Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-12-15 | Page 1 | German Officer Holds up Hands

00 OEMN OFFICER Cravls Across No-Man's-Land With His Bundle of Laundry Laun-dry and Surrenders. WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN FRANCE, Friday. Dec. 14 By The Associated Press.) A story of how German officers are surenderin Is told by an American officer, just returned re-turned from tho British front where he had been undergoing instruction. On night recently a Gorman officer offi-cer crawled across No Man's Land to tho British wire, raised his' hands and cried "Comrade!" British sol-dicrs sol-dicrs covered him with rifles whereupon where-upon tho German said: "Excuse me if I lower my hands, I'vo got a package here." Tho surprised Brltishors granted the request and the German dropped into the trench. In his hands he had a package of laundry. He said ho had decided to surrender a week beforo. but had waited until his laundry j camo back.