Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1915-01-03
CAREFULLY ORGANIZED
SENSATION BY GERMANS
CONTINUED from First Pa

(Contlnucd from flrSt PaSe).
let's. the definition being confined to
! the prohibition of "projectilcs calcu-
| lated to cause unnecessary suffering.
These recent regulations were. how
ever. based upon two international dec
larations, one signed ut St Petersburg
in 1865 on the subject of explosive
projectilcs; the other. signed at The
Hague In 1899, which explicitly stated
that bullets with hard envelope
which does not entirely cover the core
or Is pierced with incisions' should
not be used
Bullets with soft cores and thin en-
relopes. which are shattered on con-
tact with THE human body. are not and
have not been served ont as ammuni-
ton to British soldiers during this war.
NOT USED by ENGLISH
DURING PRESENT WAR
Such bullets have not been in the pos
session of British soldiers Mt any time
since the war began. No bullet author
lied by the British War Office could In
its Legitimate shape produce the kind
OF wound seen in photographs dis
tributcd by tcnder-hearted German
atroctty mongers in the United States
whose nerves are mistaken by the mas
sacre OF thousands Of old men, unarmed
civilians, women anad children at Lou
vain, Termonde and elsewhere vibrute
with horror at the wounds produced
by an explosive bullet which never
came from 4 British ammunition box
1t is certainly fact. however. that
soldiers treated I'm British hospitals
during the lighting in German Togo
land have been wounded by bullets OF
large calibre, which contravened The
Hague convention, bones being shat!
tered. and in the words of an official
memorandum, tissue SO extensively
damaged that amputation had to be
performed"
These bullets were found ,,pon hodIo.
of prisoners. both German and native,
captured In Togoland: also on the
bodies of dead native soldiers serving
with the Germans.
The British War Office has one Of
these bullets In its possession to-day,
and the officers commanding the Brit
ish troops made a protest to the Ger
man "acting governor concerningl their
use while yet operations were pro-
Ceeding.
The British War once also has proof
that at Gunderun. France. OH Septem-
Der 10, soft-nosed bullets were found
on the dead bodies of German soldiers
OF the Landwehr and on Landwehr
prisoners.
If the Germans wish to rest their
case upon some pictures of soldiers
wounded by bullets which should not
have been used. either faxed or real
pictures of British wounded in tho
Togoland hospitals suffering from
wounds made by bullets served out to
the German and native soldiers in that
colony could he distributed by British
manufacturing firms in New York II
that were the British way.
German newspapers also made great
play with the fact that our revolver
ammunition, marks a and % pattern,
are fiat at the fore-cnd instead OF
we have defed international law, ana
mat these are dumdum bullets in.
tended to produce ghastl wounds.
FLAT-NOSED BULLET
HUMANE AS ANY OTHER
The dumdum is not wholly flat-nosed
y ilat-noScd bullet is as humane as INV
other bullet. and 1t Is indeed absolute
international law that these revolver
bullets with fiat fore-end are not
sheathed ut all and have neither n
hard envelope nor n soft core
They are In substance solid and OF
one material They do not expand and
indeed are less likely to expand than
the regular service bullet in sheath
with Conical nose.
! Sir Victor Horscly one of the great
est surgeons In the world. in making
| report upon these revolver bullets with
Il HAT nose, says:
THE wounding effect, due to the
diameter of projectile. depends on
its possible Increase by reformation,
| "''N' tiltt III the case or
the revolver bullet mark 4 is notably
small. there Is no question but that tho
fiat-nosed revolver bullet mark 4 is
In full accord with the provisions Of
| The Hague convention"
In regard to the British service rifle
| bullet mark Z he says
Two determining provisions of The
Hague convention of 1899 and 1907 con-
corning rifle bullets are quite clear.
Firstly, that the structure of the
easily become tattened nor deformcd
in shape, and, therefore.
Secondly. 1t would not inhict
wounds which. while enecting It's
necessary object OF disabling. should
cause unnecessary suffering"
In its design and manufacture. the
British service bullet fulfls these re-
quirements more completely than any
other projectile.
had an Irish friend some years ago
who WAS free lance of one of the
greatest newspapers In the world
one day l asked him what he was
doing.
oh" said he. I'm gathering mares
nests TO present to the horse marines"
American people are far from being
horse marines. Their education has
not been neglected, and they Will
know how 10 receive this German
mares nest of dumdum bullets.
They will not be looking toward the
British army for methods of warfare
unbecoming to a civilized nation.
The war has been in progress for
five months. and whatever else may
hta nf hn dor Il