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German Writer Who
Opposed Kaiser Is
Saved by Popularity
Iti.-Pmre
. ' Ml 1 ocrster of ihe t nlverslly or Munich
S "BOSS srllrlet In Swill nmnnptri some
tx yetrs ago rauaed ran tad Impotence
it-vsuss ihey arraigned Germany no Utter-
ly and yet did not com him hit under-
i ' mate popularity tt tin mora "pa-
triotic element'' wnuld have liked. It berk
it Ms om pott tt tlw university again.
Hit return Ilia tnlt nil. wit unrlnnm
I by the German tutborltlei In rare of the
i piolets of fellow rariitty membert who
ilmott unanimously had disapproved of his
ulteriores and writings In swltierlind.
tnd wu permitted rhleriy beriiiae Pro
lessor Poerster hid achlered a personal
popular ly tviiii ine students or ine uni
-niily that It termed unwise to Ignore
Meinmptlon of hit lecture rourta wan con
intoned upon bit wllllncnrii to avoid po
luteal top rv
fJMt rirat appesraiire on tha larture ron
lim resulted In a trena unique In Her
man university clrclaa. Cheers hind
rlappin and stamping of Ills adherents
wis mingled with shouts ur dlsipprovil
from those who objected to hit return.
Tour times Prorattor Foertter attempted
to beam speaking and Tour timet he wit
prevented by the uproar. Finally the ma-
jority consisting or hit iilherentt took
milters Into their own hinds and rorrlbly
ejected the "d'slurblnir element" but Pro-
laaaor Foertter blmteir give It up tnd In
the din slipped out or the itidllorlum.
Wivn ha will attempt to lecture igaln bat
but been announced.
Al siTTtAI.lA IIAItS ALIKN NEITBAUJ.
Associated Press rorrepondeoea.
Sydney Oct JO. A regulation hit been
promulgated by the federil government
oatuisl alien netitrils working on thins
nml wharves anywhere In Atitsralie. Tne
t rri.'ii'.atimi tt the result of recant revfela-
I Hons. An Inquiry Into the recent rir-f on
a targe vessel In Sydney hirbor for In-
itinre showed thai there hid been de-
liberate tampering In the hold and plar-
Ing ur roiiiiiustlhlr appllmcet at the bot-
tom or the vesael. A teaman who was
rrrently arrested was round In possession
or explosives delnnitors' and tome leltrrs
relating to eiploslona on thlpt were alao
r nml In Ills baggage.
EL PASO MORNING TIMES MONDAY. DECEMBER 10 1917.
BRAND WHITLOCK IN OFFICIAL REPORT
REVEALS HORRIBLE ATROCITIES OF HUN
American minister to Belgium tella of German massacre of civilians uae of non-rombatanti aa shield for advancing troop and deportation of thousands of Belgians into virtual slavery in
Germany. Statement of hideous revolting crimes filed in archives of state department. y
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Ay mm i" mi- .nm ii
Washington Dec. S. Brand Wblllork
American m'nlter to Belgium. It on of
ricial record charging Ihe Hermana with
tha crimes nr inasaarrelng rlvlllint. usmi
nnnromhattnt ml ves it tblatdt Tor their
advancing troops ami deportlnir thousands
upon ti.uisaiiil- i.r itrlgians Inlu virtual
tllvery In i.ermain.
Hit reportt to thai effect made while ha
wis still at Itruisels are on rila .in the
arrhlvet or the stale department They
add the last testimony .t lienor wars
needed tint all ol the atrocities rhlrged
up o the Huns ire based upon hideous
rictt md not merely upon the Inriamrd
imagination or txistiie populations.
Whitlnek in his rinar ty at diplomat
01 a Kiwer sun al mat time at peace win
Germany reported facta to bit superior or
fleers. They did not want propagamh
stories rlthrr ror or against my one.
Wish naioti wauled to know what was
going on In Belgium.
Ym lllork reported tha news w III
mut-n accuracy aa It wat potilble for him
m ret It. Ann lie gol II rtrsi-nana.
ciuse the Amerlrin legation wis
rletr nt house tbrourh which the victims
of the Huns pitted.
For 3 lone lime wbltlork's reports htvr
been locked up. Mow they are released
rormlng part or a M-paga book on "Oer-
mtu Wir Prirtlcet" laaoad by George
(.real's committee on public information
and willed by Profetaor D. C Hunro ol
r nccion universuy.
Men Exeentrd clare Eyes ef Family
"Summary executions look place al
nintni" he wrote "without tic lent
semblance or Judgment. The names and
number or the victima are not known but
they must be numerous. Among Iba per-
sons who were shot are: M. Heroin mavor
or Dlmnt; Satseralh llrst alderman; .Nun
"WatsoB'i Greceriet Are hmm for Quality" Se
Dessert Nuls ol All Kinds
Hickory Nuts. 30c
Black Walnuts 20c
Pecans 30c
Almonds 30c
English Walnuts . 25c-35c
Budded Walnuts ...40c
Brasil Nuts 25c
Filberts 30c
JORDAN
Shelled Almond- $1.00
Valencia Shelled Al-
monds 85c
Sliclled Pecar $1.20
Shelled I okII-Ii Wal-
nut $1.00
Shelled Black Wal-
nuts Sl.on
Salted Almond- $1.00
Salted Pecans In seal-
tius each TSc
Salted Jumbo Peanuts
in pound tins COc
WATSON'S GROCERY
210-212 Texas Street g
Phones 5151 5152 5153 5154 5155 a
United SUtcs Pood Administration License Number t .01058
mar. asid H; Consul for tha Arrentlna
nepiiblic Victor IVHieelet. who was eie-
ruled In the pre tanca of bit wire ancl
teveo children: Outtave and I con Mlrilaa.
two very old man; Jules Monln and oth-
ers executed In tha cellar ot their brew-
ery; ( simile Piatta and bis son aged I?;
Phllllparl Pledfori. his w In and dlughtrt
and Miss ii -inn
'Purina tbe eieeutioa of about an
Inhibition of Dtnant the Hermans
placed before the condemned their
wivei sod rh Idren. It Is thus that
Dim. Alln. who had Just (Ivan birth to
a rblld three diyt previously was
brought on t mittress by Uarmsa sol-
diers to witness tha execution of her
husband. Her crtet and tuppllcitlont
ware to pressing that her husbtnd's
l íe wat spired.
Waaaea and Chilares tvilaeta Murders.
"On August ft Hrnntn añidiera entered
various streets of l.ouviln and ordered Ihe
Inhabitant or the houaet to proceed lo the
Place ile Ii station where the bodies or
nearly a doien ttitilnated persons wars
lying.
"Women ind rhlldren bid In witness the
exerul on or many or their fellow rltliens.
who were for tha most part shot it the
side or the square. The women and rhll-
dren. trier hiving remtlned on tile squire
for more thin rirteen hours were mowed
to depirt.
"'Three (lardes Clvlques or Louvtln were
taken prisoner and tent to Oermmy to
the camp of Nuenater where they were
held ror several weekt.
une or the moil sorely tried communi-
ties wit nm or the little village of Ta-
mlnes down in what is known as the
Borlnige the roil Melds or r.hirlerol.
tiriir.vara Bears Mute Ksldeaee.
Tmiinc- it a mining v:ilige a collec-
tion or small rottlgea sheltering Ibout
s.ixai inhabitants mostly ail poor laboren.
The. little graveyard. In which Ihe church
atinda. bean its mute testimony to lbs
horror or the event. There are hundred-
of new-made graves each w in lit smill
eeaas. cross and lis nit or riowers; tne
croatas are to closely huddled that there
eirrely room to walk between mem.
They are alike and all bear Ihe sime díte
tbe sinister dite of August it 1011.
"But whether their hand! were cut
nfr or not. whether tbey were Impaled
on bayoneta or not children were
shot down by military order In cold
blood. In tbe awrul crime or the
Hock of Biyird tbrre overlook:urfhe
steuse below utnani imams in ineir
mothers' aro were shot down wlib-
ou merrv.
"Th deed never surnassed In cruelly
by any band or nvaget la described by
tne Dishul or Mmur iilmseir:
Men. Women and Children Shot Itown.
" 'une trena -aurpaiaei In horror all
others: II :a tbe rualllade of the Hock
Bayard near Dinant. it ippeirs to nive
been ordered by colonel Neuter.
runtime causeo tne dcnn or nearly ninety
persons without dlstincllon or ige or tel.
Among the victims were bibles :n arms
boys and girls nihert and mothers of
funilles even old men.
'it wis there tnit twelve children
under tbe sga of 6 perished from the
fire of tbe eseeutloners lit of them is
they lay In their mothers' arma
' 'The ch id Flevet 9 weekt old.
" 'Maurice Betemps tl months old.
' 'Nelly Pullet 11 mouth- old.
" '(Ida lenon. IS months old.
" 'Hilda Man-hot. s years old.
" -ciara siruviy I yeara and o
months.
'The pile of bodies comprised alao
many rhlldren from S to 14 yearn. Eigbt
large lamines hive entirely disappeared.
...aW iSra-aaH
Four hive but one survivor. Thote men
lhai escaped deith my many or whom
were riddled with bullets were nnugen
to bury in a summary and hattv rashion
their lathers mothers brothers or sisters:
then alter having been relieved of their
money and being placed in chains tbey
were sent to Casael Prussia.' "
Whiiioek alto lonche upon the horrors
tt Louvtln. saving:
"On Thursday August 17 order wis
given to the Inbibltants to leave Louvtln
beraute tbe city wat to be bombarded.
Old men. women children tbe ilek
priests nana were driven on the roidt
like rattle. More than 10000 were driven
-s rsr as rrlcroont IS kilometers rrom
Louvaio."
uur Belgian minister ronNrms tlie
cbtrge thai the Hermans shielded them-
selves behind Hie bodies of tbe natives a
practice tbey have now resumed in tbeir
march Into Italy:
"The Hermans marker! Ilougserde on
August It: the Belgian troop a were hold
ing the (elle bridge in the village. The
Hermans furred the pirltb prteaf of Aut-
gaeraen to wiik in rroni or tnem as a
shield. Aa they netred the barrlradc the
Belaian soldiers fired and the Driest wat
killed. Arter the retreit of tbe Belgians
the Hermans shot rour men burned Ml
bouses ind looted loo."
For s time the protests or neutral m-
llnna and the outcries of shocked world
seemed lo row the Hermans. Tbe wluile-
sale masairrcs Imiiluas and burnings
ceased. But In the winter or 1010 tliey
perfected a new rorm or deviltry. Their
own supply or libor depleted the Huns
conceived Ihe Idea or deporting Belgians
ind Frenchmen to Oermmy to nuke them
work ror Ihe kaiser In many Instinces
rluiliy compelling llicm to labor in mu-
nition ractonei.
On January 16 101?. white ttlll In rima-
seis even though It wis occupied by the
Germans Whlllork mide a report pi the
-tan- department saying among other
things:
"I have It In mind and I mlgnt say on
my conscience since the Hermans began
lo deport Belglin workmen In November
lo prepare ror Ihe depiritnrni detailed
report on Una latest Instance or brutality
but there lievr beou to many obstacles In
way of obtilnlng cvhienre on witieii
calm and Judicious opinion could be
based and one Is to overwhelmed wlih
the horror or n that H
hat been and even now la difficult to
rite calmly and justly tboui it.
"In order to understand fully tbe ait-
possibilities of dinger;
uld It place a premium
union It Is neeesairy to go bark to the
autumn or nil. At tne lime we were
organmng the relief work tbe Comité
Mtlnnil (Peinan relier organliationi pro-
posed in arrangement by which tlx' Bel-
gian government should pay to its own
employes left In Belgium and other un-
employed men Isesldea. the wages they had
been arruslunicd to rwreive. the Belgians
wished to do tbli both lor humenuinin
and pitrmtlr pnrposes; they wished to
provide lb unemployed (sltli the means
of livelihood and. at the sime time to
prevent tlielr working for the Orrmint. I
rer ised to be connected tn any way with
this pint ind lidd the llelvlan committee
that II had many possiiiintie
that not only
on idleness hut that It would ultimately
exasperate Ihe Hermans. However the
polley waa adopted and has been rontln-
uni In pnrtlre. and on the rolls or tne
Oanlte National have been home the
names or hundreds or thousands ruñe
700. uno. I believe of Idle men receiving
tin- dole distributed through Ine com-
munes. "Tbe presence of ihese unemployed
however was a constant temptation m
Herman cupidity. Miny times they aouglil
to ohltm tbe Hats or the enomeurs unen
on tha payrolls) but were thvayt rolled
by the claim that under the guarantees
covering teller work the recomí or the
Omine National ind in various tubor-
ganitatlons were Immune.
"Bather thin risk any interruption or
rrvlrtuilllng. Tor which while loath to
own any obllgilloii to America the Orr-
intns hive always been griterut. since it
lias hid the erred nr keeping the popu-
litlon calm the authorities never pressed
the point other than with ihe bttrgomis-
ters or tha communes.
lloallv however the military pirty.
always brutal ind with in istotindlng
Ignorance of public opinion and or moril
-eniiment determined to put theso Idle
men to work.
Heneril von Blsslng tnd the civil pnr-
Hon ur his cntourige hid always been
and even now ire opposed to this polley
and I think have sincerely dune what tliey
could rirst. tn prevent Ita adoption anil.
i i iiiriiien tne rirura oi hi an.
plication."
Willi regard to me auove ny w numen
the Hermans had solemnly assured Card-
mil Merrier that young Belglin men need
not fear being forced Into ine Hermin
trmy or being employed at forced labors.
Thit wis In the autumn or ton. All
through ioi:. rhere were deported rises
where tbe military rorreo workmen to
labor In virions fictorles m itoiglum.
later this waa followed by an order
leaallring litis and in netnber loir. a bru-
tal order wat prumulgited which paved
the way for the deportations.
lllDdenburs Kada Mild Policy.
In hi- report Wliltlork continues:
"Then In August lllndenhurg wis ip-
polnk'd to the supreme command lie Is
said to hive rrtlrfird von Biasing's policy
aa too mild: there waa a quarrel; von
Biasing went WBerlln to protest threat-
ened to resign hut did not. Ile returned
and a Herman orrirlal here slid tint Bel-
glum would now be subjected to a more
terrible regime would leirn whit wir
The prnpherv his beeu viudlvned.
ently I wit told toil Ihe drastic
isures ire retllv or l.tidendrorrs m-
splrillnn: I do not know. Many Herman
iners sly so.
(.Nevertheless hissing detende-d Ihe de
portation doing so openly In a conver
sation with F. c. wairou in American
banker who was working lo ameliorate
minions in Belgium and Poland.)
Wliltlork gives this picture or Ihe actual
deportation.-.
I bey organ in nr toner ai t.ntui anil
at Bruges at my brier telegrama indi
cated. The pollry torrad: the rlrh indu
trial distil is nr Helmut the mines and
steel works ibout chartered were nctt
iiueieu; now tney are seising men
Brabml even In Brussels despite K
indications tnd even predictions ot the
civil minorities inn the pollry wis about
-Owing the last fortnight men ba
been Impressed here In Pruasrls bul
ineir srmires nere arc mane rtblentl
with much gniter rire II. an m tn
provinces which more regard for th
appearances. There was no public an
nouneement or the Intention lo dep...
bul suddenly nlio.it ten days ago certain
men in towns whose names ire on
Hit or ehomcurs received summons
tirylng them lo report It given illy:
lilies were rued ror nilure lo resiMin.l
lo Ihe summon- smd Iherr was pruned
in me earn in oner ol emptov ineiil bv
the Hermin government either In Her-
miny or In Belgium on the first div.
or si-. ni I..VW men ordered to present
them -civ es it the litre du Midi about
mi repsonded. These were examined by
Hermin physlrlins and Jno were liken.
There wis no disorder a large force or
mounted rhlins keeping bark the rrowds
nd birring access lo the station to all
but those who had been summoned to
appear.
Men Torn From Families.
"The rommlsaloo ror reller In Belgium
bad i.-d ermlaslii lo rive to each
deponed man s loir or breed and some
or ihe communes provided wirm clothing
tur tlHise who hKI none and In idditlon.
s -nnii un p.. i.ii iliowinre.
"As by one of the Ironies or lire
the winter lis lieett mure eicesslvely
cold iban Belgium his ever known
It. tnd while miny of tbote who
presented themselves were adequate
ly prolerled agiluat the rnld many
or them were wiihout overroatt. Tbe
men shlvennr rntn cold and rear the
parting rrom weeping wives ind chil-
dren the birrlers of brutal i Man
an thla made the icene i pltnble ind
distressing one.
"Tbe rage the terror the despilr ex-
cited by this mentiré til over Belgium
were beyond inythlng we hid witnessed
-une in.- diy the Hermana poured Into
Brussels. The delegate of the rom
mission ror reller In Belgium returning lo
orusseis. tout uio mini uisiress:iig alone
or Ihe scenes or cruelly and sorrow al
lending Hie aelturrs. And duly hourly
nioio-i. mure insi tune appalling stone
hive been related liv Belgians to the egi
Hon. It la impossible tor us to nrlfv
Ihem. first because it is neeesairy fur
us lo eaerrise ail possible lact In deal
Ing with ihe attbjert it ill ind aecondly
because there la no means or coiniuuni
callón between Ihe oci
anu ine r.itppcn-ueDlel.
.. Breweries Alone llrsneeled.
"Transportation' everywhere in Belgium
dirririili. the vicinal rallwav scan civ
operating any more brciuse or Ihe licit
oi on while m ine Horses have been
taken. The people who ire forced tu
go rrom one vlllige to another must do
fool or in vans drawn bv the few
mlaerahlc horse that ire left. Tiic wagons
f the breweries the one institution tint
he Uermins hive scrupulously resjwet-
d ire hauled by oxen.
The well known tendency or sensational
reporta to exaggerate Ihemaelves Whlt-
lo. k i.. nuls out gives decision ror great
prudence In believing rumor but he adds
that even If a nimio urn or all that la
told la true ihern null remains enough lo
stami) Hi is deed as otiu i.r the foulest
that history recordt.
1 urn he idda:
"1 tin constantly In reeelnl of rennrta
from. all over Belgium thai tend to bear
out list stories one constantly bears of
hnitallly and rrttetty. A nurnter of men
sent bitk to Morn ire sttd lo fee In a
dying rendition many of Ihem luhercu
Ur. At Miltnes ind Antwerp re tn roed
men lave died tlielr friends isserlirur
that titer hire ueen victims of neglect
and i meHy. of cold or exposure ef
hunger."
v hillock ind ine sipinin snn unten
ministers protested igalnst the deporta-
lion or men who were at work tireadr
leeauae thev clearly- did not come witji-
tn the brutal Herman order that ill ut
employed men -houid be deported TBS
-pinlsh legation lodged proteara coneern-
lug ibout fun men i diy ind the Hutch
about IS high IS IJkm Whlllock II tint
time estimated that lon.oon persons had
been deported of whom only fJSS stars
returned
Belglin burgomasters asked Whulock
In obtain permission to tend- ptrksges
or food to the deported simitar tn those
sent lo prisoners or wsr. bet etrttd
in sperm itisiancra. this wis cerusad.
Whlllock ..a. lude ins report ss rol-
loss:
Cermtns U In Hilred ef Peeplr.
"One interriling result or the depor-
tations u n .aim In fee noted a result
that once more places In relief the Hel-
ium ctpseity ror blundering almost It
treat is the Hermin raptrity rr cruel-
ly. I mil the dep.. nation ware begun
there wa no Intense hatred on the pirt
or the lower (lasses mil It tha work-
Ingtneu tnd Hie peasants The old Her-
mans or the lindatrum had been qtttr-
lered In Flemllh homes; they tnd the
inmates spnkr nearly lhe sime language;
lliey goi along ntrly svell; Ihey helped
Ihe women with the work the poor and
Ihe humble having none ot those hatreds
or psii n.ii-iu that ire among the privi-
leges or the upier. rilases.
"It It ronrclvstile thit the Flemish pop-
ultllon might hive existed under Her-
man rule; II was Teutonic in Iti brlgln
and anil -French always.
But now the Hermans havl changed
II tint- They hive detlt a mortsl blow
to any prosjiert Ihey mty ever have
hid or being tuleriled by tiie population
or Flinders; In teirlng twiy rrom nearly
every humble home In the land a hsjk
btnif and a rsther or son tnd brother
they hive lighted s fire of hatred that
will rever go out; they have brought
home to every heart In the lind In a
wav that will Impress it horror Indeli
bly on ll-e memory of three generiiiotis.
remxillon ol wnai i.erninn tueinous
mean not is with Ihe eirly ilroclties.
In the hen or passion and tha rtrst lust
var but by one ot those deeds Ihsl
make one de.sp'lr of the future of lha
iiiman rare a deed coldlv planned tin-
Houtly maliireil and dellheritely and
v steinatl.-allv executed a deed to cruel
thai Hetmaii midiera are said to btvi
wept In Its execution ind so monstrnni
that even (ierinin orrtcera ire now and
bo ashamed." '
nti
Raton Grand Jury
Fails to Return
Robbery Indictme
Special lo the Morning Timet.
Santa Fe N. m . Dec . A sensillonal
rum. u of new developments in the tacnou
Wells Firgo express robbery it F'renrh on
Miy II 1008 was given s quietus when
llio (Wax county grind Jury ruled to
no itnls" my express robbery indictment In
Its report yesterdiy.
It is a miner of in rent report thit s
wltneas appeared perore the grind Jury
with a complete revelation or Ihe detail
or the robbery. The money wat never
returned. A number of suspects were
tried and irqultled it the time. It It
stated at liatón that no action was taken
In the caso st this tune because It wis
i. -in-ied Impossible tn secure tbe men al
ii god to be unpin ni. d
1 wenlv lhree true bills were returned
by the grind jury.
(.durational llrlve In New Mevlco.
"drive' lor an Increased Impetus for
education to furnlih it quickly is possi
ble more irainru young men to lake tne
place or tho-e draried is to be started in
s.w Mexico this week by Dr. 1. C.
O'Erlrn. srlioul extension agent or tha
i tilled MUlr department of education
who speaks in Albuquerque Monday al SB
ci'iinuoiial conference and afterward at
i as vegas gnu elsewhere.
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