Foreign News: A Petition

In the U. S., 19 Governors of States, 117 members of Congress, 208 Mayors, 20 Department Commanders of the American Legion, 416 members of State legislatures and enough other Americans to make up 2,086,764 signed a petition 23 miles long to be sent to the German Government. The German Government after reading the petition will, according to the hopes of 2,086,764 Americans, release Lieutenant Corliss Hooven Griffis, who is in a German prison camp for attempting to kidnap Grover Cleveland Bergdoll notorious for escaping the draft.

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