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GALVESTON TRIBUNE, THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1915.
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during the litigation.
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Captain Greville Sartoris had
LEARNING OUR LESSON.
pay their “pound of flesh.”
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such a condition
would not be toler-
is to be
the relations
between capital
and labor, the union
But do it at once.” the girl contin-
ued.
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that he would tell the world himself
what he ought to do;
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ALLEGED OUTRAGES COMMITTED
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of government,
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with benzine; ;
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former British ambassador at Wash-
ington, and now chairman of a special
government committee appointed to in-
vestigate and report on “outrages al-
leged to have been committed by Ger-
man troops during the present war,”
has submitted the report of the com-
mittee to Premier Asquith.
The document is considered as prob-
ably the most severe arraignment thus
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better try some one
bookmaker shortly.
directly the horse started for Newmar-
' ket.”
“When's that?"
“Tomorrow, Sunday night. They’re
, going to put a horse box on to the fast
: train that comes through Falconhurst
1 at 7:20.”
currences at various points in the de-
vastated territory. At Herve on Aug.
4, the report says, “the murder of an
innocent fugitive civilian was a pre-
lude to the burning and pillage of the
town and of other villages in the
neighborhood; to the indiscriminate
shooting of civilians of both sexes and
to the organized military execution of
batches of selected males. Thus some
fifty men escaping from burning
houses were seized, taken outside the
town and shot. At Melen, a hamlet
west of Herve, forty men were shot.
In one household alone the father
not on an economic parity with
corporation, organized labor is in
China to their own
mains to be seen.
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them, will be permitted to divide
company have given warning that the
judgment, which now amounts with in-
terest, to about $300,000, must be met.
Thus, unless the United Hatters of
America come to their support, the
Danbury hatters will be compelled to
must be made responsible for the acts
of its members.
Some one has said that there are
but few women who are great orators.
But when it comes to great talkers__
well, that’s another affair.
Since he dropped in so friendly like,
see if you can’t settle something with
him. I’m off. Hello, Harry.”
He crossed partially to the door and
then beckoned the despondent captain
to one side.
“But when the race is over, remem-
ber. you’ve got to settle with me,” he
warned finally and was gone.
Angrily Sartoris turned upon the
jockey.
“What do you mean by bursting into
my rooms like this?" he said.
The answer of the jockey was direct
and to the point.
“I’ve come here after my sister.
Where is she?" he shouted, almost
shaking his fist in the other’s face.
“What’s your sister to me?” answer-
At present, how-
would be of no advantage to the Ital-
ians, for if Austria disappeared, Italy
would then be in contact with the Slav
The United Hatters of America are
considering ways and means of raising
the $258,000 judgment which was ob-
tained by Loewe and company of Dan-
bury, Connecticut, in‘a suit against the
and points
of Austria
and the Quai
systematically
A prominent Italian statesman de-
clares that the necessity of Austria-
Bryce, ’ and mother (names given) were shot,
the daughter died after being repeat-
Whip s just what I’ve come to see you
about. The horse is in your cousin’s
stable, and you ought to know some-
thing about her. What I want to know
is how, what is it— how good is it?”
"Why?” demanded Sartoris.
“Because I lost my temper,” explain-
ed Kelly, “and lost my head, too, with
-it The Whip wins I shall take it to
Lady Diana and ask her how her
signature comes there.”
dreaded than
on the east,
and England
"What can I do?” demanded Sartoris
with a shrug of his shoulders.
“I’ll tell you what I can do,” return-
ed Kelly, taking a piece of paper from
his pocket. “You see this bill for £3,000
due tomorrow?”
“Yes, that's right,” answered Sar-
toris easily. “But I want you to let me
renew it. I’ll pay you the interest to-
morrow and give you another bill.”
“With Lady Diana’s name on it
again?” insinuated Kelly.
“Yes. Isn’t her name good enough?”
demanded her cousin.
“Quite, but I’d like to see her put it
there. Because I don’t believe she ever
did. I’m going to ask her. So you can
keep that new bill of yours and I’ll
keep this—till after the Two Thousand
race. And if The Whip wins I shall
take it to Lady Diana and ask her how
her signature comes there. But if The
Whip loses I’ll give it back to you, and ।
I’ll throw you a couple of thousand in j
as a makeweight.”
“How can I stop The Whip from
.winning?” asked Sartoris, fearful that
his forging of his cousin’s name would
soon come to light.
“That's your job,” returned Kelly.
“Lots of things happen to horses, espe-
cially favorites. When Klarikoff was
favorite for the Leger he got burned in
his box.”
“Do you suggest that I shall”— began
Sartoris.
“Use your head, that’s all,” said
Kelly. “You’ve got plenty. But if The
Whip wins it will be in a halter—and
don’t you forget it.”
The sound of a sudden scufle outside
the door interrupted them.
“I tell you I will go in!” said Harry
Anson’s voice.
In another moment he had forced his
way into the room.
Kelly recognized The Whip’s jockey
at once.
“Harry Anson!” he exclaimed. “Oh!
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will feel acutely the need of a buffer
state between the Slavs, and the rest
of Europe, if the Russians realize their
historical ambition of occupying Con-
stantinople, since the ruler of Russia,
from this vantage point, could then
threaten the Mediterranean, the Suez
canal, and the Persian gulf, a situa-
tion, he points out, which would revive
the old antagonism between Great
Britain and Russia. Perhaps the
French and British efforts to beat the
Slavs to Constantinople are stimulated
by some such consideration.
New York, May 13.—The 12 blanket
indictments voted against 34 men
charging them with various crimes,
from rioting and assault to first de-
gree murder, in connection with the
garment workers’ strike, sound the
deathknell of the New York gangster,
and are the forerunner of other whole-
sale arrests, according to District At-
torney Perkins.
At the district attorney's office it
was said that detectives had found a
“clearing house for crime, run by
ed Sartoris in apparent disgust.
“That's what I want to know.” re-
turned the jockey, “and that’s what I
mean to know before I go out of this
room.”
“She’s not here,” said Sartoris.
“You’re a liar,” instantly responded
the jockey. “I watched her come in
half an hour ago, and she’s not come
out. Where’s that door go to?”
He pointed to the door behind which
Myrtle was hiding.
“What’s that to you?” demanded Sar-
toris.
“I’ll show you.”
Anson started for the door, but the
captain blocked his way.
“You won’t," lie said.
The jockey picked up a heavy de-
canter from the table.
“Get out of my way or I’ll”— he
shouted, as he rushed toward Sartoris.
But the door opened suddenly and I
Myrtle rushed between them.
“Harry!' she exclaimed.
The decanter her brother let fall to
the floor, where it broke into pieces.
“Myrtle!" exclaimed the brother in
an agony. “It’s true, then? You were
here with him alone? Myrtle, tell me
I’m thinking wrong of you!" Her head
dropped. “Look me in the face—tell
me”—
The head of the girl was still bowed.
“I can’t,” she said brokenly.
A half sob came from Harry as he
sank into a chair.
“Myrtle—my little sister”— he agon-
ized. “You his—his"—
Down by his side the girl knelt.
8anssters, and.that every gang leader
operating in New York had been elimi-
nated.
Assistant District Attorney Breckin-
ridge, who has supervised the investi-
gation, described the system of the
gangsters :
. “The city was divided into districts,
in each of which one gang had the
monopoly, ’ he said. “Gangsters were
hired for various jobs and if they were
arrested and convicted, their pay went
on during the time they were in jail.
In one case, ‘Dopey Benny’ and three
gangsters were sent to the workhouse
for from 15 to 30 days each. During
all this time each man was paid $15 a
day by a labor union. The prices paid
for jobs ranged from $5 to $150.”
From “Dopey Benny’s” confession, it
was said, came the information which
revealed the entire operation of the
gangsters. When it became known
that detectives were following these
leaders, much assistance was given by
victims, some with broken legs and
arms, one with an ear missing and all
bearing scars to prove their charges.
Many more arrests, possibly 100 in all
are expected.
his master's call Sartoris’ man came in
with the statement that a “Mr. Kelly”
wished to see Sartoris. The latter di-
rected that he be brought in. Myrtle
he led into another room.
As Kelly came in, scowling at Sarto-
ris' man, the captain greeted him heart-
ily with:
“Kelly, you're the very man I want-
ed. I’ve just had a wire. Commission
—chap I know wants to back The
Whip for two thousand.”
more to be
“You are glad to see me, Greville?
she asked tenderly.
about the country until you feel safe
and wire me where you are.”'
Sartoris lent the weakling a coat
and cap of a decided sporting cast as a
disguise and had his servant show him
out the back way.
Then he settled down to a leisurely
enjoyment of his coffee. His man re-
turned in a few minutes, however.
The homes of 250
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edly outraged, and the son was
wounded.
“In Soumagne and Micheroux very
many civilians were summarily shot.
In a field belonging to a man named
with The Whip. The
German officer said: ‘You have shot at
us.” One of the villagers asked to be
allowed to speak, and said: ‘If you
think these people fired, kill men, but
let them go.’ The answer was three
volleys. The survivors were bayonet-
ted. Their corpses were seen in the
field that night by another witness.
One at least had been mutilated. These
were not the only victims in Soumagne.
The eye-witness of the massacre saw,
on his way home, twenty bodies, one
that of a young girl of 13. Another
witness saw 19 corpses in a meadow.
“At Heure le Romain all the male in-
habitants, including some bedridden old
men were imprisoned in the church.
The burgomaster’s brother and the
priest were bayonetted. The village
of Vise was completely destroyed. Of-
ficers directed the incendiaries, who
worked methodically with benzine. An-
tiques and china were removed from
the houses, before their destruction,
by officers, who guarded the plunder,
revolver in hand.
“Entries in a German diary show
that on Aug. 19th the German soldiers
gave themselves up to debauchery in
the streets of Liege, and on the night
of the 20th a massacre took place in
the streets * * *. Though the cause of
the massacre is in dispute, the results
are known with certainty. The Rue
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sue. Roosevelt thinks the United States
should forbid all commerce with Ger-
many, and encourage commerce of
every kind with England, France and
Russia. Inasmuch as commerce with
Germany is absolutely shut off, while
commerce with Russia, France and
England is going on in ever-increasing
volume, such action would accomplish
utterly nothing. The contrast between
the personalities of the two ex-presi-
dents is brought vividly into relief by
their different views.
Irom you. Are you going to marry my
sister—yes or no.”
"No," said Sartoris clearly.
Maddened, Harry plunged one hand
into his pocket and the next moment
was covering the captain with a re-
volver.
The girl rushed toward him, but at
his stern command of “Stand back!”
she stopped.
But Sartoris did not lose his presence
of mind.
“Oh, fire away, my little fellow,” he
said in his slow voice, “but if you
shoot as straight as you ride you
won't make your sister a widow and
else,” said
“I’m fed up
“Confession won’t help you. Shut
upandidsdbnaretraintyblityatanun hement to do the touts this time-
toris, drinking his coffee.
THE VALUE OF SUBMARINES.
Austin Statesman.
The present war, it seems to us, has
demonstrated one thing above all else
concerning warfare—that the subma-
1 ine has probably become the strongest
of naval assets,
The Germans have through their use
of submarines shown that the smaller
craft may be used successfully in com-
merce destroying and in worrying
larger fleets. Their exhibition up to
this time has been almost without fail-
ure. Advocates of larger navies and
more dreadnaughts will do well to give
the submarine serious consideration.
The other put a trembling hand to
his forehead.
“The witness box,” he wavered. “I
daren’t. I can’t face it—I can’t, I can’t.”
His voice almost rose to a shriek.
“If you are really followed by detec-
tives”— began the captain.
“I am. I am. I swear it,” asserted the
rector.
“Then we must do something to
throw them off the track,” went on the
captain, “for you’re just in the jumpy
sort of state to blab everything. We
must get you out of the country if nec-
essary.”
“If I could only get out of London,”
said Haslam. “I’d like to go to north
Yorkshire. I know the country bet-
ter.”
“Pretty near to Falconhurst.” said
Sartoris.
But the other was eager to go.
“All the better,” said he. “It’s the
last place they’ll think of looking for
me. But I have no money.”
“Well, I’ll let you have a ten pound
note—you can catch a train from
King’s Cross tonight — and dodge
“Our function is ended when we
have stated what the evidence estab-
lishes, but we may be permitted to ex-
l press our belief that these disclosures
will not have been made in vain if they
I touch and rouse the. conscience of
mankind and we venture to hope that
I as soon as the present war is over, the
nations of the world in council will
I consider what means can be provided
I and sanctions devised to prevent the
j recurrence of such horrors as our gen-
eration is now witnessing.”
The report makes an official docu-
ment of sixty-one printed pages, or
upward of 30,000 words, accompanied
by maps, showing the various routes
of the army and the chief scenes of
desolation. It states at the outset that
1200 witnesses have been examined,
the depositions being taken by exam-
iners of legal knowledge and expe-
rience, though without authority to ad-
minister an oath. The examiners were
instructed not to “lead” the witnesses,
and to seek to bring out the truth by
cross-examination and otherwise. The
committee also submit extracts from
a number of diaries taken from the
German dead, chiefly German soldiers
and in some cases officers.
EVIDENCE OVERWHELMING.
“We began the inquiry with doubts
whether a positive result would be
obtained,” says the report. “But the
further we went and the more evi-
dence we examined so much the more
was our skepticism reduced. There
might be some exaggeration in one
Witness, possible delusion in another,
inaccuracies in a third. When, however’
we found that things which at first
seemed improbable were testified to by
many witnesses coming from different
places, the points in which they all
agreed became more and more evi-
dently true. When this concurrence
of testimony showed itself in hundreds
of depositions, the truth of the broad
facts stood out beyond question. The
force of the evidence is cumulative.”
Taking up the conditions at Liege,
Belgium, at the outset of the war, the
report gives a harrowing recital of oc-
have sought to induce us to lean in one
direction or the other. Evidently the
endorsement or disapproval of the
United States was counted as of some
value by both sides in the war.
Whether or not it was so designed by
an all-wise Providence, the United
States had for two years or more, pre-
vious to the breaking out of hostilities
in Europe, been learning the lesson of
patience and confidence in our govern-
ment, with the republic of Mexico as
the schoolmaster. Time and again had
our forbearance been strained to the
breaking point in our desire to treat
the Mexican people with full considera-
tion, and yet not encourage the idea
that this government gave endorse-
ment to any one of the various fac-
tions struggling for supremacy. With
the balance of the world, the United
States was astounded at the breaking
out of hostilities in Europe, nor have
our people, up to this time, been able
to arrive at a satisfactory explanation
of the awful tragedy; but we are bet-
ter prepared for calmly handling the
constantly arising problems in connec-
tion with that war than we should have
been three or four years ago.
In the first place, the people of the
United States are back of their chief
executive, not particularly because he
happens to be Mr. Wilson, for the in-
culcation of the lesson began while Mr.
is stated that besides the 90 corpses
referred to, 60 corpses of civilians
were recovered from a hole in the
brewery yard and that 48 bodies of
women and children were found in a
garden. The town was systematically
set on fire by hand grenades.
“We have no reason to believe that
the civilian population of Dinant gave
any provocation, or that any other de-
fense can be put forward to justify the
treatment inflicted upon its citizens.”
The committee states that it has
received a great mass of evidence on
“scenes of chronic outrage” in the ter-
ritory bounded by the towns Aershot,
Malines, Vilvorde and Louvain. It
states that the total number of out-
rages is so great that the committee
cannot refer to them all. The report
states that the battle of Malines was
the occasion later of “numerous mur-
ders committed by the German army
in retreating through the villages; and
in the second place it led to the mas-
sacres, plundering and burning at
Louvain.” The report adds:
“The committee is specially impres-
sed by the character of the outrages
committed in the smaller villages.
Many of these are exceptionally shock-
ing and cannot be regarded as con-
templated or described by the respon-
sible commanders of the troops by
whom they were committed. The in-
ference, however, which we draw from
these occurrences is that when once
troops have been encouraged qin a ca-
reer of terrorism, the more savage and
brutal natures, of whom there are
some in every large army, are liable
to run to wild excess, more particularly
in those regious where they are least
subject to observation and control.”
Nearly every one of the nations now
engaged in the European war appear
not only willing, but quite anxious, to
outline a policy for the United States
to pursue. This disposition to relieve
us of the burden of planning our own
course became manifest during the
earlier weeks, of the struggle, and as
each change was rung in the movement
of events which in any manner af-
fected this country, the Involved coun-
tries through their newspapers, and
often through diplomatic channels,
Roosevelt takes sharp and critical is-
sue with the President of the United
States. Taft declares the President of
the United States is acting with the
wise and firm deliberation of Washing-
ton, Lincoln and McKinley in trying to
avoid war. The former tells Wilson
All the greed of Sartoris' small na-
ture was aroused, and. not realizing the
self revelation and satire that his own
words revealed, he exclaimed:
"Myrtle, you're an Al little girl—a
dear, sweet little girl.”
“And you'll marry me? she ques-
tioned anxiously.
a beggar. I can't keep myself.”
“Is that all? Is it only money?”
“If I were a rich man I'd marry you
tomorrow.”
“Then -1 hen—if I show you a way to
become rich," she said eagerly.
At his quick exclamation she went on:
“I swore that I’d never tell you an-
other stable secret, but to make you
rich—to marry me—yesterday they
tried The Whip."
"With what?" he asked tersely, his
stable sense alert.
“Silver Shoe.” said the girl.
He whistled.
“That would tell them,” he said.
“She's a flyer."
"The Whip won. pulling double, by
twenty lengths—back her,” the girl ad-
vised.
"Twenty to one! It’s a fortune!” ex-
claimed Sartoris.
u
ated because of the homestead law.
While the individual laboring man is
a lone but excellent dinner in his cham-
bers when his man announced the
Rev. Verner Haslam. The captain,
busy with his coffee percolator, direct-
ed that he be shown in.
A moment later Haslam, with pallid
cheeks, fairly bolted into the room.
“They’re after me, after me!" he
panted, his hands and knees trembling.
"Who are?" demanded Lady Diana’s
cousin sardonically.
“Detectives." returned the trembling
man of the robe. "Ever since the
Brancaster case began I’ve been haunt-
ed, hunted—I’m dogged by them. I
can t go on with this. I’d rather make
a clean breast of it.”
THE NEED OF SHIPS.
Fort Worth Record.
No matter when the war ends, before
fall as predicted by many men whose
opinion on any practical subject is
worth while, or in three years, as sug-
gested by at least two of the great
British leaders, the United States must
for years to come supply the world not
only with an increased amount of raw
material, but with a steadily increas-
ing quantity of manufactured articles.
We must teed Europe as long as the
war lasts and for months afterward,
and we supply her with many manu-
factured articles that in times of peace
she makes for herself. We must sup-
ply the rest of the world, and particu-
larly South America, Africa and Asia,
with manufactured articles that here-
tofore have been supplied by Europe.
CHAPTER IX.
Jockey and Gentleman.
EFOIE Sartoris was put to the
necessity of further invention
and delay there was a knock
on the door. and in answer to
Hungary as a bulwark against
Slavs has been implicitly recognized
“Third: That looting, house burn-
ing, and the wanton destruction of
property were ordered and countenanc-
I ed by the officers of the German army,
I that elaborate provision had-been made
for systematic incendiarism at the very
I outbreak of the war, and that the
j burning and destruction were frequent
where no military necessity could be
alleged, being indeed, part of a sys-
I tem of general terrorization.
Fourth: That the rules and usages
of war were frequently broken, par-
ticularly by the using of civilians, in-
cluding womeen and children, as a
, shield for advancing forces exposed to
fire, to a less degree by killing the
i wounded and prisoners, and in the fre-
quent abuse of the Red Cross and the
White Flag.
Sensible as they are of the gravity
of these conclusions, the committee
conceive that they would be doing less
than their duty if they failed to record
them as fully established by the evi-
dence. Murder, lust and pillage pre-
vailed over many parts of Belgium
on a scale unparalleled in any war
between civilized nations during the
last three centuries.
Brancaster, and I laid him 20 to 1.
against The Whip.”
"You did?”
“Three times."
“What in?"
“Thousands."
“Good heavens, man!" said Sartoris,
not entirely displeased to see another
in trouble also. "You’ll be broke. They
tried The Wh? yesterday. She romp-
ed home. The best horse they’ve ever
had in the Beverley stables. Cover,
man! Cover!”
“Cover be hanged!" said the disgust-
ed Kelly. “I’ve tried it, but the whole
town rings with it, and the horse is
now 5 to 1.”
“Anything is better than nothing,”
Sartoris advised. “If you wait you’ll
get worse. Beverey is going to tell
the wide world. Oh, you’re in a hole—
put there by Brancaster.”
This lack of sympathy on the part of
Sartoris angered Kelly.
“I’m in a hole, Mr. Captain Sartoris,”
he said threateningly. “But what are
you? I’m going to get out of this hole,
and you are going to help me. I’ve
been a good pal to you; now it’s your
turn.» __
Brancaster and Lady Diana smiled
happily.
“You daren't lay me the odds in
thousands.” suggested the young man.
“Daren't I?" returned Kelly scorn-
fully. “To anything you fancy.”
“For the Guineas?" said Braneaster.
“Yes, the favorite to ten thousand.”
shouted Kelly.
His loud words and the reputation
for plunging of Lord Brancaster drew
a crowd at once which seemed to
spring from all the byways and press-
ed closely about the two principals.
On its outskirts Lady Diana watched
the two.
“No,” returned Brancaster to Kelly's
offer on the favorite.
“Black Eagle?” suggested the book-
maker.
“No bet.”
“Raynardo,” came from Kelly.
“No good,” said Brancaster.
“Black Diamond,” countered Kelly.
“The field," Brancaster offered.
“Ies, said Kelly instantly. “Bar
that lot—twenties"—
“Twenty thousand to 1,” said Bran-
caster while the crowd all but cheered,
“Ies, returned Kelly shortly.
“Twice," flaunted Braneaster.
“Three times," defied Kelly.
“Done.” answered Brancaster in his
turn.
“Done! Name your horse," shontec
Kelly.
“The Whip!" exclaimed Brancaster,
all but shouting.
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woman from Falconhurst wanted to
see him.” He was inclined to dodge
Myrtle, but, thinking that she might
have a bit of stable information, or-
dered that she be admitted.
The thought that she might really be
able to help him get a bit of ready
money made Sartoris so gracious to-
ward the sister of the jockey that he
took her into his arms.
“Ah.- Myrtle, my dear little girl,” he
said.
“You are glad to see me, Greville?”
she asked tenderly.
“Of course," returned Sartoris, "but
'have you anything to tell me. You
know I’m devilishly hard up and need
a little tip."
"I have something to tell you,” she
began.
“About the horses?" he asked
eagerly.
"About myself," she said. “My broth-
er-Harry-knows how it is with me.
He follows me everywhere."
“If he comes here—young cub,” blus-
tered Sartoris.
“Don’t call him that.” remonstrated
the jockey’s sister. "He knows because
he loves me. He’s read it in my face.
Oh. Greville, keep your promise to me
and make me your wife before it is too
late.”
"My dear Myrtle." he protested. “I’m
been strengthened in that what has
been done in the past tends to indicate
that our government is anxious to
avoid becoming involved in a quarrel
in which we are but remotely inter-
ested, and where we have friends on
both sides of the contention. Only here
and there have been heard what might
be termed intemperate expressions,
and these were provoked by the un-
for gettable crime against humanity, the
torpedoing of the Lusitania; in the
main, the people have coupled their
personal wishes with reference to the
war with the hope that it would soon
end. We are living up to our procla-
mation of neutrality notwithstanding
all the gratuitous advice tendered us
by the belligerents.
Alton B. Parker, Democratic candi-
date for the presidency in 1904, on
being asked for an opinion, following
the sinking of the Lusitania, said: “The
attempt to persuade the public what
action the Lusitania disaster requires
the president to take is unfair to him,
and may work great injury to us. He
alone must bear the heavy responsi-
bility of decision—and greater there
cannot be. The president has informa-
tion we have not.” Mr. Parker has
been near enough the presidential chair
to realize something of what it means
to be called upon to indicate the
course of a hundred million people at
a time when indignation has almost
displaced calm reason and when In-
justice sneers at diplomacy. But this
is part of the lesson we are today
learning as a nation, and it is to be
learned under circumstances of a
most trying nature.
. And after we shall have learned the
chine gun which was fired through
him. His wife brought his body home
on a wheel-barrow. The Germans broke
into her house and ransacked it, and
piled up all the etables in a heap on
the floor and relieved themselves upon
it.
“A hair-dresser was murdered in his
kitchen where he was sitting with a
child on each knee. A paralytic was
murdered in his garden. After this
came the general sack of the town.
Many of the inhabitants who escaped
the massacre were kept as prisoners
and compelled to clear the houses of
corpses and bury them in trenches.
These prisoners were subsequently
used as a shelter and protection for a
pontoon bridge which the Germans had
built across the river and were so used
to prevent the Belgian forts from fir-
ing upon it.
“A few days later the Germans cele-
brated a Fete Nocturne in the square.
Hot wine, looted in the town, was
drunk, and the women were compelled
to give three cheers for the kaiser and
to sing ‘Deutschland Uber Alles.’ ”
Similar details are recited at much
length in reference to the districts of
Namur, Charleroi and the town of
Dinant. At the latter point, the report
says, “unarmed civilians were killed
in masses. About 90 bodies were seen
lying on top of one another in a grass
square opposite the convent. They in-
cluded many relatives of a witness;
whose depositions is given * * *. It
“Harry, Harry, don't—you a man-
cry for me like that. I’m not worth
it.” she said.
For a moment the jockey raised his
head while the tears coursed down his
cheeks.
"Ah, Myrtle! You was once—worth
all the world before—you met him.” he
sobbed out.
The drawling and unfeeling voice of
Sartoris broke in upon the anguish of
the brother and sister.
“See here, my lad,” he said, elevating
his eyebrows, “suppose for one moment
we look at the matter coolly”—
Abruptly Harry pushed his sister
back as he got to his feet.
“Coolly,” he said, “when you’ve
ruined my sister! Look at it coolly!
Why. every drop of blood in my body
would cry shame on me if I did. Call
yourself a gentleman!” He was stand-
ing directly before Sartoris now.
“Well, I’m little better than a stable
lad, but I wouldn’t treat any woman
as you’ve treated her—a motherless
girl—with no one in the world but me.”
“My good boy, I assure you.” drawl-
ed on Sartoris.
His tone again infuriated the boy.
I far made of the German military
I sweep across Belgium, mainly because
I of the position of Viscount Bryce as a
I historian, and also because of the care
I with which the investigation was made,
I the great number of witnesses whose
I testimony was examined, and the mass
of evidence now submitted with the
I report of the committee.
Associated with Lord Bryce on the
committee were Sir Frederick Pollock,
Sir Edward Clarke, Sir Alfred Hopkin-
I son, H. A. L. Fisher, Vice Chancellor
of the University of SheffieldMarold
Cox, and Kenelm E. Digby. The com
mittee was appointed by Premier As-
I quith on Jan. 22, last, and was given
। broad instructions to investigate ‘al-
leged outrages, the maltreatment of
civilians, and breaches of law and es-
tablished usages of war.”
The most important findings of the
committee are summed up in the fol-
lowing conclusion at the close of the
report:
“It will be seen that the committee
have come to a definite conclusion
upon each of the heads under which
the evidence has been classified:
ORGANIZED MASSACRES.
“It is proved:
First: That there were in many
parts of Belgium deliberate and sys-
tematically organized massacres of the
civil population, accompanied by many
isolated murders and other outrages.
Second: That in the conduct of the
war generally innocent civilians, both
men and women, were murdered in
large numbers, women violated, and
children murdered.
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lesson, what? By that time there will
be a man’s job awaiting us. We are
being schooled to bring back to a con-
dition of sanity the nations that have
suffered a temporary lapse from their
high estate as world leaders in civiliza-
tion, and as we meet these crises so are
we the better fitted for the tremendous
task that lies just beyond the present
incarnadined horizon. Recent events,
provoking as they have been, must not
be permitted to disturb our national
equilibrium; as intimated by the presi-
dent, we will insist that every possible
safeguard be guaranteed Axerican citi-
zens, and in this he has the endorse-
ment of every American citizen.
were burned alive in their houses, their
efforts to escape being prevented by
rifle fire. Twenty people were shot,
while trying to escape, before the
eyes of one of the witnesses. The
Liege fire brigade turned out but was
not allowed to extinguish the fire. Its
carts, however, were usefully employ-
ed in removing heaps of civilian
corpses to the town hall.”
TERRIBLE DETAILS.
Taking up the Valleys of the Meuse
and Sambre, the report gives lengthy
details of terrible conditions described
by witnesses at Andenne, and says:
“About 400 people lost their lives in
this massacre, some on the banks of
the Meuse, where they were shot ac-
cording to orders given and some in
the cellars of the houses where they
had taken refuge. Eight men belong-
ing to one family were murdered. An-
other man was placed close to a ma-
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