Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1918-10-11
a,o,rGu AMERICANS" JOLT
THE CROWN PRINCE

THE GROWN PRINCE
rollowing is a copy of letter go
,.o the rounds of the press that
,niybt have been written by the Ger
man Crown Prince to his father, the
vaiser. 1t is worth reading.
On Der Run,
Someyere In France.
August 80 times.
Dear Papa;
am wrding on der run, as der
nraye und glorious soldiers under
mine command haf nod seen der
rhine for so long dey haf started
hack dot vey, und OF course | am go
ing nit Oh, Papa, dere hass been
eome offel dings happening here in
Flance.
First, ! sdarded in my big often
siye vich vas to crush der fool
Americans, but dey know so liddle
apout military tactics dey viii not
be crushed chust like | wanted dem.
sent my men in der fight in big
Yates, und ven day got to der Amer
leans dey all said Boo" as loud
as dey could holler. Veil, according
to vat you hat always toldt me. der
Americans should hat turned und
run like PLACES. But What do you
tink? Dem fool Americans dol'tI
know anything aboudt var and in
stead of running der udder way. dey
come right toward us. Some of dem
vas singing Something's like I've Won't l
go pack till it's ofer ofer dere," or
some oder foolish song, und some of
dem yer laffing like fools.
Dey are so ignorant, but dey are
so ofel reckless NIT dere guns, und
ven dey come towards us it vas den
dat my men took a notion dey wanted
to go PEEK to der old Rhine. We don't |
like red little dirty Marine river, any
how. Und oh, papa, der Americans |
use such ofel langwich. Dey know |
nodings of kultur und say such ofel |
dings right before us. Und dey talk !
blasphemy, too, Vat you drinks dey |
said right in front of my face. One |
big husky fellow from blaze dey
call Pullman, Washington, he said, |
oh, papa, [ hate to tell you vat an
ofel ding he said ITO hell nit der
Kaiser! Did you efer hear any
dngs so orfel? | didn't stand and
hear such a ofel ding, so | turned
round und run nit the oder poys.
Vas | righdt-vat? Und oh, papa,
you know dem breastplates vat you
send us-can you send us some to /
put on our backs? You know We
are going de oder way now und
breast plates are no good, for der
cowardly Americans are shooting us
right in der packs. Some of der poys
took their breast plates off und put |
dem on pehind, but der fool Amer
leans are blaying Der Star Spangled
Banner" NIT machine guns on dem
Can't you help us. You remember |
in your speech you said dat nodding
could standt before der praye Cher
man soldiers. Oh, papa, | done pc
lieVe ner ignorant Americans ofer
read your speech, for dey run after
us chust like We vas a lot of rabbits. |
Vat you dink of dat? Can't you sent |
dem some of your speeches righdt |
away? Dey don'd know how terrible |
We are.
Cant you mofe my army pack to
Belchium, we're We Won alb our glory? |
My men can Whip all der yimmins
und childrens vot dem Belchims can
pring up. But dose Americans are
so rough und ignorant We can't make !
dem understand dat We are der
greatest soldiers on earth, und ven
We try to sing Deutschland Uber AL
4ies day laff like a lot of monkeys.
but We are getting der pest of der
americans. We can outrun dem.
rapa, IL we are nod der best fighters
on earth We are der pest runners
.Nopody can keep up nit us ven We
INK OF der dear old Rhine, und my
army meier did tink so much of dot
uear oldt rifer as right now. Let me
AnoW right away Ply return post
office.
CROWN PRINCE WILLIE.