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From: byker@do~rag.net

"A. Filip" wrote in message news:anfi+e6xq9yiwvf-l7r2@wp.eu...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hun_speech

[…] Wilhelm [Emperor of Germany] delivered this speech in Bremerhaven
on 27 July 1900, addressing German troops who were departing to
suppress the Boxer Rebellion in China. The speech was infused with
Wilhelm's fiery and chauvinistic rhetoric and clearly expressed his
vision of German imperial power. […]

[…] Should you encounter the enemy, he will be defeated! No quarter
will be given! Prisoners will not be taken! Whoever falls into your
hands is forfeited. Just as a thousand years ago the Huns under
their King Attila made a name for themselves, one that even today
makes them seem mighty in history and legend, may the name German
be affirmed by you in such a way in China that no Chinese will ever
again dare to look cross-eyed at a German. […]

In in old edition of our local newspaper, in 1921 they were still calling Germans "Huns", three years after the war ended...

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