Evening star., 1915-07-16
Red Book Issued by Austro-
Hungarian Ministry Con-
demns Warfare of Enemies.
DECLARES PRISONERS ARE
BARBAROUSLY TREATED
Publication, Called Collection Of
Evidence, Alleges Many Flagrant
Breaches of International Law.


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ihu,e vi .Ae
metnods ot warfare OF ner enemies
giving scores of instances of "barbar-
Gus treatment" of nationals and pris-
on.-s ard hrs.cbes ~ international
.p.
law, was made pubic To-Day IN REQ
Book" issued by the Austro- Hungarian
ministry of foreign affairs through its
embassy mere
t,on Of Ey,dence" and ia divided into
four narts
..The first two parts. says a orefa.
torv note introduc,ne nurerous demo-
sitfons and affidaytts "contain eyfdencA
concernine +ha +rAa+man+ ~ Ausfro-
Hunes,ian dInlor,tJc .,a conr,lar Of
60 ~. ~ ra,-. ~
aeeie ny 'he government o--icefs VI 'he
hostile countries. The. cases adduced
deal with the violations of the most
elementary rules of the right of hos
pitaIity. a right consecrated since the
renotes+ anfinuity and resnected even
Never before have so manv cases Of
the VIOLATIONS of This ri@hf heen in
stanced In several cases the illegal
expuIsion or arrest has nreceded the
further aerrayates tbe ofrense The
expulsion of the Anstro- Hungarian
din,oms,io aeents rran Wornnco snd
Eeynt which is irreconcilahla with
existine internattonal treatias has
been made the snhiact of nrotesIs
iodgea With +ha ,sn+rsI noW.,s W pio'e''
"The third part Contains evidence Of
the treatment to which Austrian and
Hunearian citizens have heen snhiect- :
ed-in most cases hefora the on.nin1
u ioS'ie countries
Contrary to Human Usaxes,
Even II 1t be conceded that the pre-
vention of the enemy's nationals from
to,ninp the var :. m . car+.in .xtent
. .s,n..as INC ~ ~ 90 ~.
tustihaoie. tne me'hoos ehpioyeo oy
the hostile countries. and especially
the arrest and the Incarceration of
ased asd men. siek persons women ,n, ana
sry usages OF humanity. II was
ened such conduct. To infict s,Ifyer-
ings on defenseless citizens of the en-
emy without imperative reasons is to
Eeysrt 70 natparism
proofs oS violations Of the laws Of war
fare. From the evidence published
herewith the conclusion is inevita BILE
that there is hardly a rule of warfare
by the hostile armies. To the numerous
cases of disregard of the regulations
concerning the use Of prohibited pro-
jectiles, contained in The Hague agree
ment about the laws and practices Of
warfare on land. and of the Geneva
convention, must be added the un-
speakaole outrages of which the Ser
bian and Montenegrin troops have been
guilty. This ruthlessiy illegal way of
conducting war operations, and the
the entire population in acts of war
certify once more the lapse from CIV
i1ization which the people of these
countries have undergone
The Collection of Evidence does
not purport to be complete in any re-
spect. 1t il naturally restricted to the
exposition of facts which have been
either on1cfally investigated or authen-
tlcated In an unimpeachaole way.
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Wnlch nave actually occurred, the mum
ber of proven instances 10 exceedingly
ANAL. Jyp to this day. the ministry OF
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ioreisn ahairs Is sum without ihiorma-
tion concerning the fate OF several
consular officials who have been ar
rested. The Austrtans and Hungarians
who are being detained in hostile coun-
Almost ali of them stiil endure in ST.
tba 1ov>rpr>pf. ~ ho.t;1. oo,,ntria.
set human dienitv AT nan1ht The
breaches of the laws of warfare as
compiled IN part OF this collection
nius, nAe pc conslaereo' however
t,ns h.,n~ ws canno, ~: .nu.h;ne ne
approaching a commemorative knowl
edge of events in the territories be-
yond the enemys lines. And yet. from
.n..r.hs h us anu ITon'
dailv naneys n ,s possibIe n 49,, *.
we'll fo,rndHd concIus,on 49, ,hon>
sanda NJ shockIn1 vioIations ~ ~.
law ~ nstjons hsve occrrrsa
ciaIly in the district. NJ our co,,ntr,
occuo,ed nv ths eneny 0''
"It n.y h. cnnn.d.a a..
bresrhe. ~ tntsrnattnna, ~ .n
n. IN iney,tahIs cons.n,nnc aaH seem &c te
ms.stnz ~ ,rnnn. ~ sa 80, i tne
as mi. gar ~ nradn.d
nevertb.Iess mns, dtsanno,,.I l.
IN. intern.t,onaI ,eraapen,. M .na
the protection Of lives the bonnr ,he
Sre.tnr, -, ~. ra,,.ten. u .t. honor. the
f,I cittzsrs 80 .ba an VI peace
sbonId n. w,,r,,ij,e ,,,o ea SCIENCES
rrnon. 90 nrn.tai py the
srnnsrt rnder ~ ' vsy gov
Hs.m. eonsar.rn s OF ~hieh Ihe
pIeted the law. or wsr,,r. ana CON-
One caus. for Den1orab,. r,,s,.
One of the main causea for ,ht. nm
fortunate situation nYs, h. ..-,SI
-, oerioeo
e"pi''iHeht OF troops wholly
unable to perceive the legal restric
tions applied to warfare. The Fr.pc,
professor Of law a,readv ,uo,.a 80.
duo'eo apo''
'ne aoctrihe that coun-
tries at war with nations of a low