The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1918-10-24
DER CROWN PRINCE
Write Interesting Letter 10 Papa Bin
About War Situation

American soldiers in France see fip
tuulT side u- neii a- rlt serious -idl
uf War. This is proven hr letter r.
reiErd aui ha- been handed f- far pub
I icsiiuu % once 81 the American heht
er-- The leffrr follows
From sd'ncwhere in Frlnee- In hi-
I Refinement lcf0re The Americans fh.
+ rawu Prince ls~ seem nf fo address
"a letter 90 fhe Kaiser
/ The ieffer ls printed in fun a- foi-
I inn-
-Dear rapa. ! ana writing ou deer
ruu. a- der brave nul glorious soldiers
uuaer mr command have u0f seen Der
Rhine Tor sD long aaf dey bar started
itnk dat FaF and ~ course / ann go
ine mit drm- oh IarH. deere il- heru
some o1ni dmss h4pIrned here iu
France First : started my big often
~ire hish WAS to crush der fool
Americans but dey kicw So little
ahouf military iariics DAT dey viu not
ht crushed just like I want 'en
scut ny men iu deer fight 90 big waves
anl wen dey gpf Zoo fier Americans dcy
900 said ins a~ iuud as der could
boiler Fel. according % vff you al-
Ways haf Todd mc. io Americans have
turned atd ruu Iike hla~i-~h Iuf fof
lr som fhiuke Dri, faal Americans
drn'f knev naiiuG~ 90 war Instead
uI running drr uldnr Fnr. dl.f came
right toward us Some 81 dem VIZ
~iuein ~oil.fhi1e about "Ne Won't
Come Isark Iil It's All over. over
Deere pr SOME other FOOLS Soncs
and SOME az dem were laughing like
fools Heg ure go ignorant. bur dcy
er- on-i reckless mif deere guns and
rru dey connie toward us 3D. vas d-f my
"a
.p haes ta der dcar old Rhine Vel
dont liFe Der little oid dirty Mamc
river. anyhow. Anl. Oh papa. dem
Americans Use such onel laug1iaet
Dos Alun nothing of kuifur. and ,ay
suci 01ri ding~ right before us
-And dey tab, hla.phemy. too. Nnt
sou iiH- DIES ~ail riehf Cob front % my
fHeet nne big husky from q place
deF ctil Arizona. he -all -oh papa. I /
hato fn ten SOU what au onci ting De-
said hui ! can't help &C. De- said. 10 /
lnii mir arr kaia.r Did Vnu ever
hesr anything so oGcIt ] didn't tink /
aughndE would shy such "a oncl ting
d. mad. me -e mad J fauidn'f stand \
fn bear such u1c ting So ] turned i
round aai run mif der older boys
Was ] righft And. oh. Papa. you
know dem breast plates Vot Eou sent
us SON eau send pos some more Co
puf Goa oar backs Nou know $50 are
going de odder vHy now. aud breast
plates are uo good. for der coWardiy i
Americans are shooting us right iuI
deer isick Some If eur boys took on \
deer breast plates and put Gem hclinl. /
luf deer fool Americans are playing
'Drr star Spangicd Banner init der
machine guns au dem plates
-Cant you help ust Won remember 4
in your -peech SOU said noting could /
stand BEFORE the brave German sOl- |
iier-t on. Papa. J don't believe desc
-forruf Americans ever read yOur
-urrct Tor der ruu ritter ue Ike We
sI~ luf 81 rabbits. Noi yuI diuk of
iats can't you sgni dem some ~ your
speeches right awayt Day don't know
bow Terrible So arp Can't You move
ng army back fo Belgium we're ve won
iur glory Ny men cam sip an der
innniu and children rof dem Belgiaus
ffn bring uS. Bui desc Americans are
.o rough and ignorant. ve cant make
iem understand dat va are dc greatest
soldiers un earth aud ven Sc frg toll
sing Deutschland 7 rhex Allies dey Inf
ikp iof Of monkeys Buf SCI are
getting der best 0f der Americans Vel
era aut-fuu dem Papa. II we are not
b. best fighters ou earth. ve are sure
De- hest runners Nobody cain keep up
nif Or ven ve tink of der dear old
Rhine. and nay army never did fiuk SO
much of dot dear old river. Let me
,now right away yot "a DO. by return
s0~fuffep
GROWN PRINCE WILLIE