The evening leader., 1919-01-09
A. {. KRONER RECEIVES FROM
COL. |. B. KRONER A GERMAN
LEAFLET DROPPED FROM AIR
The Huns Were Some Anxious to Have
Peace So The Leaflet Said

ing to get the reports in and see our
line jumping up. The boche parlia-
mentaries are now thinking it over.
They had better sign and have it over
with.
History will acclaim Marshal Foch
as one of the greatest military experts
of all time.
The great problems are supply and
transportation. The latter depends on
railroads (both standard and narrow
guage), and good roads, as we'll as
general conditions of rail equipment
anG trucks available. However, no
one for moment said that anything
was impossible. We have rushed in
where angels feared to tread" and
got everything with it. The same i'm
petuous characteristics that have car
rled our men to the front show
through all phases of our work. Mis-
takes-yes, but results. And we fool
ed the boche because he didn't count
on our doing anything for six months.
VIII write or tell you some day of
al, Interesting inspection trip | made
while the fight was on the other day.
Love to all.
Your loving brother and God Son,
BILLIE.
France, Nov. %, 1918.
My dear God Mother, Mary Ann:
Ii is the same thing-God Mother
and Mary Ann. The other day after
the armistice at IL o'clock, Nov. II,
oUr soldiers did not pass the lines for
six days, The 17th the advance to the
Rhine commenced. On the 10th l went
with a, French officer and another Am
erican to the city of Spincourt to learn
what measures the boches had taken
in regard to the prisoners of war. We
Travelled the road with a white flag at
tie front Of our auto. We had permis-
sion to pass our lines. People were
roaming all over the town. There
were no Germans in sight. We stop
ped and tried to talk to the people,
but there was nothing doing. At last
a French girl appeared and the French
officer spoke to her. She said: care
you FRENCH" He said "Yes." She
the first I have ave seen in four -r'. voars ;,
Her action and expressions were at
once pathetic and joyful. | shall nev-
er forget the incident. Later an older
woman came out and grabbed me bv
the arm, took me to her home and
gave me drink of schnapps. She was
so happy. Her heart was very full.
She couldn't say enough about les
Americana. have been out to see her
Slrce, taking some French-speaking
signal corps telephone girls with me,
and they had good visit. The dear
Old soul called me "mon petit colonel"
am going to get her name and have
you write to her. She'll never forget
me nor | her. was the first friend
she had seen in four years, from out
side the. wall. Thirty-eight inhabi-
tants stayed in this place four years
and suffered everything.
am enclosing the last sample of
bcche propaganda he dropped over our
lires. Doesn't it make you laugh
Have had chorus organized in the
t. of ". (prisoners of war; cage here,
% Wurtembergers. You should hear
, them sing. They are fine. l don't al
lew them to sing Deutschland Uber
Allies or any of their patriotic songs.
They all want to come to America as
soon as possible. But they ought not
to be allowed to, Any one who has
borne arms on the Hun side should re-
main in Germany and help pay the |
price, for it will take a generation to
pay the debt, and we don't want them
with US.
Take good care of yourself--don't
come down with the "hu."