The Glenwood post., 1914-10-03
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necessary ~ hostile aets On the part
q civilians.
TAess conclusions are the outcome
q shssrvatioo Of German methods. In
ths course Of which visited prsc-
tscally Ill parts ef Belgium whore
German troops passed on their way 70
~ French frontier.
Not only vas 1t impossible 70 verify
he gossip Of tAa countryside. but in
most Instances The troops were found
y have suffered fr00 midnight an
buscaAss. a.A civilians we're found to
have ArsA iA tie Aark o. odoers and
rssa, 70 have cot q the ears Of Ger
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elaa v0laos sessssay tve tseostsrs
froa Tie FrsncA froatier. vhsa Lieu
tenant NnisA1orfsr. Temporary com
nander Of The village, threw himself
In . chair opposite me with . tired.
dejected exDeesssoo. He stared :or
moment at the table. then sx-
claimed:
'T have tust had . disagreeable
task. ordered two persons to be
shot. They were old. more than sew
enty, q man and . woman. Their age
alone should have entitled them to
cIemency. But It was impossible.
The law Of war is inexorable."
What did they do!" l asked.
Fed poisoned coffee to my SOL
diers." he exclaimed. with blazing
eyes. Mean. dirty business. They
confessed It and they died"
1t was the law Of war. 1t 10 the law
Of war. too. that . man who harbors
contestants Or who Ares on troops
shall have his house burned over his
head II 10 the Aw Of war likewise
that . city which plans an snbuscads
and fires on soldiers shall - burned.
had heard q German eruelties
from Belgian soldiers On the retreat
Of the columns 10 Aalfnss. I'D been
told that lArn hooses haA bssn ruth.
lsssly dsseroysd. Peasants moving
aloag tie countrywide with their lit
tie bundles Of goods had reiterated
the story. but NO one had been able
to give nrst hand Information. Cos.
sip pointed to Landen - the souros
Of some Of The rumoss, yet the burgo
master Of Laadsa. Octave Remarques
who had tntsfvieved the German
troops and knew what had occurred In
his part of Brabant, said that the Ger
mans had bssn courteous to . marked
degree. had paid for their entertain.
meat had DlIlaesd no homes and had
asked no fAvoss. 2
He had heard Of one shooting. thai
ot Q DeaSlaA farmer WAo had cut
hsass n HI sAuttsss oat oS which to
aro a& ~ 0er0aAs. aAA he AaA . SOS
DSeSoa that sAo farmer niGnt have
bssn svsa more seriously implicated
0ahooQusatly pasood tAroaG1
doosas Il Belgian villages. so0stimsa
With the German troops and so1s
t4nes aftse they had passsd. and fos
I've AAys rsaaaiasd IN tAe town 81
D1nehe, famed foe NJ annual carnival
while tho1aAA1s q ia1AAtry aAd cav
alry soldiers aaA Al1es Of tzaAsDoeta
proceeded to ths Hf00aA boedae.
From Nivellss tAs roats lay throzg1
SsneRs, MonaOs aAl YAytAssSsas
thence to La Loavssre, Mas3emont
Morlanwels, Pistoa. BhcAo. Nerbes
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