The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-09-27
CAMPAIGN OF ATROCITIES
PRACTICED BY GERMANS
Charges Made I'm Documents Drawn
Up by Various French
Officials.
cory 10 STATE DEPARTMENT.
destruction aud Assussiiations Sys-
S tenatic and Performed in Accord
ancc With Orders and Not as Re
suit OF Lack Of Discipline.

WASHINGTON. September 20 III,
Fr"nch ambassadors. jules Jusscrand
made public to-day sum':try OF ten
documents drawn up 10y various French
officials accusing the German sold!ery
oi'a Systematic campaign Of atrocities
IN" documents, which Ncr" placed in
me hands of Acting Secretary Lansing
~ ia" stat" Department. by thc am
bhSSndor. W"r" .,lao delivered t., an
siguatori"s of IN" lagur con"",tion
icttcr aiso was sent cXpiainiu.-
mat TIA" Ir"H"h isvvcrnincris ia MOI
TAX" ~" STOP wit!i tia. view of demand
ing any action on The part Of Tho Uri,ci
States, but merely to report {" this
'"uhirN. az - sisnatory of The Iingus
ilcatN. "vth"nC" of how the TREATY ~.
being carried out
Ihe statement OF the ambassador fol
lUws
by order Of the government nf tbo
iFl"nch republic. IA series OF oni,i.,I ,c
P"i'h as 10 tn" way IN which Tn. pres
eng war IL being carried on I'm nc
Ff"""h territory by German lro6ns
nave h""H communicated 10 ihe ,.c,yers
WI" SiGned tn litGuo convention. mo
United states boiiiu ono Of ,u.n,
TlleSc documents. ton In ,,,,,hc,
'i'"N 'l'Ht Vie destruction ana assassin
afi"hs Whi"h haVr taken place have
HNS'tin"nc, and performed In nc
v"rdahce with orders from tho o,Jjccr.
ahd not as the result OF an ;,cn,,,.,,.,i
BACK Of discipline
m" facts iuotcd are given ouly ns
s!inbi"t. and not as con,pl,t.. ,u,,ner.
ION 'h"i cover. moreover. only a.
.r lnrS. weeks after the beginning
l"S'iiiticH 1.-TWO weeks OF actual
warfare and worse decd. lava 49,,
committed since
SHOTS FIRED AGAINST
FACEs OF WOUNDED.
such AZ they are. they show anon.
81
H"Nv becii finished in largo tt1,nber.
~ Shot jircd right against tho face az
~ wounded. thai pont-a Nous.ou an
"p'h ahd Undetermined town, was BON. 4
~ "eu' INC hospital, which is AN his
t"ifcti building, having cspccialIv ar
Tered. a number Of Villages ,,,n,',.
'hcin farcux and AGIevillc hay. hc.n
"''hooicany destroyed. house by hou.n
ICING az IL Seems, provided. /,
H'Nn lnnitinehts enabling them To per I
ns,, IN. ktnu or work with Il mini
""ll or trouble. nurses bearing cnn-
splcuously the badge OF the I'D C,nss
tl'' f" pccn assassinated; numerous in
w. "'''"'s nave been put 10 death with.
~ "FeteNt or rrovocation tamonr
m"""'' al Hadomviilcr. the wife of the
~ W. some cases notably at Bil.
- "ii IN" tenth OF AuEuei the German,
't""pS, "hrn they marched out az th
ptce TO charge the French trno,,.
male IN" women aud children walk ~,
'l'Ht 90 thftn.
Attention ~ called. as regards sucb
deeds. 10 two texts: Article m ~ th.
convention OF The Hague. which was
proposea by the Germans themselves.
s''ttS mat Tie belliserents who tni,,ht
ranAe such destruction Us those men 5
''vheh above would be bound 10 indcm.
'''N 'he Interested parties. and would ,
he responsible for any acts commiiteJ !
b. members of his army
IN ne second place, even II civilians
,nI 'ahcn arms upon the Invasion OF !
'Ichch territory, by the Germans
3hi,h was nowhere the case. thew Z
N"uln nave been within their rights y
''n 'hc kliilhE OF them Wholesale would n
ave been undcfenda bic; for Article ~ :
u INC same convention reserves TO tile /.
'opuiation OF n non occupied TERRITORY
lie right. on the approach the enemy. g
spontaneously TO take arms and repel =
He invading troops 2
Appended to this convention. besides Q
ne signature OF tho United states
rance and many other countries a. 2
. he found that OF Germany" n