Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1917-03-30 | Page 3 | A Queer Coincidence

A Queer Coincidence, It Is rather a remarkable coincidence coinci-dence that the birthday ,of George-! Washington is also the natal day of, August Ferdinand Bebel, "the lied Washington" of Germany. Bebel's' birthday was widely celebrated by so-! i clallsts during his life, but since tho war tho German government has sought to suppress all memories of the teachings of the arch-foe of tho Ilohenzollerns. For 20 years before his death, in August, 1013,. Bebel continually con-tinually asserted that the I'russiau rulers of Germany were planning a great war, and ho called upon his followers fol-lowers to meet the declaration of hostilities hos-tilities with a counter rebellion which should drive the llohenrollerns from power. . .. ,i A Saxon, Bebf-i had all the Saxon hatred for Prussia and all things Prussian, Prus-sian, and a bitter, velentless hatred of Prussian kings. Tho great majority ma-jority of Bebel's followers are now in the comp of Bebel's greatest enemy, but it is safe to say that If he had been granted a year more of life tho Bed Washington "with the mocking lips and burning eyes" would have Blood by his guns to the last.