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The Revolution in the Armies

Well, the monster of European despotism has three heads. They are called Romanoff, Hohenzollern, and Habsburg. They are those of the Czar at Petrograd, the Czar at Berlin, and the Czar at Vienna. The Russian people have destroyed one of the three heads. But beware. It will grow again if they do not cut off the other two also."

And then:

"The Germans who try to fraternize with you are like the wolf that devoured little Red Riding Hood. The wolf, to deceive little Red Riding Hood, put on the nightcap and the spectacles of the grandmother. 'Why have you such large eyes?' asked little Red Riding Hood. 'The better to see you with, my child,' said the wolf. 'Why have you such large ears, grandmother?' 'The better to hear you with.' 'Why have you such long teeth, grandmother?' 'The better to eat you with, my child.' And the wolf devoured the too trustful child. And so beware of the German wolf! While he is trying to deceive you with fine words, he is getting ready to devour you."

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