The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1919-07-27
Major Niles Receives Letters
from Officers With Army
Of Occupation
SAYS HUNS ARE HUNGRY


Ava ]. Niles. formerly n gnur l'
the army and veteran OF H''Nl.'
An France csmcutrd several .hHIhs
frleudshIba wuIlo ulrrHelH Whl' CO.,
uorts Ina tho prrHh wary an r1ndll"hf
As thcy exist since th0 war ih '"l
many. Niles b. Ip c.'lpt OF l"o ''.
fsrs one from uu officer who nad
"a tour along the thine AMI 'N,
other from an officer now nthu'h'A
Although these letters couf.l.t
thsy nhod aomo ught on the genera
aituntlon IN Germany They are
copied herewith.
"Borlln, 0crmRny. April -, 1917.
MY dear Major Nll0H Your most
welcome letter reached me Sever hl
days ago and I was corWin.' e Flad I'
,hnow that YOU had not forgotten ih'
ones who we're uoi fortunate '"'uth u
TO get back TO the T.
you Will no doubt hr nIrpflHed 20
hear from me ln Berlin and ! am
somewhnt surprised myself. 1nd l' '',i
came about this way ON tcbfuAtF y
received orders from tho I. p
and after wording up "a good hnAd
~ at~tm. wbistled twice. pulled the
throttle wide open and headed W.
ward hul NNUi'hN' fN'fN -
on me and wound up IN Berlin IN
Etead OF New York
Il am chief OF staff of the Ameri
cav ssction Of the lnter.allicd com
m NHion for tho repatriation OF prlS-
'oners Of war. All of tho American.
RrltIah, French ana ltalihnH are out.
we still have few brcoka, berb.
iaus. Poles and 1lumanians ana
about s0O. 900 Russians 20 snnd homo
which will probably require about
lwo months TO finish up.
Conditions in Germany ete in a
he'll OF a state and their Cty iur FOOD
and tho bnlahevik scare iH no JOKE
la Germany ~ is not made FOR polil-
raI effect ha allied newspapers woul I
have you believe. People are actual
M starving and during tho rcNolu-
lion by tho SparticiHtA (anothcr name
for boishcyll,b during the fitst part
OF March. the fighting IN tho city
lasted for a weeiN rifles, hand
Hrenadea. machine guns and " s
we're used ana thousands we're killed.
"Our old friend Count Won Hern-
storff lives hero In the same hotel,
Hotel Adlou, with US Although he
holds no office he IL one OF tho prin-
oipal advisors OF the present govern
ment
Write me when you have nothing
better 10 DO and let mo know tho
conditions IN the U S.
VERY aincerely yours,
col II. a. PARKER.
Colonel Parker also sont TO Niles
picture portraylnE revoluuonist
activities In Berlin.
The other lstter is from Major
Tauibui
"Breat. France, June ~. 1919
Dear Miles, have just returned
from an extended trip over the bat.
tlefiolds OF France aud along the
Rhine in Germany. from CoblrnE 10
Cologne. OF course one IL awed by
the destruction In tho Argonne and
at Verdun and | was very much i'm
pgassod by tho number OF healthy
children In Germany.
And although IL was a holiday In
Germany the day We made tho river
trip tho hundreds OF factories along
tho Rhine had smoke coming from
their stacks
I expected 10 find nation on It's
knees begging for food but found
Somethlng entirely different and we
cannot afford to merely accept a
league OF nations and so back 10 a
pro- war state Of preparedness 90
but must take steps to insure pre-
paredness should the beast again rat
tle tho sword.
Many feel tho armlstlcs was pre-
mature and no doubt few Rhine
towns served like any one OF thou
sand French towns YOU have seen.
would have been "A good lesson TO the