Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1919-01-15
EX-CLoWN PRINCE AGAIN.
Sends Consoling Epistle to His
Father, Ex-Kaser Villym1

Mine Dear Papa Vot Used to Be
Der Kaiser:-I don't know just
where to address diss letter, so I will
hat it printed in der Public Opinion.
Derer are lots of Winneshiek county
boys Offer here und ] know some OBJ
dem will meet you some day und
hand you diss letter-und maybe
sometimething else, too.
Hasn't lots of tings happened
since l wrote you last Did you efer
tink so much could happen in so
short time? Where are you now,
mine dear papa? Der Rotterdam
palace is deserted By der Hollyzol
Terms, but I guess dis lofing epistie
will reach YOU somewhere in Holland
or Denmark, where dey say dere is
odder rotten tings besides yourself.
Dose Americans and odder allies are
hunting you. Bat viii dey efer find
you? Dey say you hat shriveled up
1 so small dot you can crawl in a
mighty small hole und get lost.
Und dey say you do not hat long
to live. Oh, papa, arn't dose Ameri-
cans awful rough! Dey are efen SO
vickid as to say dey are going to gif
you just What you deserve. How can
dey be so hard hearted? II dey do
not know your address in dis world
dey say dey will know it in der next
--und dot it will be your permanent
address, too. What do dey mean,
papa? Do you tink you viii meet any
Americans where you are going after
you die? You hat been running from
der Americans so long dot tink you
will find it hard to stop.
Und, papa, how did dey do it?
How did dey do it SO quick? You
vas making all your peoples belief
dere vas no Americans ofer here und
de first ting We knows dere vas
enough of dem to vip our whole
Cherman army all at vonce. Dey
just scared our sojers to death When
dey come ofer de top nit dose offffel
Iyells. Und all der time you vas say
ing dot Colt vas on our side. Why
did Colt desert us und join der
American army so suddenly? What?
Und now, dear papa, What are dey
going to do for someone to run dis
part OBJ der world? You got mad Und
resigned und so did all der odder
Ifellers What vas running tings over
here Und / refuse to step in und
take your place. want to know
who ISIS going to run tings ofer here?
Maybe dot is What president Wilson
come offer for / tink der president
will try to run it, Anyway dey say he
ISIS coming to tell all dose odder fell
lers at der peace conference What to
do nit you. ] guess dot is one good
Joke on you, papa, for it ISIS not long
since you vas telling What you vas
going to do NIT der whole world
NIT president wilson und der whole
Und you will remember vas tell
ing you What dose Americans said
about dey vas going to call on you
at Rotterdam palace. Veil, dey are
sure on der way now und il wont be
long till dey will be singing Yankee
Doodle at der front door und der
Joke will be on dem dis time--for You
wont be dere to receive dem. How
efer, I am sure dey will make dem
selves at home just der same. Dey
hat a habit OBJ doing just such a
things. - -
Dear para, you no doubt remem-
Der What you told dot American, Mr..
Gerhard, Won day dot you would stand
no monkey business from de United
States after diss war vas ofer. Veil
papa, guess you Won't hat to, for
dey do not seem to be monkeying
about it---unless dey are making a
monkey out oh you. Vat? Dey mean
bisness mitout der monkey part OBJ
tit
| Veil dear papa, can tink oh no
more consoling tings to comfort you
nit, so will close hoping diss will
reach you before you get to dot per-
manent address where dose wicked
Americans say dey are going to send
you und where you won't need any
coal in der winter time to keep you
varm-because dere iss no winter
time dere.
Your lofing son,
Der Ex-Clown Prince.