Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-01-11
'tGERMANY WILL QUIT
LIKE A YELLOW DOG"
Lieutenant George Houghton
Clapp, Former Jefferson
Instructor, Writes
SERVED IN FRENCH ARMY
Description of Hun Fighting Meth
ods Worthy of American
"Hymn of Hate"


letter from Lieutenant george
i Houghton Clapp, OF TINS city, former IN
structor in the JEFFERSON Medical Col
lege but no" SERVING IL, rranoe as 'he
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tenant served ior 'lHe WIN 'ne
French army, anu uuiins 'na' ,ns
writes tnat LOT sN Vi eienu "'
was az the front "i'lii,' easy M 'o' y.
tne nun trehches' anu ha'. La M o. -
portuhily 10 sroot .ne ,'o'e 80
have seen gas at'achs-" ie' ~
: gone througn one naNe
trencnes anu III Nv a., onar-
have handieu i,,a'ni'e 81 " r.,
ling German ra'u oi' ou' -',, =
fact. l have peen aoou' e'.
have no business 10 oe' ,a
going through trainins III .lle s'a
will later be transferred 10 ins
4 . IL.
/, have made MN nate 'ne nuns ""u III, LII
methods OF nghting' Whicn nc M
acknowledges IN ms iet,e'' III
an American hsN'' Vi
writes III part
"On active service with the American
~ expeditionary force, Dec. IA, l9l'.
Dear JaclI-There is absolutely notn-
ing good about the Germans! Tnere
are two kinds of Germans-those from
the north of Hunland, known as Prus-
SLAMS, and those from the south, the
yellow haired lght-compleNioned Ger-
mans. The Prussian is figher until he
is beaten, then he wants to quit the
German from the south Is never a hghter
and has to be driven to the fight with
officers with drawn guns. The yellow
haired German has deserted to us every
time he has chance, and the Prussian
knows he is done for when the war is
over SO he fights to the bitter end. pre-
fsrring death itself to what he VIII get
In the revolution that will follow this
war, just as surely as day follows nieht.
~ think that the south of Germany
would be glad to quit, and sooner or
later will quit. but the Prussian will not
let him. And so the slaughter goes on
81 have nothing but a cold hatred for
the Hun; he does not fight fairly; he
will knife you in the back every time he
rets the chance; If the proof of this is
necessary, notice what the American
Germans have done to the country tha'
adopted them and gave them the where
withal to bring up their families.
"If 7 take YOU out behind some fence
and give YOU boxing lessons for fortS
IA years and then you suddenly jump OF
one Of your neighbors who has peacefully
been irving to improve his own condi
tion and make the world better all thos'
forty years, would you deserve an!
credit if you had the better of him To-
the first few rounds? You ought t'
knock him out in the first round, bu
this Germany could not do. She wa
beaten to a frazzle in the very mrs
IA pitched battle of the war, namely, TN
Marne, and every time since then tina
she has faced the French in open pattle
every time she has dared TO come ou
of her hole. like a rat driven to dss
perstion because of the clamorlng OF ne
people at home, Germany mas oee'
whipped.
II am in favor Of absolutely wipin'
\ the whole rS,e Off the map. say I'M
thoughtfully, after seeing what whoie
sale distractions she mas wrousn''
have seen whole towns destroyeu, ies
eled, without the semolahce OF h,ii,.
reason therefor. nave ta,keu M MI
men who have had their chiloren hiIe
and their wives and mothers ou,rasee
and then either killed or taken priso"..
and subjected to all the wh'n's Vi III
German soldiery.
Jack, there are none OF mem an
good; they are wheips Oh hsiI, "
only hope that they VIII hsn, ~,
enough to let us give tnem Mma' 80
coming to them, as we surrey VIII u'
less they squal for mercy too soon.