The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1918-10-11
"OFFEL RECKLESS
80 NIT DERE GUNS"
Crown Prince Writes I've Beat Amert
cans, We oudtrun em"-Soldiers
Want to See Rhine.

cans, We oudtrun em"-soldiers
Want to Sec Rhine.
sergt Don McAadrcws Of Des
Moines. la. has sent a letter TO the
nes ,AInines Register. which has made
a hit in"that state and which Is 70.
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prince as writing, 10 the, emperor thai
1.-The army. 6f The cf6Sn eBrince beats
thGlsAmerlcans So bttiAnAfnsa them
The letter. tSsd % Vi9Sb en- Ysii
'asoF siiSomeShsEeii in France, nsail
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"All der time
Dear Papa:
II am writing on der run, as der
brave and glorious soldiers under my
command have not seen der Rhine for
so long dat dey started back dat way,
and OF course | am going NIT dem.
| Oh, papa, deere has been some offel
dlngs happened here In France First,
| | started in my big offensive which
was to crush de fool Americans, but
dey know SO little about military tao.
ties dat dey viii not be crushed just
like ! want dem. ! sent my men in
de fight in big waves. and ven they got
to der Americans dey all sed boo
yust as loud as dey could holler.
well, according to vat you have al.
ways told me. de Americans have
turned and run like blazes, but vat do
! you tink? Dem fool Americans don't
know anytlg about var, and instead of
running de odder way dc came right
al us. Some OF dem vas singing about
We Won't come back till It's, all Offer,
pier dere.' or some odder foolish song
and some OF dem was lafiing like
| fools, pey are so ignorant.
''Bnt dey are offel reckless NIT dere
guns. and ven dey come toward us II
vas den dat my men took notion dey
wanted TO 90 back 10 der dear old
Rhine We don't like de little, dirty
Marine river. anyhow. And. oh papa,
dem Americans use. such pffel
language, And dey talk blasphemy
too. Vat you link dey said right IN
| iIOul VI NY ltOc.r Ont DIS nushy iiVhi
place dey call Iowa. he said-Oh,
papa, hate TO tell you vat on offel
ting he said--but | can't help 1.-THE
said, TO hel nit der kaiser didn't
tink anybody would say such an offel
Tins.
"And furthermore. dem Americans
can't be much OF o chentlemens. II
made me so mad wouldn't stand
an hear such an oifel ting so !
turned around and run nit de odder
boys. Vas right? Vat? And, OH
PAPA, yoll know dem breast plates yot
YOU sent us-can you send us some to
put on our backs? You know we are
going de odder way now and breast
plates are no good-decofardly Ameri'
cans are always, shooting us right in
der back.
| Some OF our boys took off der
breast plates and put dem behind. but
de fool Americans are playing Der
Star Spangled banner nit machine
guns right on dem plates Can't you
help u.s. You remember In your
speech. for You ssed nothing could
stand before de brave German?
"Oh, Papa. | don't believe desc igno-
rant Americans ever read your
speech, for dey run after us like We
vas lot OF rabbits. Vot you tink OF
dot Won't YOU send dem some Of
your speeches right away? Dey don't
know how terrible ye are? Cant you
move my army back 10 Belgium we're
We Won all der time? My men Will
vip all de vimmen and children yot
dem Belgians can bring us. but desc
Americans ar so rOnght aud ignorant.
We cant make dem understand dat
We are der greatest soldiers ON earth,
and ven We try To sing Deutschland
Uber Allies dey laff like lot OF
monkeys. but We are getting de best OF
de Americans. We can ouirun dem.
Papa. II We are not der best lighters
on earth, We are der best runners No
body ican keep up init us ven We INK
of der old Rhine. and my army never
did link so much OF dot dear old
Rhine, eder I.e me know yol 10 ia
right away by return post Office
Grown Prince Willie