The Denison review., 1914-12-09

army saw the heads of our soldiers
sticking on the fences they were pass
ing. Not only this, but Rred Cross
stations were taken under fire from
the Frenchmen, and under the pro
lection of the Red Cross we found ma
chine guns and lookout posts OF the
French and Belgian armies. TO pro
tect them from the fiend we had ou,
Red Cross men following the army
and the supposed dead and sick Of
the enemy turned against our Red
Cross people.
could tell you stories for hours
from like experiences. think this is
fair sample.
! have seven cousins at the front
One is dead and two are wounded
en- from, their experiences.
At the present time We have in our
country 100000 prisoners of war from
our enemies, in our hands and things
are going on nicely. We have gun
they call the AZ centimeter GeschuetZ,
and it surely was surprise to every
body. There is no fort in the world
tnat is able to stand against this gun.
Fifteen meters OF iron between walls
are no protection against this shot,
but nobody knows anything about it.
Engineers OF the builders. the Krupp
company, OF Essen, are tending to the
guns. The shots are going 35 kilo-
meters, or little more than twenty
miles. Figure out for yourself now
what we are doing after Calais Is in
ohr hands.
Hardly anybody is thinking hard
about the French and Belgian soldiers.
but | believe, by gosh, no Englishman
has friend here. Near Darmstadt
is camp where at present we have
about 10000 prisoners. and there are
also about 200 Englishmen here, but
for their own protection wo had to
bring them away on account OF the
French soldiers trying to fight and
lynch them all tho time.
Maybe you saw notice in the pa
per about certain Gen. Hindenburg.
Well. he is a man who quit the army
about five years ago. The first attack
he made against the Russians was
crowned with result OF 10000 Rus
SLAMS as prisoners Of war.
Maybe you also heard about a deep
sea boat. the U-9, that took three men
OF war boats.
Taken altogether, we certainly have
many dead, few prisoners taken
from our army, and many wounded
soldiers. but our progress on the
whole line is wonderful. Our army is
standing near Paris, and by the time
this letter reaches you, Paris will be
III our hands.
The only parts Of Germany that
ever saw foreign soldier were the
French and Russian frontiers and this
'iiappened only for this reason: Rus.
sia had everything ready-soldiers
ind guns in position. Well, by tho
time our army was ready they had
taken our ground; but this played into
our hands, for we were enabled to
fight on ground we thoroughly knew.
On the French frontier the only thing
we could do to move the soldiers in
safety was to abandon our own cities.
Right now the latest news is that
Turkey is at war with Russia. That
the dear Japs are helping England
by destroying our colonies is certainly
a known fact in the U. s. A. Also
that niggers are helping in France to
fight against us. And I believe that
England took the black ball by calling
on their niger friends, as late news
from France says that a train of
wounded soldiers taken from the front
accompanied by niggers (maybe Jack
Johnson was among them were found
by the officers at the terminal to Dc
q funeral train, as the niggers had
killed everybody on the train, friend
and foe. The paper says the niggerS
should only be sent against Germany
because they could not see the df
ference between a French and Ger
man soldier. And let em come. We
know tho difference. ov
Well. time is getting short, and my
comrades are making a. lot OF noise
on account OF my not playing GG WITH
them. SO have to cut short. Nine
O'clock is bed time and have to go
with tho crowd. q,
You see, it is this way--l hardly
have time to write to anybody and a
letter to AMERICA is not safe thing
at present, so il you can copy a few
words to my friends, saying that am
safe and serving Germany in the war,
! would be very thankful to you.
cannot write very much about lodge
or the like, as every letter has to go
open. but say to the old postmaster
that will write to the lodge as soon
as things are going better. OF course.
my best regards so to everybody in
Charter Oak-ClaytOn Romans, Thom
sen. Woody. Rogers. Duer. tho First
National bank people, Billy Wilson.
WaterhOuse and all the others. Many
thanks for the paper. Some day ! will
shake the hands OF all OF you.
Yours,
Eugene Weber.