The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1915-05-12

its stomach cut open by "A bayOnet
was lying near u house. Al Ferchter
the COprses OF man and woman
ant four younger persons were found
In one house II is said that they
had been murdered because one Uf the
latter, II girl would not permit the
Germans 10 outrage her
Child Pinned 70 Ground.
AT Eppcghcm the dead body Of Il
child uf two was seen pinned 10 the
ground with German lance The
same witness saw II mutilated woman
alive near Wecrde on the same day.
A chapter is given 10 the terrible
conditions Ht Luuynin, where the re
port states, massacre. fire and de
struction went ON Citizens were shot
and others taken prisoners and COM
PEELED TO go with the troops Soldiers
went through the streets saying Man
hat gcSchuSsen One soldier was seen
going along shooting In the air
The massacre Of civilians AT Lou
vain was not confined to It's citizens.
Large crowds " people were brought
into Louyain from the surrounding
districts, not only from Acrshot and
GclrOd but also from other places pc
The conclusions NJ the committee as
to the various detailed recitals nrp NJ
follows:
we may now sum up and endcuyW
10 explain the character aud sigulti
cauce Of the wrongful acts done by the
German army In Belgium
individual acts Of brutality m
treatment Of civilians, rape. pundcr
land the Ike were widely committed
These are more numerous aud more
shocking than would he expected In
warfare between civilized powers, but
they differ rather In extent than In
Kind from what had happened IN pre-
viuus though not recent wars
Drunkenness Created Brutes.
"lu all wars many shocking and out
raguuus acts ~ men uf criminal iu.
stlnrts whose worst passions were nm.
loosed 10y the immunity which the con.
dtlons " warfare afford Drunken.
ness, moreover, may turn even u sol.
dirr who has no criminal habits into Il.
brute, who may commit Outragrs NJ
which he would himself be shocked in
hls sober moments. and there is evl-
dcnce that mtoNlcatlun WIS extremely
prevalent among the German army
both In Belgium and In France for
plenty " wine was lo be- found In the
villages and country Houses which
were pillaged Many Of the worst out
RACES appear 10 have been perpctrateJ
by men under the influence uf drink.
Unfortunately little seems to have
been done TO repress this source of
danger.
In the present war, however and
this X the grayest charge against the
! German army the evidence shows
that the killing Of non .COmbatants was
carried out to an extent for which no
|prpylOus war between nations claiming
to be civilized tfor such cases as IN,
IutrOcities perpetrated by the Turks on
the Bulgarian Christians I'm 1879, and
Ion the Armenian Christians In 1895
and 1876 do not belong 10 that cate
gory) furnishes any precedent That
this killing was done as pad of de
liheratp plan II clear from the facti
herein before set forth regarding Lou
vain, AersChot. Dinant and Othel
towns. The killing was done under or
ders In each place II began at Ger
tain fixed date. Some of the officer
who carried out the work did II re
luctantly and said they were obeylnI
directions from their chiefs The sam,
remarks apply TO the destruction o
property House burning was part o
the program and villages, even larE,
parts ~ city, were given to tn
flames A part OF he terroriEing policy
"CltiEens Of neutral states who Wis
tied Belgium In December and Janu
AIRY report that the German authori
ties do not deny that non -combatanti