Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-09-02
THE HORRORS OF WAR
Women I'LL Treated Boys Mutilated
And People Starving


/ Londor Sept I'm IN interview
last night the Belgian n:aister OF
Justice Carton de Warts who is in
London on his way to Washington
as head of special mission from
King Albert to President Wilson to
protest against Germany's. violations
of the laws of war saiG:
The burning Of small villages
without any military necessity by the
Germans; their massacre Of women
and children. the kidnapping by SOL
diers of young girls and the carry
ing off of civilian men into practical
slavery in the German harvest fields
is unexplicable. Most terrible of all
however was the case of two peas
ants near Dieste en- August 10 who
were buried alive head downwalds
because they refused to net as guides
to the invaders. For similar Of
fensc during the same week the
aged sexton of the village, church at
Aerschot was tied to a tree and
burned:
We also have indisputablc evil
dence with sworn affidavits Of eye
witnesses of hundreds of cases Of
wanton shooting and bayonettins Of
terrosized peasants all through the
battle zones. Belgian men women
and children are still lying unburied
where the Germans are in control.
Paris cpt 2.-Mrs Herman H.
Harics wife cf the Paris banker
who with other American women
has been deeply interested in relief
work Yesterday visited the North
Railroad station and was shocked by
the sights she saw among the Eel
1t was by far the saddest sight
Mrs. Harjes presented the aspect OF
a shamble 1t was the saddeSt sight
J ever saw. 1t is impossible to be-
lieve the tortures and crueltics the
moor unfortunates had undergone. !
saw many boys with their hands
cut off so that it was impossible for
them To carry a gun. Everywhere
was filth anli utter desctation. The
helpless little babies lying on the
cold wdt cement floor and crying
for proper hourishment was enough
TO bring llJ11 'tte:.-s % a!TJ- mother
ewes. Mothers were vainly besieT-
inc the authorities begging for milk
or soup. A mother with twelve chill
dren said: What is to become of US
II seems impossible to suffer more.
saw my husband bound to lamp
post. He was gagged and being tor
tured by bayonets When I tried
to intercede in his behalf was
knocked senseless with rifle l
never saw him again.
London Sept "A Rotterdam dis
patch to the Star says, !:
Travellers from Louvain report The
roadsi,:es strewn with thousands OF
starving women and children Some
ara nearly naked having fled from
their homes in the night Residents
are still being executed when shots
are fired in the town against GER
man troops.
Nish Servia Sept 2-The following
official announcement was made yes
tertay by the Servian government
Shubats has been sacked by the Aus
trian army in a barbarous manner
On the two principal streets there is
not a house that has not been looted
and damaged Part Of the city was
burned Whether they passed the
Austrians left a, trail Of ruin anu
mourning They took hostages from
every village"
Amsterdam, Sept 2-Devastation
spread by the Russians in East
Prussia has wrecked the German
corn market according to reports
from Berlin, and no supplies can
reach the capital