Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1917 — "GERMANS TAKE NEW YORK” [ARTICLE]

"GERMANS TAKE NEW YORK”

Story Told to Kaiser's Soldiers, Says American. Baltimore, Sid., Deo. 24. —John A. 'Clarke, son of Sir. and Sirs. Andrew J. Clarke of Baltimore, now with the American troops in France, in a letter dated November 27, writes: “The other day a crowd of us were balking to some of the German prisoners, One expressed great surprise oil being fold that The American arms were meeting with success. The poor fellow had been told that the German army had invaded the United States, captured New York, and was marching victoriously on to Washington.”