The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-10-31
Nv JACQUES oBELs.

III III.
"a exactions press overland on
on S.0snondents, and It is impossible
ordinary means to get anything
~ Antwerp except by messenger
S,noo the invading force has fastened
~ settled rule upon the town. One
ovceptlon | might make. News sub
.S,,ed nv the German military gov.
ornor would stand good show OF
Gazing the light In foreign countries.
do not wish to imply that Teutonic
military supervision Of dispatches al.
uavs surpasses In severity that of
tho other warning nations; have lit.
,le doubt that, generally speaking, the
british censor is the most liberal In
Europe. Therefore, / have come to
London partly to get off this cable dis
match and partly because London is a
convenient halfway point on my way
hack to 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 a
pass from the military government is
necessary and the obtaining of this
pass makes necessary the fatiguing
search cross-examination and sus.
pense with which all who attempt TO
move about In the war zone are pain.
fully familiar I 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.
man soldiers we're 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.
tonlshed TO 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 ut their Ia.
bors and mingling In a simple way In
their home life.
Particularly was this true OF the
marines who. as learned. we're men
who had been recruited along the
Dutch frontier In Germany and hence
used dialect like that spoken I'm the
north OF Belgium. Here the people
naturally are reticent and distrustful,
but these Germans. with n speech like
their own, have done wonders In a
few days In winning their confidence.
AT the frontier Dutch and German
sentries are facing each other. Each
Is jealously on guard against the other
and together they present a stiff but
dramatic picture. The Dutchman OBJ
yously sympathize with the Belgians.
one OF their officers told me that the
sight OF the Belgians thronging over
the border and surrendering their
arms was enough TO move the hard.
est heart. Most OF them were bag.
gard. some were wounded and all were
dlsconsolate, Immediate measures
were taken TO feed the hungry and
provide comfortable quarters for all
IN neighboring training field.
Tells Of Lootlrg by Germans.
Now for my knowledge and opinion
respecting the atrocity stories.
VIII say at once that I have no knowl.
cage OF such acts. unless looting and
me placing OF civilians before attack.
lhg columns be considered atroclous.
30 Tar as know such acts may be
more or less Justifable In war and
certainly the Germans committed
mem' myself. as I cabled the other
uay' was forced. with half a dozen
o'her civilians. 10 march before Ger.
man Infantry in the streets OF Malines.
ana az ! 30 marched ! saw shops
broken Into by soldiers and thorough.
ly sacked.
II may be remembered by readers
VI the Daily News that was the first
correspondent TO discover and de-
scribe In detail the destruction OF
'ermonde. The looting there ! did
no' Sec but credible witnesses told
' nnat | believe to be an incontrovert.
' 'O'e story, Moreover. they showed
lage.
- Atrocities may have occurred In
Iethonde, but | found nobody who
s smned to have seen them. Cases OF
"eseu Wan'on and horrible cruelty
a oeen mentioned over and over
SAN nut my most jealous inquiries
va. TO verify such reports. Mind
you' ! cannot say that the reports
80 80 talse, Persons quite as trust.
, "o',ny as myself may say that they
r,nds no Proof OF Atrocities.
un'y say that was unable to find
a a,ool OF the atrocities, although /
rueSuy sought for IL. | will say
'''"ef 'hat' in my opinion. the atroci,
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