Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-11
BELGIAN ENJOYS
RECITE ALLEGED
GERMAN WRONGS
King Albert's Commission, Here
to Protest to Wilson, Tells
of outrages.
kAISER'S MESSAGE TO
PRESIDENT ATTACKED
Lie Passed Over German En-
peror's Charge That Civilians
Fired on His Soldiers.
BY the Associated Press.

NEW YORK, Sept. 11.--A partial
hst of the alleged German atrocities
IN Belgium, against which the Belgian
KING mas sent a protest to President
wilson. was made public today by
Count Louis de Lichtervelde, secre-
tary of the Belgian commission bear
Ing the protest. The commission
reached this city today on the Celtic
on its way to Washington.
At Linsmeau when the Germans en-
tered the village two uniformed
gendarmes attacked the Germans.
Count de Lichteryelde says I'm re-
venge the village was invaded on the
night of August 10. Two farms were
destroyed; the crops were destroyed
or carried away; six houses were
burned and all the men were COM
pelled to hand over their arms.
II was found that none had been
discharged recently, and finally the
men were separated into three de-
tachments. Two of the detachments
disappeared. A third, consisting of
eleven men, were driven at the point
OF the bayonet into ditch, and when
they were piled in the German SOL
diers set upon them and beat their
brains out with the butt ends of their
rifles. The eleven battered bodies were
Blow Generals Head OF.
"On August Il, after the battle of
Haelen, Colonel Van Damme, COM
mander of Belgian regiment. was
lying wounded on the battlefield. He
was unable to move. Several German
soldiers found him and, placisg their
reyolvers against his mouth, blew his
head off.
"At Boucelles, the German troops
went into battle carrying the Belgian
flag.
"On August no the German cavalry
raided the town of Velen, while the
inhabitants slept. One instance of
what they did may be cited in the
case of a man named Deg'imme,
whose house was fired and looted.
He and his wife were taken from the
house half-naked. He was dragged
away in one direction, she in another.
She was released when two miles
away and told to run. When she ran
the German soldiers fired at her. but
she escaped the bullets and staggered
back to the site of her ruined home
in a pitiable condition. Her husband
also was released and fired upon
when he ran. He was found, NOR
tally wounded, next day on the road
outside the town.
Count de Lichtervelde said he had
read the statement attributed to the
German emperor, in which 1t was said
that harsh treatment of Belgians was
made necessary in some cases be-
cause Belgian civilians fired on Ger
man soldiers.
Lie Passed to Kaiser.
ST do not see how it's possible for
q man to lie So" Count de LIGHTER
velde said.
Members of the commission said
that as soon as they had officially
presented their protest and statement
to President Wilson they would be
free to discuss the war situation as 1t
relates to Belgium. Count Louis de
Lichteryelde, secretary of the COM
mission, said:
81 have read what is said to be the
statement of Emperor William that
Belgian citizens fired on German SOL
diers. Except in isolated eases this
is not so. With the breaking out of
the war King Albert issued an Off
cial proclamation which was distrib-
uted in large posters in all the cities,
commanding civilians to take no part
in the fighting. The same notice was
carried in the daily newspapers.
'1 was in Antwerp about August 20
when German aircraft passed over the
city and dropped bombs. One of these