The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1914-11-26
BY JACQUES oeELs.

London. Oct. 22.-Gcfman vigilance
and exactions press overheard on
correspondents, and II Is impossible
by ordinary means 10 get anything
out OF Antwerp except by messenger
since the invading force has fastened
It's settled rule upon the town. One
exception ! might make. News sub
edited by the German military gov.
ernor would stand n good show OF
seeing the light in foreign countries.
] do not wish to imply that Teutonic
military supervision Of dispatches al.
ways SURPRISES In severity that of
.he other warning nations. ! have IT..
tic doubt that, generally speaking. the
British censor Is the most liberal In
Europe. Therefore. | have come to
London partly To get on this cable dis.
patch and partly because London Is u
convenient halfway point on my way
back to the belgian front Briefly. |
wish to discuss the alleged atrocities
whether supposedly committed agpiuss
Germans or by Germans.
On the Road TO Holland.
Getting ont Of Antwerp under the
rulo of the kaiser IS much easier than
getting I'm. as the barriers erected out.
sid" the city gates and the sentri,s
turn u back. For "A special exit a
pass from the military government is
necessary and tn" obtaining Of this
pass makes necessary the %fatiguiuc
search. crosscVamination aud sus
nHngA Mffb NtI4gl al nh. .tt.,.,g -.
move about in the war zone are pain.
fully familiar. ran the gauntlet all
right and eventually found myself on
the road 10 Holland. that road which
has been redeemed by the bleeding
feet Of disinh"ritod men and women.
striving 10 save their children aud
some pathetic remnant OF their house.
hold necessities.
Dismount the Belgian Guns.
When | left Antwerp the outer forts
were scenes 81 great activity. Ger.
man soldiers were ~dismuun'ing the
Belgian guns and lining them up ON
th" ruadsid" preparatory To sending
them away, possibly to the western
front. As passed along was as.
'onishcd 10 find how the Germans
were making friends with the natives.
Apparently. they are doing everything
they can tu win the confidence of the
liclgians. assisting them at their Ia
bors and mingliug In "a simple way In
their home life.
Particularly was this true Of the
marines who, as | learned. were mon
who had been recruited along the
Dutch frontier in Germany and hence
used a dialect like that spoken IN the
north OF Hclgium. Here the people
naturally are rcticent and distrustuul.
but these Germans. with a speech Ike
their own. have done wonders In q
few days IN winning their confidence.
At the frontier Dutch and German
scntrios are facing each other. Each
Is ]jcalously on guard against the other
and together they present a stiW bat
dramatic picture The Dutchmuu ob
viouslv sympathilo with the Hr'piaus
one of their officers told me that the
silht Of m" Holgilns t~hrouginu over
the border and surrondor.ug their
arms was enough 10 move the hard.
est heart. Most Of them were har.
gard, some We're wounded and an Vbro
discunsu'ai". Immediate measure.
were taken - feed the hungry and
prpyId" comfortable quarters 'ur all
IN ? ncighboriug training field
Tells Of LootIns by Germans.
Now FOR my knowlcdge and opinion
respecting the atrocity s,Ortr.
will say az once that ! have no fnoHl
edg" of such acts. unless loo'.rg and
the placing % civilians before attack.
ing columns be considered a'rYo.Uus.
So far as | know such acts may Dee
more or less justifable I'm WAT and
certainly the Germans committed
them. | myself. as | cablod ,hc other
day, Vas forced. with half % dozen
other civilians, To march before Ger.
man infantry In the streets Of Naliuos.
and as ! so marched | saw shops
broken into By soldiers and thorough.
~ sacked.
II may he remembered by readers
OF tho Daily News that I was the first
correspondent 10 discover and de-.
scribe In detail tho destruction 81
Termonde. Tho looting there did
not soc, but credible witnesses told
what | believe 10 be an incontroyert.
ible story. Moreover, they showed
u~nmistakable results Of wholesale Pill.
lage.
Atrocities may have occurred In
Termonde, but | found nobody who
claimed 10 have seen them. Cases OF
alleged wanton and horrible cruelty
have been mentioned over and over
again, but my nos Jealous inquiries
failed to verify such reports. Mind
YOU, | annot say that the reports
were false, Persons quite az trust.
worthy MS myself may say that they
are true.
Finds no Proof Of Atrocities.
only say that | was unable 10 find
proof OF the atrocities, although |
earnestly sought for II. will say
further that, in my opinion, the atroci.