The San Francisco call., 1904-04-19
The Fl1HdIsh HeyeToS.
Special omrespondsnce.

Eiouarv irpar1ially chn-acteTizes the
black and white forces now engaged
in q life snd dea1h struggle in Ger
man Sou1huas1 Africa The little war
which Germany is waging against the
,,eheuiols I9ereros has been so coIa-
7,letelv ozarshadONed by the big war
between Russia and japan that il has
,-ecedred scan1 attention from thepress.
bur for bl0od-curdlfng atrocities on
hofh sides Il would be hard TO find
ysaraIlea 10 II In the annals Of modern
conflicts even uhsre saVages are con-
. cerned
II is in private letters many Of them
from eye Witnesses Of the scenes they
desruibe- ext1acts from which have
been printed here that the horrible
character Of the conflict is revealed
At the outbreak Of the rebellion the
negroes surprised and massacreo hun
dr,eds OF the defenseless colOnists, and
1oracficed such terrible cruelties on
men women and children alike that
The worst deeds Of North American
Indians appear tame by comparison
Instead Of killing their victims out
right the saVages in most instances
subjected them to the most atrociOus
torture their hendish malice could de-
wise Many including women and
children were fiaye6 alive Some had
their limbs chopped Of. first their arms
and then their legs, and those who
stin survived had their eyes pOked out
Parents We're frequently bound hand
and foot and in this helpless position
compelled TO see their children slowly
tortured TO death and their lifeless
hOdies afterward subjected to horrible
\ mutilation. Women were hung upon
.rees. head downward, and beaten TO
death The negroes frequently nailed
hands. feet. and other fragments Of
the bodies Of those they had butchered
10 the walls Of their homes.
one woman. Frau Schumann, the
savages beheaded and they stuck the
head on the roof Of her house. With
q ghastly touch Of humor they after
ward placed her pince-nez on her nose.
The colonist who relates this Incl
dent records with satisfaction that
one man. after being wounded. had
strength enough TO blow out his brains
and thus escaped the death by tor
ture which had been reserved for him.
Another man was beaten until out
ragged nature came TO his relief and he
lost consciousness. His barbarous cap
tors then fred two bullets into him and
feeling sure that they had killed him
stripped his clothing from him and left
his body. as they thought. TO be de-
voured by jackals. But he recovered
consciousness and despite his terrible
injuries and the bitter cold managed
10 crawl several miles TO Windhoek,
the nearest settlement
I want 10 open your eyes to the
real nature of our black brothers"
writes one colonist, Adolph Teuebener,
10 a relative here. They are not men,
but wild beasts. Words fail me to
describe the cruelties they practiced
on our coUntrymen. on helpless women
and children. Farmers who fell into
their hands in this district were tor
tured to death and their bodies were
mutilated, their arms being cut off
with axes. The women were treated
still more cruelty.
Frau Lange saw her husband done
TO death and was then compelled to
watch her four year-old child butcher
ed The Hereros placed the child in
? doorway and slammed the heavy
door until the life was crushed out OF
the body. ] could relate hundreds OF
cases equally horrible. In the immedi-
ate neighborhOOd Of Okahandja alone
1l3 persons were tortured 10 death.
God grant that some Of these black
demons may fall into our hands There
win be grim revenge then"
According TO authentic German re-
ports that grim revenge is being ex-
acted whenever the opportunity oc-
ours. ''Vorwaerts" declares that the
methods adopted by the German troops
are no better than those of the He
reros; that they shoot down men,
women and children indiscriminately
and after the engagements dispatch
the wounded
That this statement is no exaggera-
tion is shown by a letter from DR.
Baumgart volunteer with the Ger
man troops, who openly rejoices in the
war Of determination they are waging
and the part he has played in it.
NO quarter is given" he writes; the
enemy are ruthlessly shot down. for
our feelings are very bitter against
these savages. We found number Of
Hereros installed at the Hoffnung
farm. but when they saw our approach
they abandoned all their belongings
and fed. We, however hotly pursued
them and succeeded in cutting of four
or beaten to death.
Another fugitive, separated from
the main group, received two bullets
from my Browning pistol, which
wounded him. He crawled into the
bush, but i srrang of my horse and.
finding the spot where he lay, beat
him on the head with the butt end of
my rife until his skull was shattered.
Il wounded another Herero with
two pistol shots, and as he lay on the
ground another of our men came up
and smashed his skull with rife shot
which he fired at close range"
German authorities in the colonies
hotly resent the criticisms made by
the missionaries and declare that their
sympathy with the rebels has done
much 10 foment the rising. To which
the missionaries retort that the brutal
treatment OF the natives by the Ger