Evening journal., 1914-09-29
BY ED. +. KEEN.
united Press staff Correspondent


LONDON, Sept 15.-(By MAIL TO
NEW YORK; The terrible destruc-
tion wrought by the great siege guns
OF the German army has been one Of
astounding features of the great war
now waging across the English Chan
mel. Il was at Liege that these terri
BILE weapons got their first real use,
and there they proved their effective
ness in reducing fortresses TO sub
mission.
Ordinary army gunners-men who
have seen years OF service handling
ordinary siege guns and cannons Of
all kinds-cannot handle the new pro-
duct of the Krupp factory. Special
men trained in from the Krupp factory
experts who have been specially
trained in the use of the great siege
guns-go with every one Of the great
/ siege guns sent to the front.
Albert j. Leroy, an Englishman, who
was present when the bombardment
Of Liege started has returned to Lon
don and tells some very interesting
facts concerning the fall of the forts
of that city.
He saw one she'll fall in the town.
Il blew large house to pieces. Three
forts gave In within a week after the
first shots we're fired. Three forts
still held out, and the Germans were
forced to bring their great siege guns
through the town.
To do this they built a special rail-
road to run the guns over The
guns were moved on flanged wheels
about seven feet high.
'As a sailor ] have been all around
the word, said Leroy, land never
have / seen such large guns as they
were. To silence the forts with these
guns took only two hours. For one ol
the forts only four shots were re-
ouired. gNt
81 saw some of the wounded taken
from these forts Their condition was
! horrible. They were blackened by ex-
ploeions and so burned and injured
that they died the same night.
zone thing that l especially wish tc
state, and that is that ! saw the Ger.
mans fire on the Red Cross. I saw
Red Cross Wounded and dead
THE Germans took their wounded
from the Belgian Red Cross on the plei
that they were not being well treated
This despite the fact that the chic
medical officer had taken wounded Ger
man officers TO his home to insure thei
being well taken care of.
"Ihe last forts were silenced abou
fourteen days after the bombarinen
first started.
81 was arrested as an English sp,
and imprisoned for six days in a room
at the railway station. BY the soldier
| was treated very badly. They kicke,
me if / dared TO move after they hai
told me TO lie down and sleep.
They hit me with the butts of thei
guns several times. All l had TO ca
was bread and soup. Finally / was re
leased and Went TO Liege, out of whicl
] escaped by securing under falls
name pass TO 60 TO Maastricht an,
buy some food. The journey to Hollan,
took me six hours on foot"
Managers of the Belgian powder fac
tories refused TO work their places fo
the Germans even in the face of bein,
threatened with death, Leroy declared
He said the members of the firm tina
built the defenses of Antwerp. ais
were threatened with death if they di
not give up the plans of that city. The
refused 10 do so he said.
Both they and the powder manufa'
turers We're spared however, the Gel
mans not carrying out their threats.
Belgian unemployed were offered dou
bic wages to work in the powder ia,
, tories and to build trenches, he sal,
! They were not tempted by the offer,
however, refusing TO do the Germans
bidding.
The Germans had a great number in
iured in the fight near Liege, Leroy sal
as every night he could hear wagons b
the score passing through the streets
loaded with German wounded. The
were taken back of their own lines {
field hospitals for treatment.
Leroy confirmed the report that tn
Germans placed l}elgans in front of tn
soldiers 20 prevent Belgian aviator
from dropping bombs on them. The.
aviatOrs dropped leaflets in the fort
urging them TO hold out, saying tn,
the allies would soon appear Only Ge
man money is used in Liege and onl
, German is spoken there, Leroy asserte
/ LONDON. Sept. 20-Austin Yves
staf correspondent of the Daily Chroi
icle, in discussing possible changes {
frontiers when the war is over, has tn
following to say under a Milan dat
| line;
| "As for likely changes in the map
the world at the end of the war, I thin
il probable that Great Britain will tai
over the German colonies, giving Spa
and Portugal a share therein, as r
ward for their neutrality.
] "Russia will limit her demands
Galicia, Mt the same time settling qua
ontees for the entire independence