El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-25

| people and even the garrison of Ma
I muir were less well disposed than the
/ men of Iiege to offer a strenuous re-
| sistance and so bring on their town
( the punishment 7 eted out by Ger
I mans to Liege.
BeIEians Feel Inadequate support.
There is undoubtedly some slight
| feeling among the Belgians that they
I have not been adequately supported
! h. the allies and that they have borne
the whole brunt OF the war IN the
north, but we cannot peheVe the Bel
I CLANS did less than their duty ana We
! exneet 10 hear that they were. attacked
by overpowering numoers-
/ -s'The possession Of Nomur was vital
for Germany and 1t was fine stroke
for the Germans to have rushed the
place under the eyes or the allied
arr7fas We still hope and believe
[ mat our counter offensive in the north
is only postponed and not abandoned
Reviewing the general situa5lon the
s,-1ert Doi1fs out that the allies in
Belgium are getting the full shock OF
the German army. he SAYS tnat II -
essential for Germany that sne snou-
deal a paralyzing blow IN tills s Irat
troops TO resist the Russian atlacA On
the PrussIan frontier.
Occupants Of Chureh shot
A Rotterdam dispatch to the Daily
Telegraph quotes letter WIltteh ~ d
Cerman army officer to the Dusseiuof-
Ter TagebIatt. in which he says
we are simply compelled 20 oU ,II
villages because civilians especla 4
women. shoot at our advancing t. .eell-
Yesterday civilians from a churcn tower
killed several of my men. we TOOK
prisoners all of the occupants OF the
church and shot them and burned sew
eraI houses to teach the civilians
lesson .. ....-..
to catch French snipers We hang them
on trees along the road.
10000 Belgians Killed
The Ostend correspondent Of the
Chronicle says that Beigium's losses
so far is estimated at 10000 killed No
estimate Of the APPALLING property loss
has been hazarded by the officials.
Industry everywhere is at standsUill-
says the correspondent Not single
factory or coal pit in the country has
been operated in three weeks and not
single penny in wages has Been re-
ceived BY the men engaged in the staple
activities of the nation since August l.
There is nothing but dire poverty,
distress and stagnation, even in the
areas untouched by the fighting
Singing, Charged With BayOnets.
The correspondent Of the Daily Mails
describes a visit among the French
who were wounded in the battles Of the
Vosges and have been brought to Vichy.
whose palatial hotels have been trans
formed into hospitals
4 talked with many OF these
wounded" he said Three men who
fought side by side said: It is proba-
bly, our own fault that We are here
Our major fell at the first volley and
Volleys, When We found ourselves I
without officers we, not bothering
about what was going on at the front /
rear or flank, fixed bayonets at 1900 [
Yards 4ndw ent at them singing all the |
way We we're just so yards from the /
enemy when we were downed.
Shell Fell on Knapsack.
In an adjoining cot was a sturdy I
peasant who told me this story:
At Grey a shell fell on my KNAPP !
sack. sending me sprawling face down /
ward. I did not stir. expecting every
moment TO be blown 10 atoms. After /
what seemed half an hour, seeing that i
ne shell had not exploded, I hunched /
ip my shoulders and the shell gently I
rolled off II is a pity IL was so big. /
IS otherwise I should have brought il j
back as a trinket for my sweetheart
Bodies Form Bridge for Cannon.
"a wounded artilleryman contributed
he following experience:
I witnessed one horrible scene. The
germans were shooting from the deem
trenches. Our artillery was doing ter
-lole work But as fast as a German I
lropped fresh man took his place IN
II bodies OF Germans were on a level
With the surface Of the earthworks. At /
ms moment q German battery was or
iered 10 advance. The heavy wheels
iank IN the trenches but the drivers
urlously lashed their horses and finally
ragged the guns across the human ]
ridge"
s4,OOO,0sO of Indemnity Raised.
A dispatch to the Times from Flush
ng says that 100000 towards the
var indemnity of $4,000, 600 demanded /
I the city Of Brussels by the German
as already been paid
II Is reported that the Germans in
'FusseIs blew up rramWay station |
ecause the directors Of the street rail-
'ay refused to grant certain requests.
Belgian Commander COurteouSIy
Treated.
The correspondent at Amsterdam NJ
-euters Telegram company sends a
tory taken from the Aachner Post. tell
u OF the courteous treatment Gen.
eman, commander OF the Iiege forts
7celFed at The hands OF Gen. Won FIN I
lch OF the German forces.
Gen Leman," the story runs. was /
yuma BY the Germans nearly suffo-
ited under the ruins Of a DESTROYED I
II me German officers treated him ]
lth the greatest friendliness' and tool /
m before Gen Won Emmich, to whom
ie Belgian handed over his sword
IN recognition OF Gen Leman's brave
'noucI IN a hopeless situation Cen
On Emmich returned his sword to him
-, aIter 4 short rest, he was taken
TN otner captiyes to Cologne"
says Italy Doesn't Plan War.
A dispatch to the Times from Rome Il
Us the Italian premier. signor. Salan-
a assured a committee of deputies II
al no mobilization was imminent in / n
alys and that If IL did occur later II U