Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1918-11-29
Huns Aduise
DesertiOn
apers@ Dropped Behind American
I Lines Urged Yanks to Deliver
Themselves UP as War Prisoners to
Avoid Trench Horrors.

M Avoid Trench HoFrOrs.
# Recent letters received in the city
from the boys yer the sea, who have
been in the fighting zone, enclose pa
Pers containing German pTopasanda.
&$an soldiers. The sheets had been
i distributed throughout the Allied,
n4ighting district from German air.
r. planes. and are only another example
gof the manner in which attempts
gEwere made to break the American
$morale.
y Ii the message, Never. Say Die"
1T is evident that what was consider
led a subtle appeal. was made; to the
soldiers to surrender them
II selves into German hands. This
Acopy was sent here in two letters.
Mand was received by Professor Laurie
Nvold from his brother, Corporal John
%Vold,s with. the Fifth; engineers, in
9fFrance, n by S. B. E.!.Seese, from
MAhis son Lieutenant E. r. Seese with
Mthe Third division, field; artillery, In
. France. Lieutenant Seese also sent
N Both OF the sheets were picked up
i by the men on the American fighting
Il lines.
NJ Beth Of the papers were accom-
panied by comments concerning the
u effect Of such .:.woefully. crude stuff
AZ 49, AAS
I Void says: .Ifeel more like. fight.
II ing since reading it than before, and
SO do all the others" In the letter
y from Lieutenant Seese, he shows the
wanswer of the American soldiers to
these. insinuations for desertion: I'VE
\ are moving the batteries forward at
dark to a position near the support
infantry. That is our answer to these
two copies of propaganda sheets
which a Gordon Of boche. planes just
The text Of the two propaganda
4 sheets follows:
h Newer Say Die.
B Don't die till you have to-,
h What business have you to die
Il fog France, for Alsace-Lorraine, or
II for England in France?
. isn't it better anyhow to. live than
& to die. no matter for how glorious
y a cause? Isn't it better to live and
I than, to rot in the shell holes and
trenches of Franc -
you have had to hear many high
4 falutfn words about liberty human
ity,' and making the world, safe for
e democracy but, honest now, aren't
& ing to the bitter PHI of making you
1 spend wretched months far from
4 home? Do you really believe these
Il German soldier boys in their faded
81 gray uniforms OF the other side Of
4 mo Mans Land are hot on the trail
n of your liberties?
Il Just like you, they want the war
\ ito end with honor so they can go
4 back to their home folks. All they
want is a chance to live and let live.
X. "And so, If it should happen to you
to fall into their hands Q will find
\ on the principle of live and let live.
Is Why run any more chances than you
Il, have to, you might as we'll be a free
3 boarder In Germany till the war is
n over. You don't want to die till you
VI have to-"
B The sheet received by Mr.. seese
s5R reads as follows:
81 How to Stop the War.
U do your part to put an end to the
n Stop fighting! That's the simplest
II way. You can do it, you soldiers Just
Nj stop fighting and the war will5esend
Of it's own accord. You are not fight
"A ing for anything anyway. What does
1t matter to you who owns Metz fot
towns, nor knew the people in them.
% so what do you care about them!
S But there is a little town back home
in little old United States o would
ffa# like to see and if you keep on fight
S Sg ing here in the hope Of getting a look
ETIHl luOSO OIO 1CI4 SSoSob wv
gMmay never see homea:again;
1.-THE only way to stop thew war Is tc
s&Mstob fighting. That's easy. Just quiz
SS#i it and slip across Nc Mans Land
sssss@ and join the bunch that is taking II
8S easy there, waiting to be geo
49, grace in that. That bunch of Ameri
NJ can prisoners will be welcomed jus'
as warmly as you who stick it out IT
these Internal trenches. Get wise anc
/. a get over the top.
''B& HI There is nothing in h glory OF
keeping up the war. But VIVA of IN.
creasing@taxes you will have to pay;
lathe longer the war lasts the larger
atlssthos taxes at home will be. Gel
MSSNrwise and get over.
A the fine words about glory
8are' tommyrot. You haven't got any
Wwould better b. fighting the money
Mtrust at home instead Of fighting your
Mellow soldiers in grey over here
Mwhere it doesn't really matter: two
MMsticks to you how the war goes.
"Your country needs yQu, your
s.s%SAlife for something better than being
shot at. deafened by cannon
&%Nshots and rendered unfit PHYSICAL,
SSAAYaN@hy the miserable life you must livs
SS here.
Erdelties of German prison camps ar.
EEaH923airy tales. OF course o may no
sMSaaaik Ike being a prisoner of war but any
NSsssSSafhing is better than this Internal place
SS&sSNg&sWith no hope Of escape except by be
Ming wounded after which you will onl!
5SsSa83aabe sent back for another holein you
&As8body.
"Wake. up and stop the war! 70,
ian If you want to. Your government
Rf&aoes not mean to stop the war TO
IKE Fears to come and the years are go
ng to be long and dreary. You bet
8Ef er. come over while the going
Rn5S1:
I'D Won Tirpitz has gone to Switzer