Evening journal., 1914-08-22
BY kARL H. Won WIEGAND,


lin correspondent of the United
Press:
by kARL II. Won WIEGAND,
United Press staff Correspondent
Three American girls-the Misses
Marion Park and Katherine Lord, of
Boston, and Miss Ida Langdon. of
Eimira. \ Y, went through the thick
of the German war zone just as the
Tatherland was striking its first blow
through Belgium Their stories. as
tolC me en- a train en- route to Rot
tcrdam. were full of praise for the
courtesy of German ofiicialdom, civil
and military in the first trying days
OF the war
1--WE we're in the Bavarian Alps
when We learned war was imminent"
said Miss Park we started for
London via. Cologne al once. When
We reached Cologne, il was apparent
that war was only a matter-Of hours
: Everywhere the greatest activity
was apparent and the population
was fevcrish with excitement. From
Cologne we reached the little village
of Dolhain on the Belgian frontier
between YerviCrs and AiX-la-Cha-
rclle The mobilization orders came
at that hour. and all trains we're
turned over to the military. We had
to disembark. There was no hotel
at Dolklin. so We gOJ a peasant
who had a little home ia the town,
10 take us in
In The Path OF War.
"The next morning we walked down
the road to the railroad junction and
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tire German army, advancing on Bel
gium. Throughout the entire day
/ thousands of men swung through the
4 little village. That night we began to
hear the roar Of cannons as the Ger
mans opened their attack on Liege.
The roar continued all through the
night, and almost without interrup-
tiOn during the next three days.
/ When there was a cessation, the very
( stiffness, after such a din was inde-
/ scribably impressive.
I'VE felt VIC were in the very path of
/ the war Licge was only few miles
distant We we're in touch with the
4 soldiers constantly. On the very first
day we were in Dolhain they assured
MS We would not be delayed They all
seemed confident there would be no
resistance from Belgium. We're only
marching through Belgium, one
s,rapping big German told me.
ION the second day, we saw the full
horrors OF war. with the bringing
through DOlhain, of the first wound
ed They were carried from the front
i'm automobiles. Meanwhile. the VIII
lage was left with only a scant hundred
soldiers all the remainder being or
dered to the fighting line. That same
day. far up in the sky. we saw a
French aerOplane. The guard in Dol
hahn signalied the machine. and, not
receiving a return. opened fire on it.
Tht mcnoplano was far above range
and so far as we could see. was unin-
jured by the hundreds of bullets fired
at it. This was the only aerial craft
we saw, but German soldiers told me
latter that several had been maneu-
vering overhead and that their shoot
ing and brought one down.
Stories Of Cruelty.
with the arrival of the wounded
we began to hear terrible stories OF
the cruelty Of the Belgian peasants tc
wounded and helpless Germans. We
saw a captain, two other officers and
fifteen men brought in who said they
were sleeping in a house when they
were suddenly attacked by the vii
layers. The peasants forced theil
way into the house, and without rous
ing the soldiers. attempted to slaugh-
ter all as they slept. These same
wounded and others told us horrible
stories Of cruelties to German wound
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