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-Quien sabe, dijo la reina col

-Quien sabe, dijo Ia reina con
s1hita emoci6n, iquien sabe 81 no
trataran de aprcsurar 81 fin?.-.
-iOh! isenors!
-;Renato. ;Renato! murmuro Ca
talf7a. no es al principe Enrique de
Borbon q ouien 20 temo, / a So
madre ion! nuestras miradas sc
Ran cruzado, y la mia ha penetra-
do hasta ell fondo dc su alma, y he
c~omprcndido que esq muje1 ha con-
cebido ell plan de convertir el rel
no irrisorio de su hijo zen un gran
RENO, V al yer en- que modo ccntem
plaba Ell Louvre, me ha parecido
que Sc hallaba en- q como lei su PRO-
pia cssa....iOh, no, Renato, ESQ no
debe ser, y no sera!
-iSeguraInente que no, dJo el
.florcntino.
-Substituiria al lltimo de mis- HI
JOS con On caballero cualnuIera, en-
tregaria e! cetro 4 III bastardo. CUE
maria u Paris v dejaria al RENO sin
soher2nc V sumido IN los horrores
de la guerra civil, antes que consen-
tir en- que IN Guisa o u Borbon
suba a! trono de Francia.
-Tanlbien yo soy de vuestra mis-
Ta opinion, sonora, rspuso el flo
rentino, que odiaba cordialmente a
Enrique.
-iAh! prosiguio Catalina, 20 que
desce hace veinte amos dicto leyes 4
Ia Europa; yo cue he hecho tcnb!ar
al rnisrro Feline IT. acabo de tener
niedo de;ante de esa muier; me nc
extreurciio en- preserciG de esa
reina de las montanas que Sc IA he
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rey de Francia, al mismo tempo que
IN esDantajo para Ia casa de Lore
ma. Pero vos habeis venido & IA cor
te de Francia con el nombre de senior
de Coarasse. Y en- pocos dlas haoels
sabido .omar una actitud indepen-
dierte. cast hostil. Y haceros enemigo
irr~econciliable de madame Catalina
y de Renato. que son los verdaderos
reyes de Francia.... Acemas, mazda
ma Catalina que esperaba ]encontrar
en- mi una especie de ~puritana YES
tida de buriel. ma visto llegar Il
princesa joven todaviG, que aD!a Ell
ienruaj: de las c%ortes, V cuya mirada
actitud revelan cierta political.
Entonces hijo MIC, ha cmpezado a
temernos Y, por consiguiente, a abo-
~Trccerros.
~ que? interrumpi6 Enrique,
;creeis. madre mia. Que madame Ca
talina. ,lespues dc haber deseado tan
to este casamiento, tratara ahora de
romperlo?
No. no Sc ~atrevera q tanto, pc
TO-.
JuanG Sc datuvo.
-Os escucho, madre mia, dijo En-
rique.
-Pero es mujer muy capaz de ha-
Ger Il os asesinen al siguiente dia
de vucstra boda.
-iOh. imadre.
La rcina de Navarro Gallo Y per-
manecio largo ratio ~pensativa.
bah! dijo de repente Y como 81
hubiese obedccido dc nuevo 4 n va
ga revelation del ~porvenir; los hom-
bres tiaaen 81 destino.
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me he equivocado de medic a medic.
-iEn que, sonora?
En- laber uuerido casar a M HI
ia Margarita con ell principe de Ma
varra.
-.Aun es tempo de deshacer 10
Al contrario, es demasiado tar
de.
-;Por cue!
-Poroue Ell ney es muy terco, y
en- fin, el es el rey...
ST Su Majestad, como nosotros'
hubiese dido a ia reina de Navarro.
-Pero no Ia ha oido, y aunque
vo lie repitiera sus mismas palapras
20 me creeria....
-Ademas Marcarita m al prlE-
cipe. V no ne considero 20 con tuer-
zas suficientes, mur7muro sordamen-
te Ia reina. para luchar abhertamen-
re q la vez con ell rey : Margarita.
Sin embargo, senora...
Gala Y escucha...
-Renato cue c~omrrendio que la
naira tenia algun ~proyecto, Gallo en-
segUida.
va has dido pcrfectamente Gae
- reina de Navarro ha predicho a
su l,ijo cue IN dia sera rey de Fran
cia.
-iOh, esca loca.
No, esa mujer es peligrosa, e'
,nrchc mas terrible que los Guisa,
de ~ou:enes tanto d~esconfiaba yo.
-Pero Carlos TX vl0e, = Ell reg
de Polonia Y Ell duque de Alenzon
tambien..
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verdad, madre mia.

-Es veTdad, madre ma.
Y alro me esta diciendo, anadio
Ia reina de Navarro, que Ia casa de
Borb6n csta iestinada a un glorioso
~porvenir.
-iQuien sabe? dijo Enrique extre-
meciendose de orgulio.
Juana de Albert dirigio a su hijo
una mirada afectuosa y ufana y lie
dijo: =,
-fSeras rey de Francia, Enrique!
Y como 81 Sc hubiese a~rrepentido
de habcr lido tan lejos, anadio de
pronto:
-Ahora vete, hijo MO, dejame que
he acueste.. Mahana te lamare
apenas me despierte.
Y dando a besar su mano a los dos
j6venes los deSpidio.
Madame Catalina habia dido toda
la conversation Y mas de n e
habia temblado. FL mismo Renato
habia tenido miedo.
-Senora dijo en- voz baja incli-
nandose q su dido, Slo habeis dido
TODD?
-Tcdo....
-iQue ~muier....!
-Salgamos. murmur6 Catalina, a
Gui me estoy ahogando...
Y cogiendo la mano &c su favorlto
sali6 del nicho, volvi5 a tonlar el CO.
rredor V la escalera secreta, y diez
minutes desputs sc hallaba al otro la
do del subterrareo, adoptanlo las
mismas precauclones m~inuciosas para
salir de 81.
-, E.scucha! diio e%ntonces NADIA
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SURE POR FALTA De
HOMDRES LA GRAN
FLOTA DEL Pa
CHICO
Una declaration del Contra
Alnirante Bodmen que
hace sensation

SAN DIEGO. CAL. agosto 19.-La
flota del Pacifico esta sufriendo por
Ia falta de hombres, Y de continuar
81 reclutamiento en- Ia misma forna
que Sc ha hecho hasta ahora " la
tai sera in unica que pueda seguirse)
muchos de los barcos de Ia pcderosa
escuadra Sc refugiar&n en- los puertos
Y ALI permaneceran. con unos GUAM
tos marines que los limpien y los Vi
gilen.
La declaration anterior que ha eau
sado sensation en- esta ciudad donte
cstuvo la f,ota hace dias, es del Con-
ira A.lmirante Rodman, Jefe de dlcha
flota.
Los barcos que componen parte de la
escuadra del Pacifico Y que Sc en-
cuentran hoy en- aguas de California,
ticnen catorce mil hombres entire je-
fes. oficiales Y marineros: reunida
n flota contari con trescientos Y
tres mil hcmbres. Y bien, Sc nece-
sitan otros treinta y tres mil para
completar el personal de la tlota'
DE d6nde tomar esos hombres?
Esta es "a pregunta que Sc hace
ell Contra Almirante Rodnan.
La escasez de marines en- Ia Flota
american Sc debc, segun las decla-
raciones oficiales, a que los que Sc a.
l~istarcn durante Ia guerra para SER
viz en- los barcos americanos, han con
cluido su contrato Y pedido su baJa,
oue no SC les ha podido negar por
que Ia ley Sc expresa categ6ricamen-
te al ~respecto de la libertad en- que
uuedan los que cumplen con los conf
nromisos contraidos.
oi6 Ricardo Il en- 1890, al volver de
IrlanGa, Y en- tG4H fut lest'gc dc las
luckas entra parlamcntarlos Y rea-
Iistas siendo abandonado d los prl-
meros por el principe Ruaerto.
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ma Catalina, 4 veces las paroles
oven, v auiero decirte cosas que nadie
en- ell mundo, excepto tn, debes sa-
be-. &,
-;Donde queries que vayamos!
pregunto Renato. =,
A Ia orilla del rio, Ell frente del
Louvre.
-Vanonos, sonora.
La reina, que estaba muy segura
de ora con 81 traje de gent!lhom-
bre no llamaria Ia atencion, Sc apo
vo familiarmente en- el brazo de su
favorito. Adenlas de ESQ, como 10
heuos d;cha va, IL roche estapa
nuy obscura, y @l gentio que Sc ma,
h;o a~plomerado en- las cercanlas del
Louvre, con motive de Ia llegada De
In reina de Navarro, aacia tempo
que Sc habia retirado. Renato y Ca
~.a1ina descendieron e. Geclive cubler
10 de cesDed del muelle Y no Sc de-
t~.v;ero3 hasta Ia orilla del RIO.
Cuando estuvieron ALI mlraron ha-
ola todas parties v Sc aseguraron da
81 complete aislamiento.
-Hablad, sonora, dijo entonceS
Renato; los escucho!
La reira Sc sento sobre 4 harca
de pescador que habian sacado del
rio V colocado vuelta al reeves sobre
81 ruelle. Y a pesar de Ia obscurl-
dad. 81 flonanLino pudo. convencerse
De one echaha fucgo por los ojos.
-;Esta rabiosa. dijo entire 81, Y
HE escoge otra vez para confldente;
iahora 81 que puedn %iactarr1e &c
cue soy su %favorito.
-Renats, dijo madame Catalina,
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LOS CASTILLOS DE IN


En- Iaglaterra, o para hablar con
mas exactitud, en- las Islas Britain
cas-, hay pocas fcr~t;ficaciones en- Ell
sentido moderno de Ia palabra; pc
70 en- cambio abun2an los castillos
Antiques. castillos tan in~teresantes
Dor 10 imponente de su construction
Y por las joyas artisticas Y arqueolo-
gicaS que encierran, como por sus re-
cGnrdos hist5ricos V Els ~leyendas.
De estos castilloS los mas notableS no
Sc e~ncUent;an rrecisamerte en- In
glaterra, sino en- Escocia. Edimbur-
go cucnta con dos iguales famosoS
el que sc ~lcvanta sobre Ia llamada
FOR antomasia Colina del Castillo
Castle Hi!lOy &c ~Helyrocd. ambos
Separates por cerca de kilometro '
.Iaedio de dista-c;a, Y en- otro tempo
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~atantamente.

q.
ST. hijo MIC, proSigui6 Ia reina
de Navarro, no olvideiS cue las dos
casas de Lorena Y de Gorb@n estan
mas cerca del trono de Francia de 10
que parece. Enrique Sc estremec;o.
La 7eina madre, continue Juana
de Albert. ha debido tener algun
rreSentimiento de este. Los Nalois,
esos res hombres %j6venes y, en- apa-
riencia. llenos de vida, son "a an
c;anos caducos que Sc eXtinguiran
un9 tras otro sin poSteriGad. Pues
bien. tened Dresente este, hijo MIC,
madame Catalina eXecra a nuestra
raza V a Ia de Guisa, que son las dos
razas rivales que Sc d~isputaran qui-
zas en- IN dia no remote Ia possession
del trono de Francia.
~ entonccs.: -. csc caSamicn-
to-.
All, csc casamiento. r~espondio
Juana de Albert. era para madame
Catalina. hace ccho dias, aIr el ne
do de rebajar, de disminuir Ia in
fluencia de Il casa de Guisa; Ia rel
ma madre temia mucho g los princi-
pes de Lcrena.
~. q nosotroS!
A noSotroS no nos temia NADIA.
Eramos para ella unos buenos reye-
zuelos montaneses sin dinero, sin ejer
cits p sin otra ambicion que la &c
extender Ut POGO por el lsdo de Es-
pana nucstras fronteras navarras. En-
concerto de .naqama Catalina un prln
Cipe hugcnote no podia ser impune-
mente y aun sin peligro primo del
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FOLLETIN Mum. 125.
LA JUvENTuD DE ENRIQUE "

frente de ese orific;o Y VIC a NADIA
ma Juana de Albert sentada junto
al principe Enrique, 81 hijo, ' Noe,
nue en- aquel nlomento terminaba Ia
reiaci6n de sus aventuraS. Renato =
la reina. inm6viles ' conteniendo Su
~aliento, Sc pusieron a escuchar. La
reina pudo or pucS a Juana de Al
bert manifestar sus temores reSpecto
eel odio que ella, Catalina, tenia Z
Enrique.
-ioh! ;Ob! pens6, ne ha adivi-
uado.
Luego sinti6 su frente baHada de
sudor cuando ia reina de Navarro
dijo de repente: La case &c NalOis
esta perdida. muerta &c ~antemano-'
Ell duque de Alenz6n. csc principe
,ruel V vengativo. estragado por los
vicios, csc anciano de veinte amos. mo
reinara jamas," cuan6o oy6 Catalina
asa siaiestra profecia experiment. tan
viva impression cue die IN salto So
brs su sil!a. ' entorceS fue cuando
-rugieron las tablaS del entarimado
Y Sc oy6 el ruido cue habia inquietado
a Ia reiua de Navarro F~eliznente,
madame Catalina tenia Ia facultad de
reprimie pronto sos emociones mas
violentas. Y va haba recobrado toda
So serenidad cuando Enrique de Bor-
Don dijo a su Tadre:
Continued. sonora.
Madame Catalina volvio q sentar-
Sc sin hacer ruido Y Sc puSo q escu-
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no, indica una incur:a uD1chO mayor
oue en- ocasiones puede producer
mas graves disgustos. rs empIear pa
ra ; senaleS cartas ' apLntes de
cierta indole.
"Asomhra-dice el a~rticu!ista de
Chambers Journal'-la cantidad
de cartas dalicadisimas que han ser
vido de senales y quedan olvidadas
entire las paginas de los libros." 7
cita ei case ocurrido hace algunos
amos de IN famoso miristro que de-
10 en- uno de esos vol6mlnes &c In
glaterra circulante, la nota dc una
i~npcrtante negociacion, que 81 hui
biera caido er manos de IN indiscre-
to. pudiera hater sido eXplotada c
haberse hecho publica Ia secreta no.
ticia politica antes del momento
conveGieUta.
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PARA LA VIRCEN De
LAS FLORES

Virgen a quien llevo
lindas a%Zucenas,
mo te han conmovido
mis- amargas penas?
iro has visto que solo
marcho por Ell mundo,
sin hallar consueio
4 nj nal p%rofundo?
Virgen de las flores,
dulce Virgen mia,
a quien rimo amante
cantos a porfia;
a duien mis- desdichas
Y dichas consagro,
opera clcmente
para mi un milagro
81 ell simbolo sabes
de las flores bellas,
facil es que aciertes
que .por medic d'ellas
amor tie declare
tan ferviente Y puro
oue no hay en- la terra
lgual, tie 10 juro.
81 asi 10 comprendes
V en- amor ME pagas
mi carino ~eXcelso.
TODD 10 que hagas
en- pro del bien MIC
tcndra recompensa,
de mi alma en- los brotes
de ternura imsensa.
Mas 81 cruel desoyes
esta mi plesaria;
81 I mi alma dejas
triste Y solitaria,
cntonces, oh virgen
de las ~aZucenas,
veras como matan
de amores las penas.
San Antonio, Texas, Agosto "a
de 1919.
L. NJ. DOMINGUEZ.
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POR EBRIEDAD.

Por esas GALES andaba en- compile
to estado de ebriedad IN indivduo 4
.quien Ia policia trat6 de evitarle al
guna deSgracia Y 10 encerr6 en- Ia
Carcel dc Ia Estacion Central, con-
signandoIo a la autoridaS correSpon-
dienta para que lie imponga Ia pena
que lie corresponds por no obedecer
las ordenanzas municipales.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12
OUT WITH THEM

THOSE Germans who have been
interned at Fort Ogelthorpe in
- Georgia since the entrance of
the United States into the war, and
who have constantly rubbed into
Americans their theories of the Ger
man superman and the superiority
of the fatherland over every other
corner of the earth, are going to be
sent back to the country whence
they came, where they can browse
to their hearts content, and let us
hope that they will never again trod
the soil of free America.
One of these is DR.. Karl Muck,
the former conductor of the Boston
Symphony Orchestra. His name may
be significant of the character of his
propaganda. Muck will be accom-
panied by a group of other super
men, including the captain of the
Prince Eitel Frederick, now the
property of the United States Gov
ernment. Most of the bunch were
active in weaving the net of German
intrigue which was responsible for
getting lot of otherwise decent
citizens into trouble. What causes
most surprise in the mind of the
average American is the great con-
sideration which has been given
these pro- German propagandists by
those in authority in Washington
1t is high time that the country
was rid of them.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12
FOLLOWING PRECEDENT

" HE select committee on inves-
tigation of war activities re-
Gently provided for by the
House is made up of fifteen men,
bers, ten Republicans and five
Democrats Since it is the purpose
of the committee to split into about
five sub-committees of three mem
bers each, this was necessary in or
der that no man should serve on
two different subcommittee. There
will be two Republicans and one
Democrat on each subcommittee.
Representative Garrett, of Ten
nessee, had a compton fit over what
he termed the injustice of such a
small minority representation, as
suring the new members of the
House that it was without prece-
dent. Whereupon Representative
Longworth arose and called atten-
ton to the Democratic investigating
committee of the Sixty-third Con-
eress-the committee on expendi-
lures in the Interior Department
which was made up of five Demo-
Gratis and two Republicans, while
the Democratic committee on ex-
penditures in the War Department
seated five Democrats and only one
Republican.
How the Democrats do beef when
they are out of power.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12

person, the trust. A battery of reg
ular army artillery will be detailed
from Fort Myer. Virginia. to fire the
salute and take part in the process
sion before the dedication.
AS the monuments are so widely
separated 1t has been decided by the
commission that but one program
shall be held and that this shall take
place at the rostrum in the Soldiers
National Cemetery-the stand from
which Presidents, Governors, SEN
ators and others high in the coun-
ellis of the Nation have spoken from
year to year.
It is a good sign that in the JOY
and triumph of another great war
VIGOROUSLY concluded, we have not
lost sight of the glorious deeds OF a
generation now fast passing and that
we gladly give them the place in
our thoughts they so richly deserve
A Nation that remembers and re-
veres its heroic dead is as safe from
the insidious plottings of foes within
as it is ready to meet with drawn
sword the threat of any foe from
without.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12
A FITTING OBSERVANCE

TT IS very fitting that July 1
should have been chosen as the
date for dedicating the memoir
ials erected at Gettysburg to three
of Pennsylvania distinguished COM
manders in that titanic conflict and
it is proper, also. that the State
should pay the expenses of trans
porting to the battlefields the sur
vivors of the hosts these generals
led with such marked success. II
was on July 1, 1868, that these men
went to Gettysburg on far differ
ent mission and it is appropriate
indeed that they be permitted, as the
guests of the State they dared all
to defend, to celebrate the anniver-
sary there.
The three heroic memorials to be
dedicated on widely separated parts
of the National Park were erected
,several years ago to General Andrew
Atkinson Humphreys, General Alex
ander Hays and General John White
Geary. The stirring times of the
World War and other conditions
made necessary the postponement
of formal ceremonies of dedication
until the present time, but now
July / has been officially announced
for the events.
What significance the unveilings
may have lost through the delay
will be more than compensated by
the plans now under way for the
event. Governor William c. Sproul
will make the formal address OF
presentation, in which he will turr
over the memorials from the State
of Pennsylvania to the War Depart.
nlent Secretary of War Newton d
Baker will be present to accept. ir
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12
A POPULAR WRITER

-HE illness of Ella Wheeler Will
cox, which threatens to prove
- fatal, has deprived the Tele-
graph of contributions in verse that
have been published in these col
umns at intervals for years through
the medium of the great feature
syndicate by way of which her writ
ings reached the public. Mrs. Will
cox is an outstanding figure in
American literature, peculiar
genius whose place among the writ
ers of her day remains to be fixed.
Some of her verse will stand the test
of years and nearly all of it has, or
did have when it was written, a
wide appeal. A little of it has lost
the identity of it's authorship and
has passed into the form of current
quotation, among these bits from
her. pen being the universally pop
ular:
Laugh and the world laughs with
you,
Weep and you weep alone,
For the sad old earth must bor-
row its mirth.
1t has sorrow enough of its own.
At the age of nine she had writ
ten a poem" that attracted the at
tention of at least one editor, but 1t
was not until her widely. but un-
fairly criticised Poems of Passion"
appeared that she gained the notice
some of her better verse so richly
merits. Unlike many of the writer's
&C her period. hor married life was
one long romance until the death
of her husband, for whom she
mourned for year, and it was in
response to what she believed to be
the promptings of his spirit that she
went to France to take up the war
work which has produced a ner-
vous and physical breakdown from
which her doctors say there can be
no recovery.
No more popular author has ever
contributed to the columns of the
telegraph and it is with sincerest
regret that thousands of readers
will learn that she has at last laid
down her pen, perhaps for all time.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12
A SCHOOL DUTY

- EACHING the school children
their responsibility as future
- citizens is a duty which de-
wolves upon the school officials and
teachers as one of the most impor-
tant of the matters to which atten-
ton should be given in the most
serious fashion. Unless our girls
and boys in the formative stage of
their lives are taught their obliga-
tions to the community, there can
be no reasonable hope of any i'm
provement in our civic ideals. It's
all very well to discuss proper OFF,
cials and those qualified for the
public service, but unless the people
generally are fully aroused to their
share in the conduct of public af-
fairs there will be no headway in
overcoming conditions which now
confront every municipality.
DR.. Finegan, the new head of the
State Department of Public Instruc-
tation for constructive educational
work and in giving attention to the
future educational policies of the
Commonwealth we believe he will
be more than justified in devoting
considerable thought to the awaken
ing of the child mind to individual
responsibility for community prog
ress and commonsense administra-
ton of the peoples business.
The relation of the school pupil
to the community is problem
worthy the most serious considera-
ton of, our educational authorities.
AS the girls and boys learn how
much depends upon them and their
future activities they will approach
the study of civic duty with en-
thusiasm, but they must be guided
by their elders at home and in the
schools
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-06-12
No Wonder Germany Quit
NUMBER FOUR

A BOUT $3.50 a. M, September 12,
~ we were sure cheerful
- bunch" said Major Frank c.
Mahin, of the Army Recruiting Sta
ton, Harrisburg. I'VE were about
six kilometers back of the German
front lines, had killed oodles OF
Boche, had, nobody knew how many
prisoners, a bunch of cannon, twen-
ty-one, to be exact, machine guns
and all sorts of other booty, and TO
top it all we weren't but about eight
hundred yards from the army OBJ
jective where we were due at 8 a.
m, and we knew there weren't any
Germans to speak of in that eight
hundred yards. The first American
offensive, the Saint Mihiel, was a
success we knew, because we were
the pivot and we had broken
through, so even if outfits on our
left were held up the Boche would
have to retire. Just as we were so
particularly pleased with ourselves,
the rolling barrage passed over
small clump of woods and out
popped two Boche, not one hun
dred yards away. Exhaustion,
wounds, thirst, hunger, all were in
stantly forgotten, and like pack of
noutlub dllGI d VIC ali Sthi wv
to. run those two Boche down.
Whooping and yelling like a bunch
of small boys we flew. Those Boche
didn't run a hundred yards before
they quit, dropped their belts and
threw up their hands. l hurried up
to them and found one was cap
tain and the other a private.
spoke to the captain, asked him
what he was doing with only one
man and he answered that he and
his orderly were the last men of his
regiment the Three Hundred and
Fifty-First Prussian Regiment. He
was a very bright man, about thirty
wears old, so / took him along TO
question at leisure. Upon further
inquiry he proved to be graduate
of the University of Breslau. and a
very well informed man. After an
swering a lot of questions, he asked
me If we were English. ! said we
were Americans. He said: Nothing
but Americans?' looking all around.
I told him we were. He then re-
marked that of course we had
French on the right and left and
absolutely refused to believe me
when I told him it was a purely
American attack. seventeen Ameri-
that there weren't that many Ameri-
cans in France, including the men
in the Service of Supply; that he
had seen the official figures of the
landings in France, and that due
to the submarine campaign, we had
only been able to land less than
400, 900 men up to September 1, and
that seventeen divisions would be
100000 combat troops. I told him
we landed over 100000 in the month
of August. and he just laughed and
said that was a good joke on a
poor prisoner.
"A month later, despite the lying
reports of the German government.
every German officer and soldier
knew that at least a million and a
half Americans were in France and
that their government was lying
to them"