War Time Sentiments
RICHTHOFEN’S VIEWS,
LONDON, July 29,
“The better-class Germans deplored the anti-English sentiments expressed during the war,” said Baron von Richthofen, brother of the famous war ace, "who is -an officer in a crack Prussian TOgiment, when interviewed by The Herald representative. “We felt that it was unnatural to fight the English, to whom we were bound by blood ties. The adjutant of zhy regiment ordered a young lieutenant to buy some ash trays. He got some'on which was imprinted, ‘ Gott Strafe Eng' land.’ ‘Where did you get these filthy things ’ asked the adjutant. “The lieutenant explained that the glass was hygenic and washable, whereupon the adjutant, pointing to the motto, said that if civilians could sink low enough to voice such sentiments, soldiers were still gentlemen, and would not demean themselves by countenancing abuse of a nation which they and the world respected. ”
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6625, 11 August 1931, Page 3
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