The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1918-12-05

Fighting Like Sport.
They are young and full Of m
iri Of enthusiasm. he said lhel
liayed the game Of war Ike d game
II sport. while we ne shrugged hil
houlders had no enthusiasm left
The fighting in the Argonne was
IS The world knows, terrible. but your
nen fought wonderfully well'
When asked him why the Ger
nans had no enthusiasm left, h.
hrusged his shoulders again.
Did YOU Germans think YOU could
in against me Americans | asked
I'm.
AT first we ihoueh go but 1t soon
3ecame evident that we could not"
is IL true the German government
ried TO convince The German people
tmerican troops would never get in
Europe in time2" ! asked him.
When h. answered this he was gaz-
ng through a window at an endless
iream Of boys in khaki
Yes" he said, III did but We were
iot fooled long
To 20 back to the American noys
themselves and their march into Ger
many. On my way to Wasserbilig
ode through several Luxemburg viii
lges. where our troops have passed
he last several days. Here The chill
lfen ran out with flowers on the first
ay and cried. Hip. hip. hooray" as
hey had been told by the newspapers
4 the country As proceeded To-
card the frontier, the demonstrations
Unfinished in warmth Wasserbills
gas quite calm
entered the place where The main
Dad turns 10 the right and runs across
4 bridge into The center Of the town, !
where there was a small group of peo- |
pie. There was no flicker Of recoe
lition. They gazed stolidly along the !,
rinsinal ihoroughfares. The citizens !
we're walking about in their bes |
lcthes The men appeared TO be
ressed with more care than the wo
zen and Wore light coored hats, and |
any of them wore the collars OF !
heir overcoats turned up.
Keep Hands OFF.
They look at the American autos
they pass through the town. bur |
hey do not stop for further inspec
iou. When our autos draw up at the
rye hotels, tiny grodps gather around
lost Of the attention being paid the
ls rubber tires. One noticeable
ming was the lreseace OF citizen po
ice They We're motely assortment.
ressed IN combina ion soldier civil
an uniform Most of them had on
id army boots and varied kinds oi
yercoais ana even more varied
ssoriment Of hats An had white
iands on their arms. Indicating they [
Fere militia. and all carried guns
As our advance column crossed the
ridge the band was playing The
iuwanee River" but it soon changed
o Dixie. and then TO Maryland.
ly Maryland. Then it played sam
re ct Muse"
Beside The musicians marched many 4
mail boys The rahble OF the entire .
istrict Now The people began - /,
alt in their promenade and TO gaze
/ the procession The central stree
con was lined as the head of the
olumn turned up The main street [
he crowd quickly swelled, as the I
ausic drew men and women from ,
be side streets. but still silence
eigned For an hour picked Amer
ian troops marched through the 81
nee and they looked wonderfully
cod. Perhaps by tomorrow some OF
his first reserve on the part OF the 1
eople will be worn off | had an .
Indication OF this on my return ride
rom Treyes 10 Wa serbillig. when |
assed more Yankees halted by the
10 eat latc luncheon. The
Yankee kitchen had beeh [
iscovered by group of small boys [
Treves and they were sharing II Il
mericans' bread.