The Detroit times., 1914-08-22
ABILITY OF ALLIES
TO STOP ADVANCE is
QUESTIONED
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present no Official will speculate on
The object of this move.
The Times military expert In dis
tussing the movement OF the Ger
mans says there Is little doubt that
he German armies are being hurled
i the gap between Mons and Charlie.
OF. He then says;
1T Is certain many OF the troops
hat presented the imposing spec
acle at Brussels were perfectly
resh They are an important part
II that vast army which Germany
or 10 days has effectively screened
behind her desperate lighting forces.
This army Is destined to be hurled
nto France. Having overcome the
belgian defense the German army
Will now take the line of least resist
nee and push the invasion of France.
There Is no doubt that great
battle Is raging On its outcome de-
bends everything. II the Germans
rain the advantage the allies will
have to form along their second line
we'll inside of the French frontier.
I the allies win the Germans must
all back facing the fire OF the, Namur
Ind Liege forts, which are still held
by the Belgians. The situation Is
Fery critical and the public must
bot expect too much"
with the arrival of the wounded,
We began to hear terrible stories OF
he cruelty OF the Belgian peasants TO
wounded and helpless Germans. We
raw captain, two other officers and
s men brought in who said they were
leeping In a house when they were
suddenly attacked by the villagers.
The peasants forced their way into
he house, and without rousing the
Boldiers, attempted to slaughter all as
hey slept. These same wounded and
others told us horrible stories of cru
elites to German wounded at the
hands OF Belgians to whom they were
eft for treatment.
From what we saw ourselves and
bur talk with the German wounded,
we are convinced there Is much more
ruth In the German charges Of Bel
dan inhumanity and violation of the
rules of civilized warfare than the Bel
gian charges against the kaiser 8
troops. Possibly this Belgian cruelty
brought terrible retribution from the
enraged German soldiers. That is
conceivable.
THE peasants in Dolhain were pas
Bive and sullen. But those In nearby
Villages were said to be ferocious
against the invaders. We were near
he town of Wise, which has since been
burned by the Germans because OF
EAe- constant AaFfassing- of Germans
by villagers.
"As the roar OF cannon continued
and constant stream of German
troops poured through Dolhain we
began to get uneasy. Food was be-
coming scarce. We went to the Ger
man frontier, but were refused per-
omission to cross back on German soil
and then came back TO the village OF
carried. The German captain COM
manding the guard there was kind
mess itself He tried to do everything
for our comfort, and finally wrote US
q pass on sheet torn from pocket
notebook That was veritable life
saver. IL enabled us to cross to Ger
man soil again. We went to Aria
Chappelle The American consul
There, to whom we applied for pass
ports. said our German army officers
pass was more potent than anything
he could supply. We had the police
stamp this sheet Of note paper, and
| II took us to Berlin without trouble. "
Miss Park was enthusiastic In her
praise of the courtesy of German sol
ldiery.
"In Dolhain" she said, there was
an English woman and her little child,
ketaying, like us, at a peasants home.
THE soldiers were kindliest In their
Treatment officers came around daily
1 and asked II she were comfortable;
| II she had enough bed clothing to
4 keep herself and her child warm, and
offered food from their army mess II
/ Il was needed. Owing to the war with
England. she was not permitted to
cross the frontier into Germany again.
During our trip from Cologne to
Berlin we passed rs military trains
IN "a hours. Everything passed of
IKE clockwork.
Although we were In the center OF
things, We can only testify to the
greatest courtesy and consideration
Of every German with whom we came
/ In contact Despite congestion at the
rrailroad stations, the officials were
never too busy to help us, and the
E)soldiers gave us the kindliest treat
ment, It's an experience We wouldn't
want again. and yet wouldn't have
missed for worlds
PARIS. Aug. 22.---The enormous In
vading German army which now dom
mates most OF Belgium Is moving
against the French frontier. The war
ONCE admits that the allied army IL
about to feel the full weight OF the
German strength as its outposts have
been forced back by sheer weight OF
numbers. All information regarding
where the lighting Is now in progress
10 withheld, but there Is no mistakine
the seriousness OF the war chiefs who
are In constant touch with the front.
The admission that the Germans are
now In 30 great force that II has been
necessary for the French to retire
from Lorraine shows that the hope OF
Thanking the German army Of the MO-