Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-09-10
OFFICIALS SILENT
ON KA|SER'S NOTE
Presidents Reply to Protest
Against Use Of Dumdum Bull
lets Not Yet Announced.

Reticence was maintained at the White
House and the State Department today
regarding Emperor Williams cabled pro-
test to President Wilson against the use
by the allied army of dumdum bullets,
and the participation in the war by Bel
gian civilians. The text is printed in
another column. It was known that the
President had received the message, and
that he was considering his reply. 1t
could not be learned whether the Presi-
dents answer would be made public to-
day.
Emperor William did not ask Presi-
dent Wilson to take any action. it was
learned, but simply laid before him the
emperor's contentious in relation to the
controversy resulting from alleged afro
cities by the German army in Belgium.
emperor William also expressed deep
regret at the destruction of the Belg an
city of Louvain. The emperor's explana-
ton of the incident is understood to
have been prompted because of knoWl-
edge that an official commission was on
: way from Belgium to acqua- MT the
sident with the Belgian side of the
case.
Presidents Reply Not Known.
It is not known what reply President
the Washington government toward
the protest of this kind in the present
war has heretofore been one of q neu-
trail auditor. All the beliigerents are
anxious to lay their protests before the
American government, because they
wish through it to reach the court Of
public opinion. Realizing this as their
chief desire. the administration has not
attempted to pass upon the merits of
any Of the protests. leaving the dis
cussion of means of ending such ex-
cesses as are complained Of to future
International conferences.
The use of the dumdum bullets and
the unnecessary destruction Of prop
erty are specifically prohibited by arti-
cles of The Hague convention. The
only penalty provided for violating
at the end of the war upon the coun-
tries guilty of such violations.
At the French embassy denial not
only was made that the allies had been
using dumdum bullets, but the opinion
was expressed that no manufacturer
in France was able to make such bull
lets.
Germans Save Pictures.
according to wireless message from
Berlin, given out at the German en-
bassy last night, "Frankfurter Zeitung
reports that German officers. while
Louvain was burning, brought pictures
from the Cathedral to the town hall for
protection.
I'm Aix-La -Chapelle five American re-
porters are detained who have followed
the German army through Belgium
secretly under great difficulty. They
are all full Of indignation against Bel
gian lies and praise the humane con-
duct of the German troops.
Yesterday at the foreign Office in
Berlin dumdum bullets in their original
package. among them parcels with the
English stamp, were shown to thirty
foreign journalists: pointed copper pro-
jectiles for Lebel rifle points, deeply nick
ed on either side SO as to break upon i'm
pact: packages of steel-mantelled bullets
Of later model. still in original package.
had noses cut sauarely off. holes of five
milimeters diameter, seven deep drilled
perpendicularly.
''On August 20 two German cuirassiers
fred upon an approaching automobile
with officers, Russians surrounded the vii
lage. separated males above fifteen years
into two groups despite magistrates pro-
testati0ns that civilians had not partici-
pated in the shooting" (This sentence
was apparently incompleted in transmits
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