Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-11-17

young lady OF this city from her aunt
in Germany. The writer is, Of course,
extremely biased and allowances
must be made, but its interest lies in
the clearness of its expression of the
German viewpoint. 1t follows:
Boarding School of St. Michaels Con
vent.
Dear Caroline:
On the 18th of September. We re-
ceived your dear letter. In accord
ance with your wishes, you snail
dear niece, receive news from us. n
war among nations, the like of which
the world has never seen. has broken
out. A world of enemies surround
us. France, England and Russia have
urged us into an unjust war. And
Belgium, through her breach of nen'
trality, was also forced into war
There is not a family out of which
at least one member has not followed
the call to arms; here the father Is
missing. there the son. there the pro-
ther; not seldom do the parents see
two, three, five, yes, eight sons hur-
rying to the colors. Then they sa!
Germany, our dear fatherland. is
fighting for an unjust cause. me
murder of the nobleman at SeraleVo
in Servia was the cause which crled
to heaven for vengeance. Our En-
peror. William H.. tried to preserve
peace until his love Of peace began
to be abused, then he, as the supreme
ruler eff the army. gave out MEM
orable appeal: A sad hour has. al
the present time broken out over Ger
many. Enemies all around us urge
us to yindicatio1. We thrust our
swords in our hands. ! hope that III
our efforts will not avail i'll the last
minute in bringing the enemies lol
their senses and preserving peace,
that we will use our swords IN sucn
a manner that with honor We Will
again thrust them into the scabDaru.
I, therefore. recommend YOU to God.
Go to church. kneel down before your
God and ask Him for help for our
good army of men. The war will cost
the faithful. brave German soldiers
an enormous amount Of property and
blood. The enemy. however. we Will
show what it means to attack Ger
many"
Thus He Spoke.
Thus our emperor spoke. And
what a fine example did the men
capable of bearing arms Immediately
give. All prepared themselves for
the arduous task by devoutly receiv'
ing the sacraments. This faith, this1
Willingness to give sacrifice and this
trust in God will bless our army, just
so much more, inasmuch is this spirit
of devotion is not found in the en-
envy. We trust that Ruler who dwells
on high, who is guiding the men in
battle. will give the victory to that
side whose cause is most just Our
brave multitude, which still numbers
in the millions, are offering prayers
day by day and raising their hands
to Heaven asking for help. You, too,
help us, pray, dear niece. Up to the
present time our troops have pro.
crossed in a manner which is remark
able. The whole of Belgium, with
the exception of Antwerp, is in its
hands. The Russians. who have ad-
vanced over the eastern borderland,
have after several attacks been re-
pulsed back over the boundary, and
in France, although aided by Eng
land, our troops are continually press.
ing forward; they are now near Par.
is, Also. against the English fleet
they have up till today nothing to re.
cord but victory.
We have at present in the German
empire 100000 prisoners of war, Rus
slams. French. English and Belgians
These nations are carrying Oh mode
OF warfare which is not in accord
with the rules of civilization; war
compared with which the terrors OF
the wars in early history are as moth.
ing. They ignore the rights of the
people and the rules of warfare The
method Of war should be wherein one
army attacks another. Thus in law.
But what are the Belgians doing, and
the French? When after many dead.
ly battles and skirmishes the fortif-
cations are taken by the German sol,
diers, the inhabitants of the place
will open fire upon the soldiers. boot.
ing from the easements, windows,
kitchens and even from the house.
tops. And who are committing these
depredations? Not the soldiers from
the enemy's army, but the inhabit-
ants OF the place; women, men, small
boys and girls from TO to 1G years OF
age. In Louvain, 200 German SOL
diers We're the victims of a gruesome
murder plot conducted by the civil
ians themselves, the greater part of
them We're murdered just as they re-
tired for the night. simultaneously
with the shooting at Louvain, there
began in all the adjoining villages a
murderous onslaught on the German
soldiers. In Louvain there are about
$50 Eelgians, among them about half
are women, who are in German cap.
tivity; in Liege over 120 and in Brus.
sci more than $50 Belgians are held
as prisoners, these having fired upon
the German soldier in ambush and
murdered the wounded ones through
brutal mutilations.
Submerged Dum.Dum Bullets,
The French, as, we'll as the Bel.
CLANS, use in open war the so-called
dum.dum weapons, the use of which
all nations have expressly prohibited.
These weapons bear the stamp of
gruesomeness; they inflict Jagged,
open-mouthed wounds. which, accord.
ing to the statement of the doctors.
cannot be healed, and pierce into the
bone and flesh with their entire
length Our firearms infict wounds
which are easily healed, so the doc.