Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1914-11-16

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ports before us as TO patients who
have been maitreated by the Germans
being in this hospital. but no such
fases have been admitted here ut all"
Another variant OF the same legend
came to my ears a few days LATER. II
was the tale OF a. lady who. when call
Ing ON friend who had taken two
Relgian refugee children. was shocked
to find that both Of them had had their
hands cut of. On the game day, from
aniet different source. I heard Of a
lady who had offered to take Belgian
cnild, ana round, on going up to COM
plete arrangements, that tho child
allotted to her had been similarly mn
tiihted. Utterly upset BY the discovers,
she declared that she could not posn!hiy
take into her home a child In thet
condition. "ph. y do Wish you would"
said the relief worker. 1--WE have 30
many of them" Whereupon a letter
to the secretary Of the war refugses
committee brought this answer:
''We are in receipt of your letter in
which seu inquire with reference 10
certain alleged nutilat!ons to Belgian
refugees. In reply we beg TO inform
you that the director OF public prose-
eutions 10 making al Inquiries regard
Ing these rumors, and as yet We have
not heard Of any confirmation OF the
same"
The public prosecutor might perhaps
turn his attention also 10 the Official
Press Bureau, which issued o story. on
1hs es salSa1 e lfi1fs tss Ger 9sG
whom the Germans had shot for re
fuslng 70 tell whether there were any
French troops In q nelghboriug forast
In letter 10 the press. j, A.NItobson
pointed out that the word airhnzos-
Inns" translated little FreneA lad."
man subject Of french preclIvites, who,
according 70 the laws 81 war was thus
Justly punished for taking the enemy's
side. But the Rress Bureau has ,lpt
thought 1t worth while to withdrew
lis misstatsment. much less to ap9lo-
gISe for II.
The same reekleasness about truth is
to he seen in tho loose way in whirh
rumors are circulated respecting the
artecedents Of British subjects ana the
management of british business flrms-
1t has been a common thing since the
war broke out TO see In the pe%spRpsrs
advertisements regulating, mlsehisy-
per With the reputation of the Man
chester Guardian has found It desirable
to offer reward Of $4,000 for ertdfnSe
that Will lead to.the conviction 81 per
sons who started q libelous report that
II has been fpapced by Germans
One of the most eaifylng EXAMPLES Of
the elevation Of spiritual tone dus 10
the war comes from Edinburgh. 1rYpne
had been asked to mention the most
saintlY-minded among contemporary
British preachers, the man most eX-
empt from partisan bias and ,npst.-qt
home in the rare atmosphere OF tile
inystics, one would have pointed to
lr lar 10 nf Hn Nf,fk xsN = In
exposition Of William Law and Sanliiel
NUMERICAL. and the author OF much
other devotional literature Of high
quality Yet here are some extracts
from recent sermon OF Or. WHITES;
THE real and the true, iAnot abso-
lutely the sole, cause Of this present
smtqt ~ y psss s6d tns
who now sits fon the throne Of Ger
many and asserts his will as the sole
soyereigR oyer that unhappy country
"He is wllfulIy and sinfully blind
who does not SEQ that 1t is simply the
German Ilaisers satanic contempt for
belgium, and his satanic seorn of
France and his satanic envy and ha-
many first into one great armed camp,
and then has hurled her armies against
this country and against all her peace
full allies"
When religious teacher OF Or.
Whyte's quality can allow himself to
speak in this fashion, Is It any Won
der that the man in the street is giving
way more and more to suspicious and
haired of everything and everybody
that has any sort Of German label? At
hberystwith an angry crowd makes a
hostile demonstration in front OF the
house of veteran German professor
distinguished orientaltst,t who has
spent nearly forty years In the service OF
higher education In Wales--and' de-
NAMES that lie shall leave the town. In
pelplford, q mob Of 5000 persona occp-
pics itself from 10 O'clock OF q Satur-
day night uafil nearly 8 O'CLOCK the
next morning In, %rscking and loetlns
shops over which appear German
names, and is only dispersed by q force
RI 200 police assIsted by $50 members
Of the Airy Service Corps. Pfes4ma-
bly, this Is ono OF the t'other $sas5sp
which Eli sykes has found Nd declare
himself on the sidS of the R,sht.''l3,