The Ordway new era., 1919-02-28
Walker Says
Germans Don t
! Like the Ring
Express 4hsm.slves Freely Now But
!: Before Armfstice They We're Duty
/ Bound to Praise Gang-Sees No
Great Danger.

Billy Walker<in soldier life, Corp.
w. C. Walker, B. Battery, 148th F.
A., now stationed at Hohre, Germany,
writes an interesting letter to his
PARENTS Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Bartlett,
in which he indicates that he loves
candy the same as children love cas-
toria, and perhaps would even cry
for 1t II he thought It would bring
him a nice box OF bon-bons. NThis
might be tip to the young women
to whom Billy has doubtless present.
ed many q nice box of chocolates. to
reciprocate, and make his heart glad
and please his taste and appetite.
His letter follows:
Dear Mother and Dad-Your letter
ofachsistmas day and two others
along with the Christmas box came
IN a few days ago. and tell you they
we're appreciated heap. The cigar
cites, tooth paste. shaving cream and
all come in handy every day. The
pencil was a dandy and 1 will try to
make 1t do a little work in your direc-
tion from now on. But say. candy
is something that you can't buy with
love nor money over here, and 1t sure
did hit the spot. II they ever take
the ban or of package shipments
want q big one just like that sent
pronto Thanks for all of 1t.
/ don't know why yousdid not get
one of those four millions letters,
but you probably nave several by
now Our mail has been following
us nretty close for the past few
months. considering the moves and
jumps we have made, and I was re-
membered by more friends from home
and Iowa than l supposed had, with
Christmas and New Year greetings.
Makes a fellow feel good over here.
Over the Rhine
Since my last letter from Kar1ich
we have moved up across the Rhine
and occupy the villages of Hohre and
Grenhauzen. Personally I am better
fixed than was at Karlich; have a
big, clean, light room with bed, stove
and lights. The family treats me
fine, and most every day bring in
coffee and cake or apples and nuts,
or something of the kind. One son
has been a soldier for six years and
ron the front for four, and a son-in-
law is an officer and Aas not returned.
From the family and their friends
who come in hear quite lot of war
and the nation in its present diffifulty
and get some OF the German view
point.
Germans Express Selves
When we first came into Ger
many.I naturally thought their
good treatment of us came from
s. their sense of good Judgment
- alone. and put them down as
very clever camouflagers, but the
- more see of them and the more
associate with them, the more
CONVINCED ] am that they were
: really sick and tired of the
whole business. and are glad to
see the Americans here. Before
the end, of the war 1t was no less
than-suicide for German to ex-
press an opinion other than IA
vorable to the government, but
1T is different now and they are
doing 1t freely. From what
have seen of the people here they
are too hard-headed a bunch to
ever let their affairs get in the
muddle that Russia is in, and
don't think 1t will be a great
while before they have the Spart-
icust movement killed and things
running in some order again.
Hate the Kaiser
The hate the Germans have for the
kaiser and his gang now seems to be
just as deep as the loyalty they used
to show, and Hindenburg is the only
one Of the old military bunch that
!. they are with, but they are certainly
: strong for him.
There is none Of the revolutionary
movement here in Coblenz nor any
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