Ladysmith news-budget. [volume] (Ladysmith, Rusk County, Wis.) 1907-1927, 1918-11-01
THE CROWN PRINCE
WRITES TO PAPA

A Nebraska editor has put into
words the following which probably
expresses the views of the German
Crown Prince over the situation.
On the Run, Somewhere in France.
July 20 Times
Dear Papa:
l am writing Oh the run, as the brave
and glorious soldiers under my COM
mand have not seen the Rhine for so
long that they have started back that
way, and of course am going nit dem.
Oh, papa, dere has been 0tfel dings
happened here in France. First, /
started in my big offensive, which was
to crush de fool Americans, but dey
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 when they got to Gle
Americans dey all said Boo, as loud
as dey could holler. Veil, according
to vat you have always told me, de
Americans should have turned and run
like blazes. But vat you tink? Dem
fool Americans don't know anything
about war, and instead of running de
odder way, dey came right toward us.
Some of dem was singing about I've
Won't come back till it's over, over
Gere,'' or some odder foolish song, and
some of dem laffing like fools. Dey
are SO ignorant. But are awful reck-
less nit dere guns, and ven dey come
toward us it was den dat my men took
notion dey wanted to go back to de
dear old Rhine We don't like de little
old dirty Marine river, anyhow. And,
oh. papa, dem Americans use such Offel
language. Dey don't know nothing OF
kultur, and say such offel dings Alright
before use. And dey talk blasphemy,
too. Vat you tink dey said right in
front of my face? One big husky. from
a place dey call Kansas, 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 anything SO offel ting? 1t
and hear such offel ting so | turned
round and run nit de other boys. Vas
I right, papa? Vat? And, oh, papa,
you know dem breastplates vOt you
sent us-can you send some to put on
our back? You know We are going de
odder way, now, and breastplates are
no good for the cowardly Americans
are shooting us right in de back. Some
Of our boys took off der breastplates
and put 'em behind, but de fool Amer
leans aye playing DE Star Spangled
Eanner'' nit machine guns on dem
plates. Can't you help us?
You remember in your speech you
said nothing could stand before Gle
brave German soldiers? Oh, papa, [
don't believe desc ignorant Americans
ever read your speech, for dey run at
ter us Just like We vas lot of rabbits.
vot you tink of dot? Can't you send
dem some of your speeches right away?
Dey don't know how terrible We are.
Can't you move my army back to Bel
GUM we're We Won all our glory. My
men can vip all de vimmen and chill
dren vot dem Belgians can bring up.
But desc Americans are so rough and
ignorant We can't make 'em understand
dot We are de greatest soldiers on
earth. and ven We try to sing Deutsch-
land Ueber Allies they laugh like lot
of monkeys. But We are getting the
best of Gle Americans. We can outrun
dem. Papa, if We are not Gle best
fighters on earth We are sure de best
runners. Nobody con keep UP nit us
ven We tink of de dear old Rhine, and
my army never did tink SO much of dot
dear old river. Let me knew right
away vat to Go by retupl pOstoffice.
CROWN PRINCE WILLIE.