The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1919-01-02
GERMAN CROWN PRINCE WRITES
TO HIS FATHER

newspaper published in France:
'On the Run, Somewhere in France;
Everywhere in France,
"All the Time"
Dear Papa--I am writing on der
run, as der brave and glorious SOL
dicrs under my command have not
seen der Rhine for so long dat dey
nave started back dat way, and Of
course | am going init dem. o pap.
dcre has been some ofrel dings hap
pened here in France. First, start
I'd in my big offensive which was TO
crush de fool Americans, but dey
know so little about military tactics
DIT dey will not be crushed just like
! want 'em. sent my men in der
fight in big waves, and ven dey got
To de Americans dey all said boo"
as loud as dey could holler. Veil, &C
cOrding TO vat you have always told
me, de Americans have turned and
run like blnes. But vat do you
tnk? Dem fool Americans don't
know anything about war, and in
stead Of running, de odder way, dey
came right toward us. Some of dem
vas singing about I'VE won't come
back till it's over, over dere," or
some odder foolish song, and some
Of dem were lafiing like fools. Dey
are so ignorant. But dey are offel
reckless init dere guns, and ven dey
come toward us it vas dat my men
took a notion dey wanted TO go back
to de dear old Rhine. We don't like
de little dirty Marine river, anyhow.
And oh, pap, dem Americans use
such Offel language. Dey know not
ting of kultur, and say such offel
dings right before us. And dey talk
blasphemy, too. Vat you tink dey
said right in front of my face? One
big husky from a place dey call
Missouri, he said-oh, papa, | hate
to tell you vat an offel ting he
said-but can't help it; he said,
10 hell NIT der kaiser" Did you
ever hear anything so offel? | didn't
tink anybody would say such an
olfel ting. II made me so mad.
wouldn't stand and hear such an
ofrel ting 80 turned around and rum
NIT de odder boys. Vas right? Vat?
And, oh, papa, you know dem breast
plates vot you sent us can you
send some to put on our backs. You
know We are going de odder way,
now, and breastplates are no good,
for the cowardly Americans are
shooting us right in der back. Some
of our boys took off der breastplates
and put 'em behind, but de fool
Americans are playing DE Star
Spangled Banner" NIT machine
guns on dem breastplates. Can't
you help us? You remember in your
speech you said nothing could stand
before the brave German soldiers2
Oh. papa, | don't believedese ignor-
ant Americans ever read your
speech, for dey run after us just
like We vas a lot of rabbits. Vot you |
tink of dot? Can't you send some of
your speeches right away? Dey
don't know how terrible We are. |
Can't you move my army back to
Belgium we're We Won all our glory?
My men can vip all the vimmen and !
children vot dem Belgians can bring
us. But desc Americans are 60
rough and ignorant. We can't make
'em understand dat We are the great
est soldiers on earth, and ven We try |
to sing Deutschland Uber Allies" dey |
laugh like a lot of monkeys. But We
are getting de best of de Americans.
We can outrun dem. Papa, if We are !
not de best fighters on earth We sure
are de best runners. Nobody can
keep up NIT us when we tink of der
deer old Rhine, and my army never
did tink so much of dot dear old
river Let me know right away vo.
To do by return post Office.
July 20 times.
CQONN pRINCE willie