The sun., 1914-08-25
WOUNDED FILL ALL
DUTCH HOSPITALS
Holland Is Haven for Thousands
of Refugees From
Belgium.
OUTSIDE HELP Is NEEDED
Dutch DO Their Best. but Are
Overwhelmed by
the Work.
OUTSIDE HELP Is NEEDED

M>AsrRIcHr, Holland (via The Hague),
Aug. 24.--This city. the gateway to the
Belgian theatre of the war presents
scenes OF suffering and misery seldom
seen. Across the neutral frontier have
come hundreds of refugees. without
money, without food and with only the
clothes they stand In.
Refugee camps have been established
by the Dutch Red Cross and feeble ef-
forts are being made to relieve the
suffering Of the men, women and chill
dren who fled their Belgian homes be-
fore the German advance. Several hos
pitfalls have been improvlsed Here the
sick and the wounded are being treated.
Meanwhile the roads toward Belgium
have been barricaded and the Dutch
troops have been massed to see that the
neutrality Of the nation is not violated.
! passed through the Dutch territory
as an American correspondent intend
Ing to enter Belgium and visit the vari-
GUS Belgian villages near Liege In order
to make first hand investigation OF the
alleged barbaritles inflicted on the in
habitants by the German troops
As entered Maastrieht the distant
boom Of the guns at Liege showed that
the fortresses were stiii holding out in
the face OF tho tremendous nre OF the
! German siege guns.
/ | managed to get through the lines
to within eighteen miles OF Liege. only
/ To H. arrested by a Dutch patrol. ] was
/ taken before the major commanding,
who told me that / could not go into
Belgium. lie was deaf to all protests
and finally gave me my choice OF leav-
ing for Msastricht or being put in jail.
! came to Maastricht.
Tho little cathedral in Maastricht
has been transformed into q temporary
hospital. The doctor In attendance told
me stories of the heroism OF the
wounded German soldiers who have
heen brought in and are being cared
for In makeshift fashion because OF
the limited medical stores obtainable.
one instance was typical
German soldier. hardly more than
boy, was brought In fcarfully
wounded. For two days he lay un-
conscious. Then. just before he dieo.
gllmmer of consciousness returned
/ He tried to raise himself, failed, then
raised his hand weakly In salute and
whispered in voice audible only to the
nurse at his side:
Herr Lieutenant, ! report myself"
H..
word As he ended the brief sentence
his form shook convusively and then
stiffened. The boy had fought his last
battle.
Another, "A young officer, fingered for
days with a shrapncl mole in his side
the size OF baseball His own con-
dition did not seem to trouble him, but
he constantly importuned the doctor
to help his comrades who were suffer-
ing in cots near by. Always his whs-
pers were Of the coming triumph of
the German arms, There was no regret
that he was wounded unto death. but
regrets that he could not hope to go
back TO the firing line.
outside aid Is badly needed here. The
Hollanders are doing their best to re-
lieve the suffering of the refugees and
of the sick and wounded. But medical
stores are scarce. There is very little
food. The suffering in the refugee
camps. where mothers are separated
from their husbands, children from their
mothers, and none has knowledge Of the
fate OF their missing loved ones, taxes
all who vainly essay to comfort.
The Dutch Red Cross is utilizing lts
every resource to give needed aid. But
the task Is too much for the organlza-
ton and up to the present no outside aid
has arrived.