NO PITY FOR WOMEN.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume LXXIV, Issue LXXIV, 11 May 1918, Page 6

NO PITY FOR WOMEN.

"BURN, KILL AND DEVASTATE."

Appended is the translation of a document found by the Italian authorities on a German prisoner. As the Germans frequently seek to deny the authenticity of official documents issued by them on the strength of quibbles as to the exact meaning of an individual word (e.g., the notorious kadaver), it is well to point out that the translation is made from an official Italian translation of'the original German. Advance, son of Germany in arms — this is the hour of intoxication and of Glory; 0 artilleryman of ours, the gun —thy powerful and invulnerable bro- \ ther—calls to thee. Was it not made to renovate the universe? 0 rifleman of ours; thou art the force which conquers even death, and which no obstacle withstands. Wherever thou thou enterest; wherever thou enterest, there is Germany. 0 cavalryman of ours, engage and overthrow; a harvest of heads awaits thee, curb that winged hurricane—the will of thy horse. That cowardly flesh is made to fatten the fields which shall be thy eon's! Son of Germany, the great hour has • come. Life does not end, but surpasses and is transformed without a pause. The life of the vanquished is absorbed by the victor; the slayer becomes owner of the life of his slain. See now how in the breast of thy sacred country is contained the life of the world; do not stoop to feminine pity towards women atid children. The son of the vanquished has often been the victor of .to-morrow. What is the worth of victory if to-morrow we have the revenge? What kind of father would 7st thou be if thou killed'st thine own enemy, and left alive the enemy of thy eon? Son of: Germany in arms! — * Hurl down, strike with thunder, break in pieces. Rush forth, overthrow, transfix, devastate/ / Burn. kill, kill, killSuch, is the life of glory!