Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-01-18
GOT IDEAS or LIBERTY NV AMERICA
German Reg0iuiiOHists lire In
sPiTsd by Freedom Enjoyed
In America
BY &. c. LYON.
\. T.. n. staff Correspondent.

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P&RTS. France, Jan. 1S-Revolu-
t~ionists in Germany, who kicked out
the kaicer got their inspiration from
America.
came Upon this the vehy first day
/ was IA Germany.
l had left Metz and started FOR
L~uEcmbir5, where army press head
quarters were to be established.
The Fifth German army. "a part OF
which q Ji1t evacuated tho pia
waF o. tac mSrcn back toward the
Rhine.
! wanted 10 ree that herman army.
At the same time, I had in the back
OF my head g plan to get into into
rior Germany and find out what had
been G3.tg on.
SO. ! hcadcd off toward Saarburg
and caught zip with the Germanr.
In strict Justice to those German
soldier I Will say not they minded
their own business, apparently taking
the view that, IL / was in their midst
without proper authority. that some
body higher up would attend to ne.
VIC got caught in q traffic Jam in
SaarbuFg, and, for more than an hour,
my machine Yves stalled.
Ends Frisco Man in German ARM.
A young first lieutenant came along.
On ono arm he wore q white band.
showing tia. he was an official in the
Soldiers Council. which, in the final
analysis. was in control OF the army.
He took one look at the American
automobile n then ct me.
We'll, III be damned" he said IN
perfect English. what are you do
Ing here?"
Il just rode around this way to take
a look at you fellows" l replied.
"But, tell me, where did you learn to
speak English SO well?'
Out in San Francisco. My folks
took me to America when l was a
vera old. and we lived In California
Tor twelve years. Then my father
died. and my mother brought me
back to Germany" 3
asked him IL he could help me
get out of the traffic jam and put me
on my way toward Treves.
Sure thing I will" and he went
Town the line, and, after a few min
utcs. l Jaw him talking to the colonel.
Then he rode with me past the lines
of troops and out into the country. J
Harris Another Who's Been in
America.
Pm going to telephone Fritz Har-
ris. at Treves, to meet you" he said
as he took ave. Harris is the sailor
who started the revolution in the navy
at Kiel. He's been in America a hun
dred times himself, and he speaks
English like we do"
Harris. h met me at Treves told
me all about the revolution.
There we're about 40, 1000 of Is
sailors with the fleet mp at KEEL" he
sadi, and what ado you think the Old
sapheads down at Berlin proposed 10
do with ms? Theyawanted to spur the
people on TO continue the war, so they
said they'd send us fellows out to fight
all the allied ships, and that. II twenty
or forty thousand OF rs got killed.
that tIa Chairman nation. HaH1I h.
into making one more 81
preme effort on the western front.
Now. wasn't that a peach OF an
well. Fritz Harris here wasn't
enough to go out n die for that
damned Hohenzoliern gang. that ,
never went nearer the fighting than /,
concrete dugouts in the back i
areas. So We organized the sailors
--l1r-.saEN Sailors al Kiei.
And. when the day came and they
told us to go u and de. we said ,
Nothing DOING An officer on my ship !
thought he would bluff us into sub F,
mission. and he pulled out his gun and )
tn reatenedto fire ON us ],
$50 we found IL necessary to xiii
q few of the higher-ups, who loved f,
their kaiser better than they did their ;
ovn live. After that they just turn 4
ed all the ships over to US. !
We left enough men to keep M =
ships from being re~captured, and +,
thousands of US scattered to every
nook and corne? Of the country.
spreading the revolution.
1T took "A lot of fellows who had
been in America and other free Coun-
tries to pull off the revolution in Ger
h German people needed
some imported ideas about freedom.
Tia Frig fs1Eaa1 ma on from nnH
Council of Soldiers and Wofkmen to
At CoblonZ five of the twelve mem
bers OF the Soldiers and Workuan
Council spoke English. Two OF theEl
sad they had been in America and
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