Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1914-11-16

time, however shots were being fired
from the houses. The soldiers return.
ed the fire and the burning houses in
creased in number. Wednesday noon
the hostages 'wer9 conducted again
, through the streets and they proclaim
ed in both languages that they them
selves would be shot if the hostilities
we're not discontinued 1t was of no
avail; not even during their round
through the city was the firing discon-
tinued. Shots were fired at the sol.
diers who accompanied the hostages,
also at the physician. During the
whole night these acts Of atrocity con-
tinued."
The magnificent City Hall was pro-
tected by the German troops, as was
also, as much as possible. st. Peters
Church, although In the latter depot
of arms was found. Both have been
! preserved with all their art treasures;
the roof of ST. Peters Church was
: damaged. Tn. Wolff, in the Berliner
! Tageblatt: IAN absolute guarantee
| for the picture is not possible when
behind the altar of van Eyck assassin
alton turks"
/ Russian lnfamy.
We quote from a letter written in
August from Fischhausen: May God
! preserve us from this brutal gang (the
Russian soldiers). From what the
refugees tell who have had personal
! experiencing, it is too terrible! Frau
RS sister. together with her five
J children, has been murdered by them
/ (near Insterburg1; her breasts We're cut
off The children's corpses were hung
on the trees of the turnpike" Gag
j liche Rundschau.)
From the deposition of an inkeeper
| from Russian Poland, registered in the
Department of Foreign Affairs:
81 have had an inn in Dombrowa
since 1911. On July IL uong before
the official mobilisationD the concen.
tration of the troops began in Dombro-
wa From the conduct of the troops
frequenting my place, who were all of
them Kossacks, l was compelled to
draw the conclusion that these mill
tary maneuvers had warlike signi-
ficanees During my stay in Rombrowa
my sister-in-law and my Wife'S two
brothers were murdered by Kossacks.
My wife was misused by four Kos
sacks; two other Kossacks compelled
me, by holding one saber to my breast
and sone to my back, to witness the
deed"
Official Statements:
The Russians have captured num-
Der of our sheriffs and marched them
off to Russia, compelling one of them
to drive cattle to Russia. Numerous
clergymen and many gendarmes have
been murdered, women and children
have been tortured, countless inhabi-
tants of villages have been killed with
out reason. The entire frontier has
been devastated by the Russians, with
robbery, murder an6 fire, all of which
devastation has been done systemati-
cally. Fully equipped fire-detach-
rnents with combustible material have
preceded the troops; they have set
fire to the houses with war-rockets and
sponges soaked In petroleum. In pri-
waite letters numerous cases of the
rayage of women and the murder of
children have been reported.
French Crime In Aisace-Lorraine.
A German soldier wounded in Att
kirch on August 18th testified: my
retreating comrades had to leave me
behind; later they tried to fetch me,
but without success. Soon there came
some French infantry soldiers who
dragged me into a barn, tore my uni
form off of me and cut of my under
clothes with knives. They stole my
wallet Contents 90 marks, and my
purse Contents marks. / did not
have watch with me. These and
other French infantry soldiers who
soon joined them dragged great mum.
Der of the German wounded into the,
same barn, and all the wounded we're
plundered and threatened, just as Ii
deposition of lessen, a university
professor, and of president Krautln-l
ger.) f-.-c -. RAJ. ri. . =. ~
The governor of Aisace- Lorraine re
ports, as the result OF dispositions,
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