Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1914-09-10

following special cable from Rotter-
dam:
H. w. Rutgers. manager of the Lou
vain water works, who escaped from
the city with his wife and two ehil
dren, tells Of old and young being
burned alive by the Germans, of
streets lined with slaughtered people,
and of cellars of houses filed with
trembling innocent people who were
awakened Tuesday night by wholesale
murder and destruction,
The Dutch press is filled with awful
details of the great crime and an over
whelming wave of reaction against
Germany has been created. The Fele-
graf says!
Neutral or not, q protest nlust be
made to the civilized people against
the destruction of high culture by the
German soldiers. Even il 1t 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 bar
barity, for through this destruction not
only were the inhabitants and the de-
Tending Belgians punished, but injury
was inflicted on the whole Of civilized
humanity. 1t is a wound that can
never be healed"
Sees Germany's Name Shamed.
Does the German empire realize
that by its deeds it is bringing eternal
shame on the great name of Germany
1t is to be hoped that the rubbish
heaps Of ruined ~cathedrals, houses,
universities and museums will be re-
stored, but the history of this unhappy
town shall not be forgotten. The stain
which now defaces the escutcheon OF
glorious Germania shall never be
wiped out"
Story of Another Eyewitness.
A Dutch resident of Louvain who
was a salesman in a bicycle store
says: eat midday on Tuesday there
was a fearful uproar in the streets
while we we're at dinner. The crackle
of musketry was soon followed by the
roar of artillery. Hearing shrieks ir
the streets / rushed to the window anC
saw several houses in flames. Soldiers
were smashing shop windows and loot
l ing in all directions. One had an arm
full of groceries and others stocked VI
with boxes of cigars. AS the people
. rushed into the streets from thei
burning houses they were shot dow
like rabbits"
The Dutchman told how he had hid
den with his employers in the cellar
The shooting became more brisk ate
nightfall. Presently they found thei
own house blazing and had to choos
between making a dash for their live
or roasting.
Bodies Thick in the Streets.
They had escaped by representa-
themselves as Germans, and a know
edge of the German language enable
them to carry out the impersonatioI
\ They were conducted to the railwa
Il station by German soldiers. The sale
. man continues:
u Our walk through the streets to tt
railway station was like a wa
through hell. The beautiful town W;
a sea of flames. Bodies of the dee
lay thick in the Streets. Dreadf
cries came from many houses. v
reached the railway station at g.;
o'clock in the morning. The soldie
we're still going about the streets vii
lighted brands and explosives in the
hands, setting alight any building
that remained intact. In the parks thu
had already begun to bury the dea
In many cases in the shallow gray
in the large park each body was v
ible.
Citizens Lined Up and Shot.
'At the railway station were SO CT
zens, men and women, who had be-
brought from houses from which S
diers swore shots had been fired. TIL
a were lined up in the streets, prote
Oil ing with tears in their eyes that tn
Ij were innocent. Then came a fri
. squad, and volley followed volley, a
the so fell dead where they stood"
This incident was confirmed by
~ Dutch journalist, who says that {
citizens were ranged at the static
and a tenth part were ordered sh
Sacked by Germans.
London.-The Morning Posts cor
spohdent at Terneuzed, Holland, tie
of the burning Of Louvain and chart
that many residents of that histo
Relgian CITY were killed,
"Louvain," he says, was sacl
Wednesday night by Germans. I
greater part of the population v
massacred, including women, childl
and clergy. Their nationality did
save one English and one Amerit
!, clergyman. All the noble public bu
! ings, including the town hall, libri
and university were destroyed.
y THAT is the tale Of horror disclo
Z at Malines by fleeing refugees and c
n irmed by the correspondent and
q escaped notables from the destro,
" city. The atrooity seems incredi
but it is believed here.
Germans Fire on Germans.
what Seems to have happened
that the German army, defeated