The Cordova daily times., 1918-07-03
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PARIS, June l (by maiD .-.French aviators are dropping behind the Ger man lines and upon German cities and towns thousands of copies of an ap. peal written by a Bavarian urging his compatriots to protest against Prus, sian tyranny and autocracy.
 The document was found recently tured by the French. In it the writer places upon Emperor William the guilt Of the war and expresses other sentiments against Prussian militar ism well known to exist in Bavaria. despite frequent official testimonials of alleged solidarity and unity be- tween both the German states.
 As it's circulation in Germany is. of course, prohibited, the French authori- ties undertook it's distribution by air route Some copies accidentally have fallen on the French lines. The docu- ment reads:
 "Bavarians. Companions: The frightful misery which because of the war has spread also to Bavaria, and which is leading our Bavarian people to almost certain ruin, imposes upon us the sacred duty of thinking of the | welfare of our country and our com patriots.
 "Who is it that has led US to this abyss of perditiop? Let us De frank! It is not presumptuous enemies! It is not the English and the French, Neither is it the other countries that we call the entente! The guilty ones, one can say in all conscience today, are solely and only the Prussians, or more precisely, there is but one guilty party-the king of Prussia The of ticial assertion that our adversaries started the war against us and men, aced us. us and our own, is a false hood.
 Now the king of Prussia has the right, in the name of Bavaria, to de clare war and make peace.
 What the atrocious misery this country suffers-a misery that shouts to heaven-must make us real | ize 1t cruelty. Prussia. by it's abso- lutist political situation, Is obliged to go to war at longer or shorter pc. riods. if for nothing else than to sus. tain the interests of the dominating clique. The history of Prussia is one of continual war, with more or less lengthy interruptions. Are not the Prussian country squires (hobereaux) already talking, despite the terrible misery, of the next war?
 The present war, also, Is not at all in the interests of Bavaria, but is solely gamble for the power of the Prnssian state, it's military and its agrarians.
 We Bavarians are not in any way in opposition to the interests of the peoples whom we are fighting. On the contrary, France. for example, has notably favored our country and our people during the course of history. Among the governments that are our opponents in this war. not one has as one of it's war aims the extinction Of our country. But the war hinges entirely, and with good right, against Prussia. which. with the Russia of other days, is the most corrupt state in Europe. The sons of Bavaria sac rifice their lives by hundreds of thou sands for this Prussia-for this coun- try which few decades ago, in 1866, took away part of our territory and an enormous war indemnity.
 And even if it were possible to be victorious, what can our country, what may we Bavarians, expect from such victory? As little as nothing. All the precious Bavarian blood, all the mourning. the stirring. horrible suffering of our compatriots, oi our women and our children-all the lives sacrificed and ruined and all the ma. terial losses; all of that has gone for nothing! All the sacrifices have been without object; they have not even been for the defense of our country, Tor 1t has not been menaced, but merely have been for the conserva-