The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1918-06-01
Defense aOf Kaiser Bill. '=H..,
Editor Daily Item.

Kaiser Bill that feel, fl ON a sense
OF fair play, to say a few words in
his defense, which l have no doubt
you will publish for the information
Of your readers.
NOW, don't get disturbed and throw !
this in the waste basket before YOU
get through reading, just because
we are lighting the Germans, there is |
no reason why we should not give
them credit for the good part of them
and praise them for the good that is
in them, and after you fn1 that there
iS some merit in my conventions, and
being fair minded man, you will
see that i am right.
In the first place the Germans. and
especially the German government.
is being accused for hating the Amer
leans. Well i will admit this is true.
but you know, they are hating all
civilized and free thinking people.
and it would be great discourtesy
to the American people if they would
not hate them also, so they are
hating the Americans out of q sense
of politeness, not wishing to slight
anyone.
The same philosophy will apply to
their assaults on the Red Cross ships
and hospitals Kaiser Bill has a
great respect for the Red Cross, and
as he is now engaged in shooting and
destroying anything he can lay his
hands on, not even omitting the old
folks and the babies, he considers it
| would be great injustice to the Red
Cross, not to give them some of the
great German "Kultur' Of lead and
iron mixed with gunpowder and gas.
/ think the Red Cross should consider
it an honor to be recognized in that
soldiers have started to kill some of
the boys and old folks and the wO-
|
dence of trying to destroy the Ger
man efforts by trying to bring back
to life and usefulness so many of
their wounded humanity, that it be-
hoOves well the German air soldiers
to finish up the job they have started
on land. And then too, they think
they are helping the Allies by de-
strOying some of their burdens and
tighten their load, as you know sick
people and old people and little chill
dren are no use to anybody they are
only an additional burden, especial
of living. Here is where the Germans
show their real helpfulness to the AL
lies.
You will notice that every time it
is reported that they shoot at a hos
pital and Red Cross station, they tell
you plain they did not see it, which
is eminently true. They are so full
of hatred and so filled up with the
! great idea of destruction, that the
great light of mercy, represented by
the Red Cross blinds their vision and
they can not see the human need of
| it.
Kaiser Bill is n smart and gener-
Gus chap. To show you that / have
| "A in hao IA;
would give any American soldier n
| bonus, n brand new suit and hat and
shoes thrown in, If he could catch
him and smuggle him over here
without being caught by the revenue
officers, so l can use him to dig my
! potatoes and have my yard cleaned
up every May, and set cut my cab
bages, and / would guarantee him
life job. without worry and trouble.
He is so generous. Just the other
uay, you may have read i'm the pa
pers. he offered those poor kazOoks,
the Bolshevik, that if they want to
get rid of all the able bodied, strong,
| dependable and loyal German pris-
Oners, and avoid being run over by
the Germans, they can send all back
TO Berlin at his expense, and in re-
turn he will give them all their
(Russiam disabled and sick prison
ers, including some old women and
sick children, and on top of that as
many Belgian, French and Serbian
old people and MANNED folks as their
hospitals will hold and some more.
Now isn't that great? Yet it is claim
| ed that Germans are barbarians.
S. l.. Krasnoff