is to wrong when he allows his subjects to carry such discussions to excess But on ou tho the other hand it is for tor a king to have a religion Mark this well my dear nc nephew hew there Is nothing which ch tyrannizes tyran over t tho e mind and heart so BO muc much i as religion because it agrees agree neither with our passions nor with the high political views tows which a monarch should entertain If Tf a favorable opportunity of ol taking forcible possession of a neighboring province is offered immediately an arm army of demons emons seem to him ready to de do- defend feud fend it he ho is weak weak minded minded enough to think ho bo ip it go going ng to commit an injustice I tice and ho proportions tho the punishment of ot his bis crime to the extent of his evil designs de ins H When ho is about to conclude a trent with bomo bome foreign power pOT if he be re- re members that he i is a I Christian ho is lost lear SLIGHTEST SCRUPLE SPOILS YOUR V WAR AR War is a business in which tho slightest scruple spoils tho the whole matter Where ero can elan an honest man moan be found Cound willing to carry on a war if he be had bal not notI I the the right to make mako regulations justifying j pillage inc and carnage carnage Wo We Wo must adapt our thoughts to our rank rank and standing in the world It I would be tho the height of folly i if it a monarchs monarch's attention was diverted b by trifles trifle which Bro are fit only for the common people the tho following precept my dear lear nephew and always say Y as I Ido Ido Ido do In my kingdom people pray as they wish and md find their salvation a as 39 they cnn can I If you yon neglect t that at maxim over ever so 50 little everything c will be lost for you in your kingdom As to policy Frederick says Do not bo be ashamed to make interested alliances from which only you yourself can derive the whole advantage Do not make the foolish mistake of ot not breaking them when you b believe that your interest requires it all uphold the following maxim U That to despoil your neighbors is to deprive them of or the means of ot injuring you H By By frequent reviews rc I become thoroughly acquainted with mv nIT troops troop and when I find an nn officer or who T ans answers ers all my mv questions clearly an and I put his IMS name on my mj list so 50 that I may remember him when tuni tv requires To To this thi tiny every ery one ono believes that the treat great Eat love lo I h hmo Laio 0 for or my subjects subject induces me to v visit it tho different parts of m my kingdom ns as often as I can I Ic let every C on one remain n under that impression ion iol although this is not mY real motive The fact fact is I 1 am arm ob obliged c to act thus and here hero is the tho reason Why HOW now TO BE A DESPOTIC EULER RULER My 1 government o is a despotic one Consequently he Le who rules rule over or th the kin kingdom h has the exclusive e char charge o of it If I dill did id n nut not t travel tra over or m ray m states my governors go would take my place and m would gradually dispense with tho ho principles principles prin prin- of obedience to adopt only those of inde independence Besides si as m my orders cannot be otherwise o than imperious aud and peremptory t those who represent s m me would al assume tho the same sumo tyrannical tone tono while Thile b by o occa occasionally ca' ca traveling through m my kingdom I havo tho the means of tho the abase which tb they y make of tho the power that I have O delegated to them thern and o of re recalling to their dut duty duly and a admonishing those who might be tempted to depart dopart from rom it it Would I you rou karn how bw to plen o everybody erbo y at t a little expense n TIre Here re i ithe is IA the secret of that Permit all 1111 your subjects to write to you rou directly and speak to you Ol personally and when you Jou answer f r thom them verbally or otherwise you mus must use mo this Inn language ac It If what you communicate to mo Too is true truo I will do you Justice but rely also on tho the zeal with which I havo have always punished calumny and falsehood I am your king Icing FREDERICK Two letters written in ill style and a couple of ot answers of that sort will trill spare you ou the annoyance of complaints and ond in your our states tes aud and your foreign courts will ill give gi you an anair air air of ot simplicity which is ot oT or the highest impo importance for Iii monarchs Statesmanship can bo ho reduced to principles g Pint maintain your our power pot and according to circumstances c r increase c and extend it second form alii am only onh for your our own onn advantage third command fear car and respect even in inC int t C s most disastrous di disastrous n times limi's HOW HE ASTONISHED THE TIm WORLDOn WORLD It On On ascending the throne I examined my fathers father's treasury His JUs economy enabled mo no to conceive groat projects I then reviewed my troops and aud found thorn them in III superb condition After thIs tills review I returned to my coffers again and took out from thorn thom funds enough to double my lUY army I kept my mJ troops under arms and drilling constantly and I II Idid Idid did my best to draw rim the tho attention of all Europe to my movements I U I I astonished the world All the powers al nil the tho nations thought everything every ery Olin thing thin was Tn over with ith them if ii they did not know how to move their heads arms anal ami legs a a la lu All ll to my iny officers and soldiers seemed to be worth twice ire as is s much when th they saw sa sath th they were imitated everywhere Then wb when n 01 my tr troops ops had reached this t Ua o I occupied myself with mth Examining what claims T might aught ht lt lay Jay t to various provinces I fixed my eve evo on Sile Silesia ia Polish Pru Prussia sia the Dutch welders and tho the Swedish I t left to lu time lime tho care of executing my designs on the other countries In Tn Tn carrying out this pro program am Dl my dear nephew have ha plenty of ot mon money r Give Gho your troops an tn air of superiority wait for favorable 1 Circumstances and you will ho bo sure only of preserving your kingdom hot of enlarging it it Thero are arc unskillful ul statesmen who imagine that a state which has reached a certain point must most no longer think of ot aggrandizing its itself lr But everything depends upon uvon circumstances and upon tho the courage courage cour cour- age of tho conqueror You lyou Yon cannot annot kno know my nay dear daar Mtr nephew how bow important it is for a king Icing and for a t state to depart fr from m ordinary practice It is only by y r extraordinary proceedings that you can overcome others and al acquire quiro fame HOW TO OVERCOME OTHERS AND ACQUIRE FAME AMB F Europe I Europe is a family where there arc are too man ninny many bad brothers and relatives it i is by y despising these th that t tast vast ast projects can be formed the En English rhe They have havo the master mastery of tho the s sea that proud element no longer dares to bear benr vessels without their permission ion The result r. of all this thi is that we must always v ti-v try to be well persuaded that everything thill suits us only wo we must tako care not 10 to o display our pretense preten e eith with ith vanity A Again J n Form alliances for your o own on n advantage antage thence follows the tho consequences eon con sequences sequences we Me wc must imi t break alliances when thc they aro arc pr prejudicial to usI usI us ut II I I told you my dear nephew the world orld p policy signifies almost roguery and rascality This is s true true I I had bad ambassadors who have served mo me devotedly dc and who in in order to discover disco u it mystery would havo o searched the tho pockets of a kin king 41 Never ask thing anything weakly wP Appear rather to demand deman I If some one is iss re dl disrespectful toward you ou reserve your our vengeance for a time when you yon can obtain full n Do not fear ft-ar that your our glory will bo be diminished by It It Jt will ill IJ bo be so o much tho the worse for those who no may havo lla to suffer by by- it All I AU your our nei neighbors must bo ho quite persuaded that you ou arc afraid of nothing noth noth- nothing in ing anti and that nothing can aston astonish Jh you O 1 Try especially to have them that you 00 are aro a dan dangerous erous crous monarch who tyke bo know un iio other principle than that which leads l ads to glop lon r |