The Elbert County tribune., 1918-10-18
THE GROWN PRINCE WRITES TO
FATHER

The following was taken from a
newspaper published In France and
sent to Nevada. Mo-, relatives of a
Nevada doughboy. who Is now fight
in France:
''On the Run Somewhere in France.
"Everywhere In France
''All the Time"
Dear Papa:-I am writing on der
run as der brave and glorious soldiers
under my command have not seen der
Rhine for 80 long dat dey have start
ed back that way, and of course
am going nit dem. oh. papa, dere
has been some offeI dings happened
here in France. First. started in my
big offensive. which was to crush de
fool Americans, but they know SO lit
tie about military tactics dat dey viii
not be crushed Just like van 'em
sent my men In der fight in big
wavee, and ven they got to de Amer
leans dey all said Boo ar loud they
could boiler Veil. according to vat
you have always told me. de Ameri-
cans have turned and run like blaz-
es. But vat do You tink? Dem fool
Americans don't know anything about
war. and instead of running de odder
way. dey came right toward us. Some
of dem vas singing about I'VE don't
come back till it's over. over dere,r
or some odder foolish song, and some
of dem were laffing like fools. Der
are 80 ignorant. But dey are offel
reckless nit der guns. and ven dey
come towards us is vas den my men
took notion dey wanted to go back
to dear old Rhine. We don't like de
little Marne river. anyhow. And. oh.
pap. dem Americans use offel Ian
guage. Dey know nothing of kultur
and say such offel dings right before
us And dey talk blasphemy, too. Vat
you tink dey said right in front of
my face? One big husky from a place
dey call Missouri. he said-oh. pap, l
hate to tell you vat offel ding he
said-but I can't help 1t; he said, ITO
hell init der Kaiserr Did you ever
hear anything SO offel? l didn't tink
anybody would say such an offel ding.
1t made me so mad. I wouldn't stand
and hear such an offel ding so l tarn-
ed around and run init de odder boys.
Vas / right? Und. OH papa, you know
dem breastplates vot you sent us-can
you send some to put on our baclSs2
You know are going dc odder way.
now. and breastplates are no good. for
de cowardly Americans are shooting
US right In der back. Some of our
boys took off der breastplates and
, put en- Denin0 Dut ue IcOl
arc playing de Star Spangied Banner"
init machines guns on dem plates.
Can't you help us? You remember
in your speech you said nothing could
stand before the brave soldiers? oh.
papa. don't believe desc ignorant
Americans ever read your speech. for
dey run after us just like We vas a
lot of rabbits. Vot you dink of dot?
Can't you send dem some of your
speeches right away? Dey don't
, know how terrible We are. Can't you
| move my army back to Belgium we're
We Won all our glory? My men can
vip all of the vimmen and children
vot dem Belgians can bring us. But
desc Americans are so rough and ig-
| norant We can't make em under
| stand that We are the greatest SOL
diers on earth and ven We try to sing
| "Deutchland Ueber Allies" dey laugh
| like lot of monkeys. But We are
getting de best of de Americans. We
| can out run dem. Papa. IL We are not
| the best fighters on earth We are sure
| the best runners. Nobody can keep
up init us when We dink of der old
| Rhine. and my army never did dink SO
| of dot dear old river. Let me know
right away vot to do by return post
| Office.
Crown Prince Willie.