Show it jg is not because ol of weir race color lineage that the germans are called huns but because in thell barbarities their unspeakable cruel ties and wanton outrages they are the nearest counterpart ol of the hurt hun abat history hiss has produced the huns were a fierce atlon of oe mongol hordes that had their origin aright on the plains ot of central asia asia ancient history tells us that they invaded chini china until they were stopp ad by the chinese wall then they turned their attention to thu the west and under their king and loader leader attla attia who styled himself the scourge of god they overran all eastern and central europe and spread ruin and de desolation ol 01 aaion with fire firc and sword wherever they want leath and devastation followed in their wake dinall subsequent his lory the nameon the hurt hun hasteen has been i syl synonym am lor for murder rapine and waste today Hun ism in character and kinds find its nearest approach in culture Kul Itil ture and william of holien hohen ollern ellern as its chiet chief advocate and de tender ender if ithe ahe germans do not like heir new appellation they have only heir kalser kaiser to blame tor for it for it was sias si as lie ile who on july 27 1900 at in speaking to his troops upon their departure for china to help the other nations quell the boxer uprising first connected ahe german name with that of the hun in the following words As soon as you come to blows with the enemy lie he will be beaten no mercy will bei be shown no prisoners will be laken As the huns under king attila made a name tor for themselves which is still mighty lity in traditions and legends today may the name of 0 the germans be so fixed in china by your deeds that no chinese shall ever again dare to look at a german askance open the way tor for I 1 kul cul tur once for all that the german soldiers trial lard to live up tip to the parting mandate ot of their lord bandmaster and master is full fula it tt tested ested by the letters sent back tc jermary from china by the kals kais ars artmen men their cruelties cruel ties arid and matroci ies were simply shocking to the soldiers ot of the other nations a many will remember who read alit diapers at theotime the time in their letter lie he german soldiers boasted of cheh le artless cruelties cruel ties many of th thes etters were afterwards published i li i he be social socialist paper lie he heading letters of the huns ind arid later the social democrat lea lal 1 ar herr bebel discussing in 1 reichstag teich stag the deeds of 0 the Gerni gernian ai soldiers iol old diers lers in china said an expedition of revenge so barbarous as this has never occurred in the last years and not often in hickory hi etory tory at least nothing worse than this has happened in history either done by the linns huns the vandals by bengis khan by tamerlane or even b by tilly when he sacked Madg eburg thus the germans have come t tc ie e called huns it first came frair he kaisers keisers Kai sers own lips and darpe its his war in view of german cruelties cruel ties tick nd barbarities the name applies to hem with such peculiar fitness that thai t is now almost universally used t Is a stigma they will not be a alved from tor for generations the bermans have made their name a tinch in the nostrils of 0 civil civilization izat ion inns they are huns they were and juns they will be as long as the tre re accorded a place in history |