Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1918-10-31
KAISER'SREPLYi
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 exchang.
es contributes the following:
Rotterdam Palace, Oct. 1, 1915:
/ hardly know we're TO address YOU dis !.
ledder, as your last vas dated on der
run. However, ] am sure it will catch
you somewhere between der Hindered-
berg line ind 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 rs der Rhine. l do not blame you
in der least for not wanting to associate
nit dose Americans. 1 understood tdey
are now calling you der Clown Prince.
Such rudeness-vat? Why should dey
call you such q 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 one of dem just tell him if der day
efer comes when an American gets to
der palace dere will 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 tar between your
lofino f1ilas md H1poor Vat H,o,,15
der dear German people 10 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
deceivers means is dat dey won't go
back till it's over over here. Anyhow
dat is just der way dey act. | am get
ting suspicious about de actions. Vat?
IND 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 | 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 van EN- in. All We did vas sink
der Loosetania-and vas it our fault
dat a tousand or two peoples der
childrens, got drowned? Why didn't
dey swim to der shore wild der babies?
Und when we blowed up der ships nit
fod n odder things on EN- it vas not
because we did not Low der Americans
we had to W. something's to feed der
peoples we captured. Just so! Why
did dey get mac 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 deceiver
of Ger whole American race. I belief
he is der very one vich wants a piece
OF Germany.
Tell dose Americans we wants notings
to dc NIT 'ern. When we started to go
through Belgium n Wiped der women
ind 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 I taught
of such a tings / belief / never would
started. Und, oh, my son, wouldn't it
be offel if dey would do to Germany
just vat we did to Belgium und France?
1t almos' kills me to tink about such
a tings. Und right now dey are on Il
beloved soil. How can dey be so rude
when dey We're nefer invited.to come
here? Dey say some of our men half
NETS der American ruffians near Metz
und what you tink dey said? 1t make
der vet salt water tears cone to mine
eyes to tink about it-dey said dey vas
coming on to Berlin. AS I told you be.
fore / do not want to meet 'em ven dey
get here so i mus close Immediately as
I will run just like you before / viii half
anytings to do init dose nasty Ameri-
Your lofing faller in hastiness,
Villyum.