THE OTHER HUNS.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 3, Issue 255, 11 December 1914, Page 4 (Supplement)

THE OTHER HUNS.

KAISER'S HEROES IN HISTOR*. THE FORERUNNERS OF THE GERMON ARM 1 AND THE FRIGHTFUL .MARK THEY LEM' LN 1 HEIR PATH. WILL HISTORY REPEAT ITSELFP " Ciaux a reputation like tho Hum,' tiio Kaiser toid lus army. \\ lio wore the e other Hunliny emerged from tiio gloom ol .vioiijioiirt two ouutune* Uuoio was born, and were simply hordes ol warring Mi lows and luuruei l <siv>, pouring dou n Urom Asm luto Europe. through Russia, Hungary, auu .AusQnu, fKoi into it-aiy, vner» Uk lio man Empire was tottering to its fall, I'he.v became, iu the filth century, tlk terror and horror ol E u| opo, and Attila, who became their kiug, was pleased ti iiavo him oil calhd the Scourge of God, lit.- was a moiislur in appeiaranc« a lid character, but. ' lu had tins great *d vu.iuigo over tho German Emperor—h< kept nis treaties and spaivd many u noble monument. fl 0 hu a man of low stature, large head, a short, squen body and it was his habit to roll hii yellow eye* fiercely, to impress bis W holders with t.rrar. Hu servitors, it ilattcr him, used to say they couild no I endure to look upon tho "divine majesty" of tlie King of tho Huns. Wo can trace tho origin of tho acta o tho Gorman Kaiser in ih* model from which ho copies them. When the Hunt conquered a city or a province, the IB habitants weio divided into thfw cla.-.so-,. Ih,- first included those o miiiuir.v age, wiio were disarmed ant niassacued, or lorcod to serv© in tlk army. Th© second class included th« young women, who were disposed of bj lot among tho soldiers. The third com prised the uswloss people, th« mer< broad winners, who were turned out in to the desert, «r ailowd to lytCrn t< their ruined cuiea, where they were tac • d for the privilege of being allowed U brat he.

li a prisoner escai>t<d from tlie Hum lie had either to be givoh back to deatl or pawl lor by tho people to whom h< had escaped; the price was tw*lv< pieces ol gold. Dim group of prisoner consisted ot 1114-int*.'is ol a rival royS tamuy. lliey were too high to be tir teiod lor so the Huns urueifkd them.' j tie lluiis wo.e uioUtors; tlnv-c loefl who touignt with javeiins, sabres, Kiiny snd lusauos, R lio at e nival hall raw alt* uiey had first u.ed it as a saddle fo tiding on, had no ni.a ot a god. bu

iney wanted someuung to worship, *• tiiey took the sword lor their cmblet and worshipped thai. One day a peas ant lound an old swoul sticking out 0 the ground on an age-old Uanlefield lie took u to Atma, wiio declaixd iK' tile owoid ol .Mars, tho god of btl lies, aud 1 rum that tune claimed thai ivs the [HiSM'ssor ol tins sword, lie mil# 1

oe tho divine ruler of tho earth. ti< the Kai.s r has told his armies that th spirit ol God has descended ujton hit that he is tho divine warrior of O'l age I disaster came to Attila near Chalon< on tno Marne, in fiance, v here th army of the modern Attila was lateij shatteri'd, so that history has but N peated itself. Wo can only hope tht, Uio parallel will bo continued, for •] the death of Attila thp empir® of ttw Huns, which had spread over u larg part of Asia and Europe, broke up, am tiio Huns scattered and vanished. TVI

day we do not know where the Hu have gone; they are no more a peopl