The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-11-14
Ragtag and Bobtai
DER GROWN PRINCE TO DER
KAISER


On Der Run, Somevere in Vrance.
Aug. 30-Times-Dear Papa: was
wriding on der run. as der prave una
glorious soldiers under mine golh-
man hat not seen der Rhine for SO long
dey hat shdarded pack dat way, uno
of course vas going nit. On, Papa.
dere bass been some offel dings nap
| pening here in diss Vrance.
First. I shdarded in my pig ovvenstI
vich vos~ to crush der WOOL Amerfgans'
but dey knows so 1eedle apout mill
dairy tictacs dey will not be grusned
chust like a wanted 'em. send my
| men in der right IN pig vafes. una ven
dey got to der AMERICANS dey all say
BOO" chuSt as loud as dey coulo nor
Ter. Veil, aggording to vat you hat
always toldt me, der AMERICANS should
| hat burned und run like PLACES. But
vat you tink? Dem WOOL AMERICANS
don'd know anything about var, und
| inshtead of running der odder way
| dey COON rigid NIT us. Some or uem
| vas singing Something's like we Won
| go pack till it's Offer, Offer dere, or
| some odder voolish song, und some OF
| dem vas laff1ng like tam vools.
Dey vas so IGNORANT, but dey ISIS so
! offel reg1ess init DER guns, und ven
| dey COON towards US it vas den dat my
| men dake a notion dat dey want to go
! back to dat dear oldt Rhine. We don'd
( like der leedle oldt dirdy Marine ri1er
| anyhow, und, oh, Papa! desc Ameri-
| gans use such offel langwich. Dey
| know holding Of kultur und say such
offel dings rightd before us, und dey
| talk blashphemy too, Vat you drinks
| dey said righdt in won't of my face.
Vun pig huSgy from a blaze dey call
Oregon, he say: ooh, Papa! l made
| to dell you vat dings he sayD
| ITO hell NIT der kaiser," Did you eff
| fer hear anydings SO offel? 1 didn't
| shtand und hear such offel dings, SO
I turned round und run NIT der odder
| poys. Vas I right? Oh, Papa! you
| know dem preastblatts vat you send
us. Can you sent us some to put on
our packs? You know We ISIS going
! de odder way now, und preastblates
! ISIS no good, for der cowardly Ameri-
gans iss shooding us right in der
packs Some of der poys took DER
preastblates off und put 'em on be-
hind, but der WOOL AMERICANS ISIS blay-
! ing der Shtar Shpankgled Panner'
| NIT machine guns on dem preaStblates.
Cand't you helb us? You remember
in your speech you say dat holdings
could shtandt before der prave Cher
man soldiers. Oh, Papa! I dondt pc
ilef der IGNORANT AIIlerlSdnS eIeI Tedu
your sbeech, for dey run after us
cnust like We vas a Iod of rappits. Vot
you dink of dat? Cand't you sent dem
some of your sbeecheS right away?
Dey dond't know how terrible We ISIS.
Cand't you move my Army pack to
Belchium, we're We won all our Glory?
My men can vip all der vimmin und
chiltrens vat dem Belchiums can
pring up. But dose AMERICANS dey ISIS
so rough and IGNORANT, We cand't make
dem untershtand dot We is de Greatest
soldiers in diss vorldt, und ven We try
to sing Deutschland Uber Allies dey
laf like a 1od of mongeys.
But We ISIS. gedding der pest off del
AMERICANS. We gan audtrun dem.
Papa. iv We ISIS not der pest vighters
on earth We ISIS der pest runners. No
body gan geep ub nit us ven We tinK
of der dere oldt Rhine, und my army
nefer did tink so much of dot dere
oldt rifer as rightd now. Let me know
righdt away by redurn bostovvice.
Crown Prince Willie.