History Lesson —C. 2900 A.D.

New Zealand Listener, Volume 12, Issue 307, 11 May 1945, Page 18

History Lesson —C. 2900 A.D.

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No Boys, as Most of you should j know, ; About Nine Hundred Years agoOn Page Sixteen you'll find the DatesThe World was formed of separate States Each having its own Government, And great Armed Forces to prevent Attack. Some did indeed endeavour To keep some Sort of Peace; however, The Upshot was, the World was more Or Less continually at War Throughout this Time, especially The early Twentieth Century. Johnson, I’ve told you once to-day, . Don’t fiddle with that pocket Ray. You’ll hurt Someone. The Class had done | The Chapters about World War One. Skip War in Spain, and Slump, and turn To Chapter Seven. There we learn How Germany--bué first of All, What did the Twentieth Century call The German State? Smith, look alive! World Culture Canton Number Five? That’s China. No; the German State Is Culture Canton Number Eight. Some Boys are slacking here. Now then, The German State grew strong again. A Leader, hitherto obscure, Named Hitler, or "the German Fure," Convinced that Germans were designed To conquer and to rule Mankind, By Propaganda, Persecution, Infected with his own Delusion Most of that miserable Race; Though every Nation had a Trace Of It, in Germany, it seems, It ran to virulent Extremes. Italians took the same Disease, So likewise did the Japanese, And thus inevitably these Three Powers formed what's called a Pact, Or Axis, to be more exactPlease note the Terms, archaic, odd, But vital in this Period. This paved the Way for World War Two: ’ At present, it’s Enough for You To know this last and worst of Wars Had at least One immediate Cause Which was the German State’s Demand For Lebensraum, a Place somewhere In Poland-but our History there Is Vague; some Experts have persisted In holding no such Place existed As Lebensraum, and Others try To prove it was a Battle Cry. However, Jenkins, if-you-please, Our Subject’s World Antiquities, NOT Bio-chemistry. Just bring @ White Mice here — the very ngiAnd see me Afterwards. : Now then, I'll tell you about three Great Men Of ancient Times when Wars occurred: Churchvelt and Rooseville, and the Third, ° A Russian named Jo-stalin. Those Three men in Time of Need arose To lead the Free World-tree, albeit Unused to Freedom as we see itAgainst the Axis. Long they waged That War. Six years the battles raged, Famine, Disease, and Desolation ‘ Nation after Nation. Yes, Williams? Please Sir, what’s a Famine? That was a word the Ancients had For Shortages of Food, my Lad, When people died of hunger. Now deren up. Next week we'll deal with The Axis Nations were defeated And World Security began. It’s treated You'll find, in Chapter Nine, quite fully. Now you may go. You little Bully! Wilkins, stop punching Jackson’s Nose! Miss Mullet, see that Wilkins goes At once to Matron for Inspection And ‘Anti-Bellicose Injection! .