El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-09-03

z oNDON, Eng, Sept San the
work OF the Berlin lies bureau"
declares stephen Black, CORE
spondent Of the Daily Mall at Rotter-
dam. has been undone in the last few
days, for no word hat h Wolff
agency a pen viii unsay the deeds
OF the German army in Belgium. II
any decent p-ro-Prussians were left in
Holland they have been converted by
uhe bloody holocaust at Louvain-
H. W Rutgers, the manager Of
the Louvain waterworks. who escaped
with his wife and W children, tells
OF old and young being burned alive
by the Germans, Of streets lined with
slaughtered people and Of cellars Of
houses filled with trembling innocent
people who were awakened at night by
Wholesale murder and on
the part Of the German troops.
The story Of this independent
Dutchman forms the most hideOus,
"uuspeakable crime Of the century. he
wishes America to know the truth
about the German ehavior to mis-
companion, whom I also interviewed.
This man is a western American. and
although he is used to Witnessing
never witnessed anything equal to
even a single incident Of the German
brutality at LOuvain-
Dutch Are Mortified.
The Dutch press is filled today
with awful details Of the great crime,
and an overwhelming wave Of reac-
ton against Germany has been ere
ated. The Telegraf says:
Neutral or not. a protest must be
made TO the civilized people against
the destruction of high culture by the
German soldiers. wen If II IS true
that shots were fired at the German
troops by inhabitants of the town, the
devastation of the Oldest and noblest
university town is a revelation Of
b~arbarity, for through this destruc-
ton not only were the inhabitants and
the defending Belgians punished. but
injury was inflicted on the whole
Of civilized humanity It Is a wound
that can never be healed.
eternal German Shame.7
docs the German empire realize
that by its deeds it is bringing eter-
nal shame on the great mana OF Ger
many2 It is to be hoped that the
rubbish heaps Of ruined c~athedralss
houses. universities and museums viii
be restored. but the history Of these
unhappy towns shall not be forgotten
The stain which now defaces the
e~scutcheon of glorious Germania
shall never be wiped out-'
The R-otterdamsche Courant prints
more than four columns Of descrip-
lions Of the scenes by fuEitives-
Dutchman are filled with anger
against the fiendish Germans and
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the massacred people.
Priests Executed
"A resident Of Louvain who arrived
at Rosendaal today said he saw the
bodies of six inhabitants OF Louvain
had been shot The largest n
buildings in the place had all
been burned. At last he and a number
Of others were removed as prisoners
by a German guard They had to
to Campenhout. where they !
seven priests shot by German
while these outrages are shocking
the Hollanders and turning them to |
a man against their German cousins, |
the fear is daily increasing hat Fol
viii be the next victim of the
kaiser and his army They are GER
Germans gain a victory in France, so
II would not be surprising In a few
short weeks to see HOuan pouring I
her soldiers against h Germans, al
lied with the rest Of Europe against
the kaiser
Why Belgium Is Wanted.
THE annexation OF Belgium in the
event Of German victory has been 2
foregOne conclusion. Germany wants
Il for the reason that II is now max
an effort TO capture Antwerp, the
Is not only the greatest commercial
seaport and mart Of continental Eu-
rope. but likewise an extremely pow
srfuI military and naval stronghold, I
whence she could command the en-
TO the English haune and ter /
-orize Great Britain. British naval
military experts have long been 1
in declaring that h presence
Of Germany at Antwerp would be the 4
to b kaiser's pressing he 1