Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-12-07 | Page 3 | Teuton Kiddies Greeting the American Boys

TEUTON KIDDIES " GREETING ' THE AMERICAN BOYS WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY OF OCCUPATION, Thursday, Dec. 5 The extreme left of the American army of occupation will reach the Rhine Dc- j comber 8. Four days later It is ex-1 pected the entire line will enter the final phase of the advance. Reports received from Coblcnz indicate indi-cate that the reception there will be essentially the same as at Treves and the scores of smaller towns already occupied, oc-cupied, t The inhabitants of tho zone taken over today received tho American troops with the same courteous Indifference Indif-ference that has characterized tho i manner of the Germans everywhere, j but in Treves and other communities ! occupied the first day a change in the attitude of the Germans is becoming apparent. , Children gather around the enlisted men and follow the marching troops and eagerly practice the use of the ' English language whenever the men 1 will listen to or talk to them. Even 1 men and women are awakening from what was an obvious determination to 1 .ignore tho Americans. Tho mayor of , one town explained that the people had '' expected the same militaristic attitude ' as they would receive from their own , soldiers and perhaps retaliatory meth- ' ods, but when an unassertive "manner ; was adopted by the Americans It was (difficult for tho people to keep up ; ! their air of passive hostility, j The Germans have not yet secn General Gen-eral Pershing, the American comman- ! der-in-chlef, but they probably will soon have this opportunity, since he expects to enter tho occupied territory , land come to Treves. General Persh-! Persh-! ing, however, will not enter the city 'with any pomp or display. I oo