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Show Yanks Scoff at Copy of Leaflet Dropped by German Flier Is Received Here. rT7T:IAT business have vou to f l for Franc? VV Thin question In - asked In leaflets dropped by Ormnn aviatora In the Urn of the j Americans in Kranf during recent ftKhtlng. A ropy of on of these , leaflets haa been received by H. A. Wat era In a letter from Sergeant I Harry Hommers. of the 2lth aero squadron, aon of II. K Sonimers of! the Hommers Tire and Rubber com- I pany. Young riommers enlisted In ' lecemher, 1917. He formerly was ; employed In the cily circulation de- J piirtmcnt of The Telegram. Referring to (he propaganda of the ' "lleiniea." Hommers descrltes it aa ' fa rc ica I and cru de. Follow ins la a ropy of the screed j which the Hermans hoped would in- ' dure the Yanka to quit the same: ; NEVER 6AV PIEI f- ?ont die till you have to! I WHt bualness have you to die for France, for Alaace-Ixrra(ne, or for Kngland In France? Isn't It better, anyhow, to live than die. no matter how "glorious" "glori-ous" a cause? Isn't It better to live and come bac k to the old folks at home, than to rot in the shell holes and trenches of France? You have had to hear many high falutin' words about "liberty." "liber-ty." "humanity," and "making the world safe for democracy," but honest, now. niw aren't these catch words, merely sugar coated to the bitter pill of making you spend wretched months far from home? 1 K you really lelieve those Herman soldier boya In their faded gray uniforms on the other side of No Man's Land are hot on the trail of your liberties? Just like you. they want the war to end with honor so they ' can go back to their home folks. All they want ia a chance to live and let live. And so. If It should happen to you to fall In their hands you will find they will treat you fair enough on the principle of "live and let live." Why run any more chances than you have to, you might as well be a free boarder In Germany till the war Is over. You don't want to die till you have to!' |