In all that I have hitherto reported to you I have carefully tried to
show you a true picture of the mystery of present events, as also of
those of the past, which all flow into the stream of great events, the
results of which will be seen in the near future. I have exposed our
secret plans which govern our relations with the GOYS, as well as our
financial policy. There remains but little to add.
We hold in our hands the greatest modern power—gold. In the course of two
days we can get it from our treasuries in any desired quantity.
Is there any more need for us to prove that our rule is decreed by
God? Do we not prove by such wealth that all the evil which we were
forced to do during so many centuries has served in the end to true
happiness—to the restoration of order? Although by means of violence,
order will nevertheless be established. We will be able to prove that we
are benefactors, who have brought true welfare and individual freedom to
the tortured world, insuring at the same time the possibility of enjoying
peace, quiet, and dignity of relationships, upon the sole condition, of
course, that obedience to the laws established by us is practiced. We
will also make it clear that freedom does not mean license and in doing
whatever people please, no more than dignity and power imply the right
to propound destructive doctrines, like freedom of conscience, equality,
and similar things. Individual freedom by no means imports the right of
disturbing oneself and others, disgracing oneself by making ridiculous
speeches in disorderly gatherings, and implies that true liberty means
individual inviolability through an honest and strict obedience to social
laws; that moreover, human dignity implies the conception of one’s rights
as well as the idea of legal inhibitions which prohibit fantastic dreams
about the _Ego_.
Our power will be glorious because it will be mighty; it will rule and
guide, and not helplessly crawl after leaders and orators, shouting
insane words which they call great principles, and which in reality are
simply Utopian. Our power will lead to order, which, in turn, brings
happiness to the people. The prestige of this power will excite mystical
adoration, and the peoples will bow before it. True power does not yield
to any right, even be it that of God. None will dare approach it in order
to deprive it even of an atom of its might.