Oxford eagle., 1918-11-07
FROM THE CROWN PRINCE.
Writes Letter to Papa" the Kaiser,
From Scene of Battle.

The following was taken from a
newspaper published in France and
sent to Nevada, Mo-, to relatives by
a Nevada doughboy, who is now in
France:
"On the Run. Somewhere in
France, Everywhere in France, All
the Time.-Dear Papa: l am writ
ing on der run as der brave and
glorious soldiers under my COM
mand have not seen der Rhine for so
long dat dey have started back that
waay, and of course l am going
NIT dem. Oh, papa, dere has been
some offel dings happened here in
France. First, | started in my big
offensive, which was to crush de
fool Americans, but they know so
little about military tactics dat dey
will not be crushed just like
| want 'em. / sent my men in der
fight in big waves, and ven dey got
to de Americans dy all said boo" as
as loud as they could holler. Veil
according to vat you have always told
me, de Americans have turned
and run like blazes. But vat you
tink? Dem fool Americans don't
know any thing about war, and in
| cfaad of ,a,nnsno, do aldo-. xva,, H..
came right toward US. Some of
dem was singing about I've Won't
come back till it's over, over dere,"
or some odder foolish song, and
some of dem were laffing like fools.
Dey are so ignorant. But dey are
offel reckless NIT der guns, and ven
dey come toward Us it was den my
men took a notion dey wanted to go
back to de dear old Rhine. We
don't like de little dirty Marne river
anyhow. And, oh, papa, dem Ame:i-
cans use such offel language Dey
know nothing of kultur and say such
offel dings right before US. And dey !
said dem right in front of my face. |
One big husky from a place de call
Missouri, he said-oh, papa | hate to |
tell you vat an offel ting he said-but /
can't help it, he said, ITO hell nit /
der kaiser~ Did you ever hear of |
anything so offel, | didn't tink any
body would say such an offel ting. II 1
made me so mad. | wouldn't stand
and hear such an offel ting so | turn
ed around and run NIT the other boys.
Vas | right, Vat? And on, papa,
you know dem breast plates vot you
sent us-san YOU send some TO put on
our backs? You know We are going
de odde~ way, now, and breastplates
are no good, for de cowardly Ameri-
cans are shooting Us right IN the
back. Some Of our boys took off der
breast plates and put 'em behind but
de fool Americans are playing Der
Star Spangled Banner" mitt machine
guns on dem plates. Can't you help
Us? You remember in your speech
you said nothing could stand before
der brave German soldiers? Oh,
papa, | don't believe des ignorant
Americans ever read your speech for
dey- run after US just like We vas a
lot Of rabbits. Vot you think of dot +?
Can't you send me some of your
speeches right away? Dey don't
know how terrible vey are. Can't
you move my army back TO Belgium
we're We Won all our glory? My men
can vip all the vim men and children
vot de Belgians can bring US. But
desc Americans are so rough and ig-
norant. We can't make 'em under
stand that we are the greatest SOL I
diers on earth and ven We try to sing
"Dutchland Ueber Allies" dey laugh .
like lot of monkeys. But We are
getting the best of the Americans. /
We can outrun dem. Papa, if We are
not de best runners. Nobody can
keep up NIT Us when We tink of de |
dear old Rhine. and my army never |
did tink so much of dot dear old river. 1
Let me know right away vot to do by
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