New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-03-06
WANTS ALL TO KNOW
GERMAN ATROCITIES
Minister of Justice In
dorses Book of Pierre
NOthamb.

London, March 5.-"The Daily le'e-
graph" publishes the text OF 'et'eI
uhich Carton de Wiart, Belgian MIN
;s+or Of Justice. has written as
rrefsce 70 an important work by rle''e
Totbamb. entitled, LES Barbares en-
RoIoioue." book founded on evidence
and reports of a commission OF inquiry
into the violation Of rules and rights
- ,o+iore ana the laws and customs
of war. H..
81 hone" says NJ. de Wharf tha'
otber writers equally sincere ana couf-
sreous will be inspired by your exam
10 ,hst there may not be in any quar-
TOR NJ the world a single man worthy
90 tho name who remains through igno
rance indifferent to the cause IN ""ie"
III humanity is interested. Our pc
Ioved land. crucifed for its honor must
49,. oIoud the truth, not so much seek
,nr ritv as A demand Of justice.
"Justice,' say the honest peOp'e'
,ybose hearts have Teen destroyed wheh
tho families have been overwhelmed IN
,ho ,ampest. Justice, what an empty
mockery'
"a GREAT power, which in agreement
with other powers exacted that PEI
rirn should permanently De neutral
brusouely demanded that we shouId
,.;oIate our neutrality for its oeneht
and against it's co-signatorles. II as
sumed the duty Of guGrantor' linen
II fully leapt a. our throat, and IN the
facs Of such crime what have they
done what have they said, those states
Tbicb solemnly subscribed to Article
Of the Hague conventions.
Justice Manifestiy Outraged.
".Nor IN this alo e. they say, mas
;,,.,ico beeu manifestly and with lmpu-
nitv outraged. An agreement was N'So
come 10 at The Hague by these states
Under the title Of the laws ana Gus 'o'il9
If a land AZ war they LAID down cetIS'"
imnerative rules, as MINIMUM % W
mands imposed on belllgerents' oy re-
snect for human life and property VI
others. OF all these stipulatiohS SheI'
il not one in regard TO which us'le
gard Of the Germans mas hoJ pee"
eeinorIv established. Hardly had their
armies forced our territory thah IneS
nIunged into pillsg:, massacre anu F,o-
fa.;oD Their proclamat;ons, signed oy
military or civil authority, raised up
,"boIe svstem Of atrocious collective
punishments. ,L..on.,
L. lie 4 .
-, ,bem nriests. old men. women
',d cS;ldren. we're shot or tortured. In
thousands others were deported 70 Ter
r,any without any strategl"al neces-
e,ry Unattended towns were bomOald-
od world famous shr.nes, scIentlhc and
Charitable institutions and wonders Oh
arts we're annihilated. Theft was or
canned on a great scale as pro
Tra rnme that is not war any more IMAM
an assassination x duel. IL -
friohtfu accumulation OF crimes
against common justice, OF bloody
atrocities.
No Official Protest Made.
".In the face Of these crimes what
have they said and done, the states
whose laborious agreement Is mus SCI
At nought? What official voice has
been raised IN protest ne tlHH VI
nations. laws Of war natural rights
what is the use Of these sounding
words. unless it be to dupe the weak
and enable the strong 10 invoke them
whenever they find II Of advantage.
Thus think. thus speak many OF those
victims who have suffered so much.
VI. de Wharf proceeds:
"Frightful as may be the spectacle
that confronts US to-day humanity has
not ceased TO be humane. Night sur
rounds us, but. dense as may be the
gloom that encompasses us, u IS al
wavs morning somewhere. as the poet
Longfellow puts II. Listen rather TO
the authoritative voices which are in
Gignantly raised in neutral countries
COR us and with US. As early as the
month Of September il was given 10 me
in the United States 20 feel the funds-