Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
KAISER'SREPLY
TO THE PRINCE

Feeling the touching letter of the
Crown Prince going the rounds of the
press in the state called for a reply
from Papa Kaiser. one of our e%xchang.
es contributes the following:
Rotterdam Palace, Oct. /, 1918:
I hardly know we're to address you dis
ledder, as your last vas dated on der
nun. However, / am sure it will catch
YOU somewhere between der Hindered-
berg line und der Rhine. Would advise
YOU to hurry back to der Rhine as soon
rs possible, as dose rough Americans
seems TO be after der whole bacon as
well as der Rhine. l do not blame you
in der least for not wanting to associate
nit dose Americans. I understood 9dey
are now calling you der Clown Prince.
Such rudeness-vat? Why should dey
call you such n names? Keep away
from dem as far as possible. Dey tell
me dose Americans are insisting dey
are coming to Berlin to pay der re-
spects to me. If o get close enough
to n Of dem just tell him If der day
efer comes when an American gets to
der palace dere viii be none of de Clown
Heads on der reception committee. 1t
may be dose Americans mean us harm.
Vat if dey should get TO Berlin before
we know it? But if der worse comes to
der worse, my dear son, you should re-
member you should stand between your
lofing fadder and danger. Vat would
der dear German people do if der di-
vine ruler should be killed?
IND don't YOU let dose rough Ameri-
cans fool you about dat song de sing
what you call 81 won't be back til Its
over, over dere.' No stree, what dose
d~eceivers means is dat dey Wont go
back till it's over over here. Anyhow
dat is just der way dey act. I am get
ting suspicious about de actions. Vat?
Und anoder ting, my dear son dose
Americans dey are so deceiving-you
can't believe a ting dey say to you.
Before dey got into dis war dey wanted
peace. OF course dey did not say what
kind of peace dey wanted, but l belief
what dey really want is a piece of Ger
many. But be dat as it may; why did
dey get into dis war? Certainly We did
not wan 'em in. All We did vas sink
der L~oosetania-and vas it u fault
dat a tousand or two peoples und der
childrens, got drowned? Why didn't
dey swim to der shore wild der babies?
Und when we blowed VI der ships nit
fod und odder thirgs On 'em it vas not
because we did not love der Americans
we had to have something's to feed der
peoples we captured. Just so! Why
did dey get mad at such fiddle tings as
dat? Vat? At dat time dey said dat dey
avnted piece. But dey half changed der
mind. Now we offer dem peace and
vat do dey say? Vat does president
wilson say? He is der worst d%eceiver
of der whole American race. I belief
he is der very one vich wants q piece
Of Germany.
Tell dose Americans we ants notings
to do NIT 'em. When we started to go
through Belgium ind Wiped der women
.und children so easy / never imagined
dose offel ignorant Americans would
force demselfs upon us und insist on
coming over to Germany-right into
our own beloved land. Had / taught
of such a tings / belief 1 never would
started. Und, oh, my SOL wouldn't it
be offel if dey would do to Germany
just vat we did to Belgium und Franee2
1t almos' kills me to tink about such
a tings. IND right now dey are on II
beloved soil. How can dey be SO rude
dey were nefer invited.to come
here! Dey say some of II men half
NETS der American ruffians near Metz
und what you tink dey said? 1t makes
der vet salt water tears come to mine
eyes to tink about it-dey said dey a
coming on to Berlin. AS I told you be.
fore | do not van to meet 'em ven dey
get here so 1 mus close Immediately as
I will run Just like .sou before I will half
anytings to do nit dose nasty Ameri-
cans.
four lofing faller in hastiness,
Villyum.