Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1914-09-23

soldiers OF all armies, SOMETIMES get
out Of hand and do things which we
would never tolerate II we knew It.
At Louvain, for example, | sentenced
two soldiers to ~ years penal servi-
tude Apiece for %assaulting a woman"
Louvaln Library Incident.
"Apropos Of Louvain," I remarked,
why did you destroy the library? 1t
was one OF the literary storehouses OF
the world"
W. regretted that az much as any
one else." answered the general. 1T
caught fire from burning houses and
we3could not save it."
But why did you burn Louvain ut
all?" I asked.
Because the t~ownspeople fired on
our troops. We actually found ma
chine guns in some of the houses"
And smashing his fist down or the
table, he continued: Whenever civil
ians fire upon our troops we Will
teach them a lasting lesson. If women
and children insist on getting in the
way OF bullets, SO much the worse for
the women and children"
How do you explain the lombard
ment OF Antwerp by Zeppelins?" l
queried.
Explains Zeppelin Bombs.
"Zeppelins have orders to drop their
diars ~ n.n,arad
,"As ma.,ar - r.ct j ramartad
.han -. dss4rovad nr,vote ho,,sas
80 o,.,i,sns sauovsi - .ham goman
:, ona =, thosa honh. nod drowned 20o
~ aarar nv hotaIs won,dn,t "a
mo,-,na 80 :, vo,,- axca,,ant c,vara
todav"
"Thix n I calamity which I thank
God didn't happen."
III YOU feel for nv safety as deeply
- that. general" said earnestly,
.you can make quite sure OF my COM
ing to No harm by sending no more
Zeppelins."
"Wall" Ia said. laughing. Eve will
think about it,, He continued grave
II:
Il trust YOU will tell the American
people through your paper what /
have told Won today. Let them hear
our side Of this atrocity business. It
IA only Justice that they should be
made familiar with both sides of the
question"
/ have quoted my conyersation with
the general as 4 nearly verbatim as I
can rememher, Il. I have no comments
ia make. I win leave It to my readers
ia decide for themselves lust how CON
arc tha answers of tha Ger
man eeneral staff to the Belgian az.
cusations.
p-hotoar.nh. German Amy
pa,o.o We haaan onr oon-varaat,or 7
asked the general il Nj. Thompson
might be permitted TO take photo
graphs OF the great army PASSING ssAn
Five minutes IT. thompson was
whirled away IN g military motor 9
c~iceroned by an army ohcer VINO nad'
attended the army scnooi 81 fort
Riley. IT seems they stopped the car
beside the road IN aspiace wnere the
light was ood and Wnen en- thompson
saw approaching regimen OF pat
terry o. which he wished q picture ne
would tell the .omcer 5Wnereupon tne
nc wouid olow MS wnistle, ano
a whole column Woulo matt.
Jus wait q Few q nut until the
dust settles" thompson Would re-
mark, noncnalantly ,igntlne 9 cigar
cite, ana the Nlntn lmperlai army.
WHO'S Columns NllnnLll 8stretcne ea over tn ne
countryside as tar as the eye .couio see
would stand Y s nts tracks until tne az
was sunlcientiy ciear 70 eet = .pictur rea
mus lfar the my one VINO mas sue
ceeded IN mating the herman army y
this little photosrapner from Kansas 1
Show Thompson Gunnery.
e : fhe,d h.tterv Of the 1mnar,.l
81. "a S,,,noblad 5na.t Thomnaor mada
:on,s reuarr .ho,t tha accnracv ~
Amerfcar e,,nners g. syera Cru,
q q :. sh,v vo,,l wh.t o,,r summers
80 ~ 3 said tho on,cer. and eava an
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