New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-09-25

Now, therefore, for the last time be
warned" etc., etc,
loot NJ the man of the campaign IN
France and YOU will see that the Ger
man line of communication runs
through Belgium. Over i'0OO,0VO yer yer
and ammunition By the roads and rail-
roads and wagon roads tnst run
through Belgium. -
If inc communications between the
German army in France and It's home
country are cut in Belgium the Germsn
army faces destruction. No army OF
/ GOD 900 can carry with 1t provisions
and ammunition for long nor IN these
days live of the country.
VIII Stop at Nothing.
Therefore the Germans will stop at
nothing TO make their communicatl9ns
safe behind them. doubt not thst
they would kill every one OF the 1'gVV,-
600 men, women and children IN bel.
GUM rather than lose their, army OF
600 900 in France. But ] doubt not
aIso. that IL the BelRians will leave the
German communications alone. no per-
sonal harm will come to them.
In SAYING that / think the Germans
have adhered to the laws Of war IN
Belgium, do not let me imply that tney
have been anywhere gentle or kindly
They have not. They have been stern
direct, merciless.
But war, even according to rule, IS
never gentle or kindly. 1t is hell, and
1t is ten times hotter hell in the coun-
try of the invaded than in the country
of the invader. If we in America do
not make all necessary sacrifices TO
keep whatever war we may have out OF
our country and in the country OF the
enemy, or on the ocean, we are the
uttermost fools.
Dreadnoughts may be $10,0OO,OOO
apiece wastefulness in times OF peace
they are worth half a billion dollars
apiece in times Of war.
Not Vandals or Huns.
To recapitulate, the Germans are not
the vandals, Huns, etc, they are &C
cused of being in this war
They have been too busy with the
business of war for that, but they have
fought terribly against their enemies,
whether uniformed or ununiformed.
The German army, as an organiza-
tion, has looted. 1t has imposed crush
ing war indemnities on Belgium, and
hopes to be able TO do the same with
France.
But the German private soldier, as
an individual, has not come in for any
of the loot, nor has he slaughtered Bel
gians, French and English, except, &C
cording to the regular rules and regu-
lations Of this DEVILS game of war.
As to the matter of dum-dum bullets:
have in my possession three dumdum
- Il
one English. The French and English
man General Staff. | cannot prove
they were found on British and French
prisoners. Maybe the Germans dun
dummed" the bullets themselves. But
it is the opinion of the five American
correspondents that these were bona
fide dum-dum bullets.
The British bullet, like the American,
German and Turkish, is sharp-pOinted,
wi ! the centre of gravity so far be-
hind that it turns in the wound, instead
of going straight ahead. The French
dunn DUN, or the one so described by
the German General Staff, was the reg
ulGtion nickel steel bullet of the French
army, with the nose followed out-sp-
parently by machinery, not by hand.
The German dum-dum was steel jack
eted, with lead nose. O.. is the favorite
cartridge of the German sportsman, as
it stops stays and bears quickly, and
it also fits the regulation German mill
tary rife. bought clip of these
bullets in a sporting goods shop in Ber-
lin. ! am informed that there are 50,-
900 cases of them in the empire. So if
the Kaise- decides to retaliate for what
he believes to be the use of dum-dums
by his enemies, he has the means at
hand
What a bloody business It is, this
war!