The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-10-31
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- evactions press overheard on
aA s.osnondents and II Is impossible
ordinary means to get anything
NJ Antwerp except by messenger
o 'noo the INVADING force has fastened
gs settled rule upon the town. One
'~,ontion I might make. News sub
sd,,ed BY the German military gov
NOR would stand good show OF
.oolng the light In foreign countries.
: do not wish to imply that Teutonic
,,uitarv supervision OF dispatches al.
woys surpasses in severity that OF
..a other warning nations; ! have ~.
fla doubt that. generally speaking, the
pritlsh censor is the most liberal in
rnrope. Therefore, have come to
rondon partly to get off this cable dis
match and partly because London is a
convenient halfway point on my way
hack 10 the Belgian front. Briefly,
wish TO discuss the alleged atrocities
whether supposedly committed against
Germans or by Germans.
on the Road to Holland.
Getting out OF Antwerp under the
rule OF the kaiser is much easier than
Getting in. as the barriers erected out.
side the city gates and the sentries
turn one back. For a special exit
PASS from the military government is
necessary and the obtaining OF this
pass makes necessary the fatiguing
search. discrimination and sus-
pense with which all who attempt to
move about in the war zone are pain
fully familiar. / ran the gauntlet all
right and eventually found myself on
the road to Holland. that road which
has been Redeemed by the bleeding
feet OF disinherited men and women.
striving TO save their children and
some pathetic remnant OF their house
hold necessities.
Dlsmount the Belgian Guns.
When left Antwerp the outer forts
we're scenes OF great activity. Ger.
nan soldiers were dismounting the
Belgian guns and lining them up on
the roadside preparatory to sending
them away. possibly to the western
front. As | passed along I was as
tonished 10 find how the Germans
we're making friends with the natives.
Apparently. they are doing everything
they can TO win the confidence OF the
Belgians. assisting them at their la.
bors and mingling in a simple way in
their home life.
Particularly was this true OF the
marines who. as learned. were men
who had been recruited along the
Dutch frontier IN Germany and hence
used dialect like that spoken In the
north OF Belgium. Here the people
naturally are reticent and distrustful,
but these Germans, with a speech like
their own. have done wonders in
few days In winning their confidence.
At the frontier Dutch and German
sentries are facing each other. Each
Is iealously on guard against the other
and together they present a stiff but
dramatic picture. The Dutchman OBJ
viously sympathize with the Belgians.
One OF their officers told me that the
sight Of the Bslgians thronging over
the border and surrendering their
arms vas enough TO move the hard.
est heart. Most OF them were bag.
gard, some were wounded and all were
disconsolate. Immediate measures
we're taken 20 feed the hungry and
provide comfortable quarters for all
IN a nelghboring training field.
Tells Of Lootira by Germans.
Now for my knowledge and opinion
respecting the atrocity stories
VIII say AZ once that I have no knowl-
edge OF such acts. unless footing and
the placing OF civilians before attack
hg columns be considered atrocious
10 TAR as | know such acts may be
more or less tustifiable in war and
certainly the Germans committed
ITEM. myself. as | cabled the other
Jay vas forced. with half a dozen
other civilians, 10 march before Ger
nan Infantry IN the streets OF Malines
ana az [ 80 marched I saw shops
broken into by soldiers and thorough
iy sacked
10 may be- remembered by readers
OF the Daily News that I was the first
correspondent 10 discover and de
scribe In detail the destruction o.
'ermonde The looting there dc
1ot ses, but credible witnesses told
Huat / believe to be an incontrovert
'0'e story Moreover. they shove,
'umlstaSa0le results OF wholesale pill
age.
atrocities may have occurred Il
Lernonde, but / found nobody VIII,
1,a'med 20 have seen them. Cases o
'''esea wanaOn and horrible cruelt!
ave oeen mentioned over and owe
SAN 5ur my most jealous inquiries
.1''su 20 verify such reports. Min,
-ou / cannot say that the report
're iaise. Persons quite as trust
.orthy as myself may say that the,
lrs true
r'nda no Proof Of Atrocities.
Du'y say that / was unable to fin,
1ol of the atrocities, although
a-ues'iy sought for it. ] win sa
''ef mat, in my opinion. the atroci
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