When we finally become rulers by means of revolutions, which will be
arranged so that they shall take place simultaneously in all countries
and immediately after all existing governments shall have been officially
pronounced as incapable (which may not happen soon, perhaps not before a
whole century), we will see to it that no plots are hatched against us.
To effect this, we will kill heartlessly all who take up arms against the
establishment of our rule.
The establishment of any new secret society will be met by the death
penalty, and those societies which now exist and are known to us and
either work or have worked for us, will be disbanded and their members
exiled to continents far removed from Europe.
_We will deal in the same manner with those Masons among the GOYS who
know too much._ The Masons whom we may pardon for any reason will be kept
under continual fear of exile. We will pass a law whereby all members of
secret organizations will be exiled from Europe, that being the center of
our government. The decisions of our government will be final and there
will be no right of appeal.
In the GOY society, where we have planted such deep roots of dissension
and protest, order can only be restored by merciless measures which
will serve as evidence that our power cannot be infringed. There is
no necessity for regard towards the victims sacrificed for the future
good. To attain good, even though by the sacrifice of life, is the duty
of every government which realizes that its existence depends not upon
privileges alone, but upon the exercise of its duties as well.
The most important means for erecting a stable government is to
strengthen the prestige of authority. This is only obtained by its
majestic and unshakable power, which will convey the impression that it
is inviolable because of its mystical nature, namely, because chosen
by God. _Such until recently has been the Russian Autocracy—our only
dangerous enemy throughout the world, with the exception of the Pope._
Remember Italy drowning in blood; she did not touch a hair on the head
of Sulla who had shed that blood. Sulla had become powerful in the eyes
of the people, although they were tortured by him; his manly return to
Italy placed him beyond persecution. The people do not touch those who
hypnotize them by bravery and steadfastness of spirit.
Meanwhile, until our rule is established, we, on the contrary, will
organize and multiply free masonic lodges in all the countries of the
world. We will attract to them all those who are and who may become
public-spirited, because in these lodges will be the chief source of
information and from them will emanate our influence.
All these lodges will be centralized under one management, known only
to us and unknown to all others; these lodges will be administered by
our wise men. The lodges will have their own representative in this
management in order to screen the above mentioned Masonic government; he
will give the password and elaborate the program. We will tie the knot
of all revolutionary liberal elements in these lodges. Their membership
will consist of all strata of society. The most secret political plans
will be known to us and will fall under our leadership on the very day
of their origination. _Among the members of these lodges will be almost
all the agents of the international and national police_, whose work is
indispensable for us, inasmuch as the police not only are able to take
independent measures against the rebellious, but may also serve to mask
our actions, provoke discontent, and so forth.
Most people who become members of secret societies are adventurers,
career makers, and irresponsible persons in general, with whom we will
have no difficulty in dealing and who will help us to set in motion the
mechanism of the machine planned by us. If this world becomes perturbed,
it will only prove that it was necessary for us to disorganize it so
as to destroy its too great solidarity. _If a plot is laid, it must be
headed by one of our most trustworthy servants._ It is only natural that
we want nobody but ourselves to guide the work of the Masons,[5] for we
know where we are trending, we know the final aim of every action. The
GOYS, however, understand nothing, not even the immediate results. They
are usually concerned about the momentary satisfaction of their ambitions
in achieving their intentions. They do not notice, however, that the
intention itself was not initiated by them, but that it was we who gave
them the idea.
The GOYS become members of the lodges out of pure curiosity, or hoping to
receive their share in the public funds. There are others who come for
the purpose of seizing the opportunity of putting before the public their
impossible and baseless hopes. They long for the emotion of success and
for the applause which we grant them lavishly. We create their success
in order to utilize the self-deception that is born with it and by
which people, without noticing, begin to follow our suggestions without
suspecting them, and being fully convinced that their infallibility
originates its own ideas and, therefore, does not need those of others.
You have no idea how easy it is to bring even the most intelligent GOYS
to a state of unconscious credulity, and, on the other hand, how easy it
is to discourage them by the smallest failure, or merely by ceasing to
applaud them, thus bringing them into servitude for the sake of achieving
new success. _To the same extent as our people ignore success for the
sake of carrying out their plans, so are the GOYS ready to sacrifice all
their plans for the sake of success._ Their psychology makes the problem
of direction easier for us. Those tigers in appearance have the souls of
sheep and nonsense filters through their heads. As a hobby we have given
them the dream of submerging human individualism through the symbolic
idea of _collectivism_.
They have not yet discovered and will not discover that this hobby is
a clear infringement on the principal law of nature, which, from the
beginning of the world, created a being unlike all others, precisely for
the sake of expressing his individuality.
If we were able to lead them to such insane and blind beliefs, does
it not obviously prove the low level of development of the GOY mind as
compared to our mind? It is precisely the thing which guarantees our
success.
How far sighted were our wise men of old when they said that to attain
a serious object one must not stop at the means, nor should one count
the victims sacrificed to the cause. We have not counted the victims
from among the GOYS, those seeds of cattle. Although we have sacrificed
many of our own peoples, we have already given them in return a formerly
undreamed-of position on earth. The comparatively few victims from among
our own people have saved our race from destruction.
Death is the unavoidable end of all. It would be better to accelerate
this end for those who interfere with our cause than for our people or
for us, ourselves, the creators of this cause to die. _We kill Masons in
such a way that none but the brothers suspect, not even the victims; they
all die when it is necessary, apparently from a natural death._ Knowing
this, even the brethren, in their turn, dare not protest. It is through
such measures that we have uprooted the heart of protest against our
orders from among the Masons. Preaching liberalism to the GOYS, at the
same time we hold our people and our agents under iron discipline.
Through our influence the enforcement of the GOY laws has been reduced
to a minimum. The prestige of the law has been undermined by the liberal
interpretations introduced by us. The courts decide as we dictate
the most important principles, both political and moral, viewing the
cases in the light presented by us for the GOY administration. This we
accomplished naturally through agents, with whom we have ostensibly no
connection, namely, through the press or otherwise. Even senators and
high officials blindly follow our advice. The purely animal mind of
the GOYS is incapable of analysis and observation, and even less so of
foreseeing to what results the development of the principle involved in a
case may lead.
It is through this difference in the process of reasoning between us and
the GOYS that it becomes possible clearly to demonstrate the stamp of
God’s elect as compared to the instinctive and bestial mentality of the
GOYS. They see, but they cannot foresee, and they cannot invent anything
except material things. It is clear, therefore, that nature herself
intended us to rule and guide the world.
When the time comes for our open rule, then will be the time to show its
benefits, and we will change all the laws. Our laws will be short, clear,
irrevocable, and requiring no interpretation, so that everybody will be
able to know them thoroughly. The chief point emphasized in them will
be a highly developed obedience to authority, which will eliminate all
abuses, for all without exception will be responsible before the supreme
power vested in the highest authority.
Abuse of power by minor officials will then disappear, because it will be
punished so mercilessly that they will lose the desire to experiment with
their power. We will closely watch every action of the administration,
upon which depends the action of the government machinery, for corruption
there creates corruption everywhere; not a single violation of law or act
of corruption will remain unpunished. Acts of concealment and willful
neglect on the part of governmental officials will disappear after they
have seen the first example of severe punishment. The prestige of power
necessitates that appropriate, that is to say severe, punishments should
be inflicted even for the smallest violations of the sanctity of the
supreme authority, committed for the sake of personal gain. The guilty,
if punished severely, will be like a soldier who falls on the battlefield
of administration for the sake of Authority, Principle, and Law; these
principles do not allow any digression from their social function for a
personal motive, even on the part of those who rule. For instance: _Our
judges will know that by attempting to show stupid mercy, they overstep
the law of justice, which was created solely for exemplary punishment of
crimes and not for the manifestation of moral qualities on the part of
the judge._ Such qualities are commendable in private, but not in public
life, which constitutes the educational forum of human life.
The personnel of our judges will not remain in office after the age
of fifty-five. First, because old people adhere more persistently to
prejudiced opinions and are less capable of submitting to new commands;
and secondly, because that enables us to achieve a certain flexibility of
change in the personnel, which will bend more easily under our pressure.
He who wishes to retain his position will have to obey blindly.
In general, our judges will be selected only from among those who will
clearly understand that they must punish people and enforce the laws, and
not indulge in dreams of liberalism at the expense of the educational
plan of the government, as is now imagined by the GOYS. The method of
changing the personnel will also serve to undermine the collective
solidarity of the governmental officials and will attach them to the
cause of the government, which decides their fate. The younger generation
of judges will be so educated as to prevent any criminal activity which
might interfere with the inter-relationship which we have established for
our subjects.
At present the GOY judges, lacking a clear conception of the nature
of their duties, make exceptions to all kinds of crimes. This occurs
because the present rulers, when appointing judges, do not take the
trouble to encourage the sense of duty and conscientiousness in the work
to be performed by them. As the animal sends out its young in search of
prey, so the GOYS are giving their subjects responsible offices without
taking the time to explain their functions. Owing to this, their rule
is undermined by their own efforts and through the actions of their own
administration. Let us use the result of such actions as one more example
of the advantage of our own rule.
We will eliminate liberalism from all the important strategic positions
in our administration upon which depend the training of our subjects for
our social order. These positions will be given only to those who have
been trained by us for governmental work.
In answer to a possible remark, that the putting of old officials on the
retired list may prove expensive for the treasury, I can state first,
that, prior to their dismissal, some private work will be found for them
to replace what they are losing, and secondly, I may also remark, that
all the world’s money will be concentrated in our hands; consequently,
our government need not fear expense.
Our autocracy will be consistent in every respect, and consequently every
manifestation of our great power will be respected and unconditionally
obeyed. We will ignore grumbling and discontent, and all active
manifestations of either will be suppressed by punishment, which will
serve as an example to the rest of the people.
We will abolish the right of appellate courts to annul judicial
decisions, which will become the exclusive prerogative of the sovereign,
for we cannot permit the people to think that an incorrect decision may
possibly be rendered by the judges appointed by us. Should, however, such
an error happen, we ourselves will annul the decision; but the punishment
which we will impose upon the judge for misconception of his duties and
of his responsibility will be so severe that it will eliminate the very
possibility of a recurrence. I repeat that we will watch every step taken
by our administration in order to enable us to satisfy the people, for
they have a right to demand a good appointee from a good administration.
In the person of our sovereign, our government will bear the appearance
of a patriarchal or fatherly tutelage. The people, our subjects, will see
in him a father who takes care of every need, every action, and who is
concerned with every relationship, both among the subjects themselves and
between them and the sovereign.
Thus, they will become imbued with the idea that it is impossible for
them to do without this guardian and guide if they wish to live in a
world of peace and quiet. _They will recognize the autocracy of our
sovereign, whom they will respect and almost deify_, especially when they
realize that our agents do not usurp his power, but merely execute his
orders blindly. They will be glad that everything is regulated in their
lives, as is done by wise parents who wish to educate their children to a
sense of duty and obedience. With regard to the secrets of our political
plans, both the masses and their administration are like little children.
As you can see for yourselves, I base our despotism upon right and duty;
the right of forcing the performance of duty is the direct function
of government, acting as the father to its subjects. It is the right
of the strong to utilize his power in order to lead humanity towards
a social order established by the law of nature, namely, obedience.
Everything in the world is subject, if not to some other persons, then
to circumstances, or to its own nature; but in any case, to something
stronger than itself. Consequently, let us be the strongest for the
common good.
We must sacrifice without hesitation those individuals who violate the
existing order, for in exemplary punishment of evil there lies a great
educational problem.
When the King of Israel places the crown offered to him by Europe on his
sacred head, he will become the Patriarch of the World. The necessary
sacrifices made by him will never equal the number of victims sacrificed
to the mania of greatness during the centuries of rivalry between the GOY
governments.
Our sovereign will be in constant communication with the people,
delivering from tribunes addresses which will be spread to all parts of
the world.