Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-10-09
KAISER ANSWERS HIS SON.
Letter i'm Public Opinion Last Week
of the Crown Prince Calls for
Reply From Papa Kaiser.

WCchS uUllC OplHiOu IIOul LIE
Crown Prince to his Papa Kaiser,
gets the following answer from
Villyum:
Rotterdam Palace, Oct. 1, 1918:
/ hardly know we're to address you
dis ledder, as your last vas dated on
der run. Aowefer, / am sure it will
catch you somewhere between der
Hinderdburg line und der Rhine.
Would advise you to hurry back ID
der Rhine as soon as possible, as
dose rough Americans seems to be
after der whole bacon as we'll as der
Rhine. / do not blame you in der
least for not wanding to associate
NIT dose Americans. / understood
|dey are now calling you der Clown
Prince. Such rudnes-vat? Yhy
should dey call you such names?
Keep away from dem as far as pos
sible. Dey tell me dose Americans
are insisting dey are coming to Ber-
lin to pay der respects to me. If
you get close enough to one of dem
just tell him if der day efer comes
when an American gets to der pal
ace dere will be none of de Clown
Heads on der reception committee.
1t may be dose Americans mean US
harm. What if dey should get to
Berlin before we know it? But If
der worse comes to der worse, my
dear SON, you should remember you
should stand between your lofing
ladder and danger. Vat would der
dear German people do if der divine
ruler should be killed?
Und don't you let dose rough
Americans fool you about dat song
dey sing-what you call Il won't be
back till it's over over dere." No
stree, what dose deceivers means is
dat dey won't go back till it's over
over here. Anyhow dat is just der
way dey act. am getting suspic-
ious about de actions. Vat?
Und anoder ting, my dear son,
dose Americans are SO deceiving
you can't believe 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 / belief what dey really
want is a piece of Germany. 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 Loose
tania-und vas it our fault dat a
tousand or two peoples und der
childrens got drowned? Why didn't
dey swim to der shore wild der ba-
bies? Und when we blowed up der
ships nit food and odder tings on
'em it vas not because We did not lofe
der Americans-ve had to have
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
wanted piece. But dey hat changed
der mind. Now we offer dem peace
and vat do dey say? Vot does Bresi-
dent Wilson say? He Is der worst de-
ceiver of der whole American race.
l belief he is der very one vich vans
a piece of Germany.
Tell dose Americans We wants
notings to do NIT 'em. When we
started to go through Belgium ind
Wiped der women und children so
easy / nefer imagined dose offel
ignorant Americans would force dem
selves upon us und insist on coming
over to Germany-right into our
own beloved land. Had | taught or
such tings I belief / never would
started Und, oh, my son, wouldn't
it be offel if dey would do to Ger
many just vat we did to Belgium
and France? 1t almos' kills me to
tluh dUOuI SuSu tiiSS' Shd iiohe
now dey are on our beloved soil
How can dey be so rude when dey
were nefer invited to come here?
Dey say some of our men hat NETS
der American ruffians near Metz.
Und what you tink dey said? II.
makes der vet salt water tears come
to mine eyes to tink about it-dey
said dey vas coming on to Berlin.
AS told you before ! do not want
to meet 'em ven dey get here so !
mus close Immediately, AS | will run
just like you before will hat any
tings to do nit dose nasty Americans.
Your lofing ladder in hastiness
VilIVUfa