Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-16
SACK OF LOUVAIN
BELGIANS' FAULT
TOURIST ASSERTS
Residents Sniping Enrages
Germans and Frenzy of
Destruction EnsueS-War
Forced on Kaiser by Cen
eral Staff.

NEW YORK, Sept. s.--Responslbillty
in large degree for the destruction OF
Louvain was placed upon the Belgians
by +. w. Weinholt who was a surgeon
of the Belgian Red Cross when the Ger
mans made the attack on biege and was
later made a member Of the Red Corps.
Mr.. Weinholt arrived here on the Rot
terdam.
Just after the capture Of BieRe l was
forced to serve with the German Red
Cross" said MIR, Weinholt "and with
them proceeded to the French frontier.
There was little resistance on the way
with here and there some desultory skir-
mishing.
when We reached Louvaiu tho citizens
enraged because the Germans wantonly
shot six # the burgonasters, began TO
snipe the invader from aeropIanes and
windows OF the houses. The snipinS
brought about sacking and raziug Vt
Louvain. The German troops became
frenzed and fred the houses in short
order.
From there to the frontier the Ger
mans were resisted by about 10000 French
and English, but. as the invaders were
in the majority, the defenders fell back
gradually before the advance, wit
messed a day and half battle n"ar
the frontier The German tactics were
wonderful. First the infantry attacked,
and then came volley from the artillery.
] saw the Germans fire their cotton siege
gun The concussion was terrific. one
of the shells had dug a hole 30 feet
deep"
Henry Tietze superintendent of parks,
In Yonkers y. Y, brought back an aC-
count of narrowing experiences.
II was at Saarlois, in Lorraine, when
the battle OF Lorraine was fought" said
Mr.. Tietze. For four days the battle
ragged around that little city. once | saw
French aeroplane drop like a plummet
from the sky after the pilot had been
killed by German bullets 1t was a fas-
cinating sight
Several times I saw the French infan-
try on the heights melt into a mass OF
dead men under the deadly fire of the
German artillery. l witnessed battle
between the German and the Turcos in
the French army. The sight of the Afrl-
cans drove the Germans mad and. d!sre-
garding all instructions from their off,
GERS. they dashed in among the black
troops and cut them to bits with their
bayonets."
Lifton L. Lewis, a New York lawyer,
said the head of the German General
Stan had told him that the Kaiser al
most had to be forced into the war by
the star. The Kaiser would not believe
war was necessary and fought against
declaring It.
said Mr.. Lewis. land told him unless he
declared war they would not be RESPONSE
Bile for the consequences, as the Russians
were mobilizing, and that some OF the
Cossacks already were over the frontier.
The Kaiser, according to my information,
asked for an hour to think matters over,
as he was loath to plunge Europe into
war. The Kaiser shut himself UP and
when the staff saw him again he still
was averse to declaring war. He did
''tso .o24y when the staff forced upon him
the knowledge that Russia really was
making warlike demonstrations"
Professor Morris Jastrow, of the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. said that the
German Emperor was entirely misunder-
stood in this country, and that 1t would
fall to America to mediate the war. In
Germany, he stated there is not the
popularly supposed bravado. but every
one understands the seriousness OF the
situation.