Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
GERMAN SOLDIER
THINKS GERMANS
WILL WHIP WORLD
Officer Declares Teutons
Despise English Forces
and Will Humiliate Great
Britain-Letter to Mother
in New York.

stationed at GoDlenZ, TO his mother in
Now York city. 1t was carried by courier
from Goblenz to Holland and mailed to
thls country. The soldier writes:
"Goblenz, Friday morning, Aug 2S, 1914.
Dear Mother
Your letter of August Sd at hand at
this moment. I trust you have received
my letter wherein 1 spoke of the bomb
attacks on Goblenz by French flyers dur
ing the night of August . and A. had
already written two letters to you, but
they were both returned by the censor
Let us hope this one will reach you.
During the attack of the French we
were during four hours exposed to fire
OF the cannons, machine guns, rifles and
falling bombs. which later exploded from
time to time with terrific noise We
came near losing our lives and were
Obliged to fly from our bedrooms, as the
bullets were smashing the windows. Since
then we live amidst the most awful tur-
moil. Declarations of war following in
rapid succession Russia, France Eng
land Belgium, Japan. We were almost
overwhelmed, vet the German heart was
not 10 be overcome by fear Germany
arose like a giant
ALL RALLY TO CoLORs.
II wish YOU could have witnessed the
mobilization. What an event! Millions of
soldiers! A regular migration of nations!
Germany Will fight for her existence to
the last man and to the last drop of
blood. Already 100000 soldiers are in the
field and millions more are being mo-
bzGd. Every man from the age of II
to 45 has been called to the colors From
here at least 100000 men have gone to the
front, yet Gobenz is still alive with SOL
diers, At least 100000 more are still here.
with steady inflow of others Every
body able to carry arms is turned into a
sodler-peasantS, artisans, laborcrs
judges, professors. lawyers, students, etc
so far our chances are excellent, not
Rithstanding the untruths circulated by
the French and especially the English
press. our armies are on Belgium and
French soil as far as ST Quentin (22O
kilometres from Paris) and one kingdom
Belgium. and three powerful forts are in
our hands. Liege, Namurand. Longwy.
Belgium, France and, today. England are
beaten in six great battles and number
GUS skirmishes. France has already lost |
10000 men, The main British army is
beaten and in flight, losing about 30 can
mons 40 war automobiles with 1000 men
made prisoners. Two English cavalry |
brgades were virtually wiped out when |
they attempted arroganty to ride against
German infantry. We have already
thousands of French prisoners here i'm |
Gobenz also Turcos, soldiers from sene-
gal TonkIn, French India, little yellow |
fellows with slant eyes, and also several |
hundred Engllshmcn.
DEsPIsE ENGLISH FORCE.
Here France and Belgium are respect |
ed as enemies at least, whereas England |
is made fun of and desplsed and she has |
absolutely done nothing as yet notwlth- |
standing the bombastic talk of Mr. Grey. |
Not even the fleet has attacked us vet.
Ihey are bunch of towards, and they |
wen Know that hundreds of mines are
noaLhG along the German coast and that |
tHelr SHIPS would be blown up by sIe |
mines and by dirigbles So these meters !
stay at home and abuse us in the news /
papers Here II is one whole month and |
IheF almighty neet has not dared to at
TACK Lord Kitchener was able to lick
boerS and SOudanesc, but never Germans.
Our artillery has raised everything
III LieGe the heavily armored lj,0OO-cwt
steel towers sunk I'm five meters of ce-
n,ehI came down as so much pasteboard. |
me cement was blown to the winds and
'he towers, whose steel walls measured
oie-halt meter in thickness, toppled over
ne ann of our infantry was excellent
atcoFdlng TO the reports of the wounded
Ihe French mtrailleusers' lines of men
We're laid low. The French trenches were
H'leu with dead. Such Is. the fire of the
ueIihan infantry. Whole regiments are /
virtually wiped out.
GERMAN LOSSES HEAVY.
our losses, too, are enormous, and we
are lighting for the Fatherland to the
lsst man We have here 10000 wounded,
mostly Germans, but also French, Bel
slahs and English. The two infantry
regiments, 2Sth and GSth, stationed here
nave suffered heavily. The 2sth has lost
over oyO men. Several of our acquaint-
S""vr7 are among the dead Captain
uIeEe ana Lieutenant Mohran Hnlz both
is nfed close by and | saw them when they
Nlt' three weeks ago. All hospitals and
'"oHc buildings are filled with wounded.
PLANNING THE FUTURE.
Belgium will be placed under German
administration, and will stay So France
100 VIII have a large slice cut off, prob
A'ly from Sedan to Geneva. The remain-
ptr we VIII hold as a pledge until France ,
"'S hlhue good our losses. Furthermore :
must nave the Congo, English East I
nlrlca' Madagascar, Tunis. Algier. Mo-
n,fi,, ana the French Congo plus IS
hhil..iardS' payable In seven years and 50
iIJI''Sups from either France or Eng
i,. ll"lland remains neutral and friend
- ~ us. For this she shall get a part
M, M ''E'um and some good colony. but,
a., s,''oI luna'elE We are not quite as far
r. l"''' However, it is evident that
or, n",lt", ENGLAND and Belgium are
.',rt I"S under German blows.
me situation in the East is less op-
np,"'slt with IN" Russians far in East ,
i "ssl" y murderous battle is expected
g. g. t"r next few days. Germany viii /
~ TO the last man Either we wipe
'''i''yS or We go under,
,EnSland, the inciter, must be hu-
i"'u''Iu' After this war is over il will |
n,o' lost much of its former power and
SISTER WITH RED CROSS.
A'a'hiIda has joined the RED Cross
s"u Is doing night duty at tho railroad
.'a'lon' Eoing from car TO car soothing
sa, ,,e wounded, who are lying ON blood
ana "eI straw, She has seen many die.
~, - sue mas horrible stories to tell OF
~ Huulated by French and Belgium
am VI Tuts IsnipersJ with their eyes
He1at'..u anu hands cut Off etc. In Dinaut.
'siuul ,yate last Sunday 700 franctireurs
tba p,t anot IN mass, as well as the priest