The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-01-22
CALLS GER MAN ACTS
TOO VILE TO PRINT
Paris Figaro" Gives Extracts
From Report Of French
Commission.
FIRST HAND EVIDENCE.
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Special Correspondence TO TUE ST.,
PARIS. Jan. S.--Extracts OF the frs, =.
port presented by the comm.ss.u. 10.
p"iuted by the Government t. iuye-'.u..,
tnarges Of atrocities comm, ted JOS I'D,
Germans In France are printed to-day .
the Figaro. The report .u fun v .
printed In the journal Ori,j.i. ami ,.
extracts quoted 10y the figuro are given
in the original text OF the commission.
The Figaro prefaces IT, article Wit t.
following: Tho official report preypr....
10y the Governments commissioner "a,
lat"S idctS of 50 monstruus natuF, .....
IL Is impossible % attempt to r,u.tl.,..
them here. We deem It. however. al. ..
.".utr Necessity Tor good Of or ..4t..
20 reveal some of these crimes and ,..
that our readers will understand t.., u.
: r. impossible Tor US to Ignore these .....
however scandulOus anu revolving ..,,
may be-
m" French commission was comm.
, OF four OF 'hc most prominent states. I,,
and Jurists. They are Georges T......
First President Of the Court OF Accom-.
. Armand MOllard. Minister Pl.ul.,..r
uary Of, France ana former chief of
tho protocol; Georges Marriage Com
clllor of state, and Edmond paillut. ,o...
clilur II the Court OF Cessation.
In their report the commissioner en-.
/ ..
rights Of the Inhabitants have been 9. o,,.,
violated by the Germans and crim,, =
| tn" most revolving character committed
by the invading troops The comm,
s,oners point out that they have mon
TONED only those cases which thy W.r,
IN a position to investigate PERSONAL,
They have accepted no heaTsay evid.ur.
and have not recorded any evidence Of
| Tered 10y witnesses before submitting IL O.
the most searching inquiry.
Crimes Laid 10 G-rmnp.
Extracts from the report follow;
NO war ever fought between CIV. ,z.u
nations has been Of 80 savage and f.ro-
ciOus a nature as the one which is NOV.
being conducted on our territory. Murde,
arson, rape ana other similar crime, a..
/ the daily practice Of our enemies the.
soldiers have been guilty on our 'errftora
n hundreds Of crimes of the most nr.z
= ing and revolving nature
"outragos committed against women mo
( Young girls have occurred everyw here We
, have recorded an cVtr1ordinarily grel
number uf cases, but these represent uu.t
a small fraction ot what has been done
/ Many or the women mIltrcated have re-
/ fused Z" reveal the fact, many y.Uer>
have been unable to do 80.
/ Homes OF rich and poor alike IN the
country occupied 10y our foe have been
submitted to systematic wrookug aad
plund"r. Furniture and objects of an. o.
great value have been wautonly DESTROYED
while jewelry. silverwaro and utner
ARTICLES of value have ben carefully
packed and removed"
Passing in review each of tho depart.
u"uts through which tho Gcrmau- 't,.
passed the vmmissiru.rs ,uIm,ru'a
town hy town, long series Of INST ....s
OF atrocities committed by the iu,..ug
troops. The list includes The department.
Of S"ine-et-Mayne. Marine. Meuse. Mcug. e..
et-M"s,ll,. Disc and Nsuc. II the us
" these d partmeuts the town Of Cou.oo.
w.rrs thr commissioners say, was pilla-,d
10y tho Germans, who removed cN,r.-
thing OF value on long train of mo Jr
trucks. \ great number Of women anJ
young gris We're outraged III TINS piac,
The names OF tire, Young girls. aged &C..
: sp"ctiNey Is, 10 and l3 years, are given
Ia rho department OF the Marine the
following villages were destroyed OF
wrecked by German soldiers who are ic-
cus'd OF having deliberately set ~. o
the homes of the inhabitants l. pine
NarfauX. Gault -la-torct, Glames t,on-
plrtely destroyrdJ. Somme-rourpc. Auv..
Etrcpy Huron and Bigu.courl a SER
Inai2g-les- B.,ins the Germans took i5C
hostage who were compelled COB veal
German army coats and spiked helmets
and forced to stand guard az bridge
expected.
The Department of the Neuse. whc
she Germans are still occupying in part
suffered more than any other Here
great number OF villages have been wiped
out
Sonmenles one OF the most important
cornmuueS. which was entirely destroyed
WAS the scene Of a horrible crime Til,
wifi. az an iuhabitaut named Adnot, VII,
was lighting I'm tho French army, sought
refuge with her four children, ranging Va
age from . to II years. IN ,he cellar OF hel
home. After The evacuation Of the tow
10y the Germans the home Of the Aduo
family was the only one left standing II
the town In the cellar the French sol
di-rs vino had driven the Germans on
found the body Of Nine. AdnOt and thO-'
of her children IN a pool of blood. TIL
mothers breast ana both her arms la.
been cut Oft one 0f the feet Of an eleven
yoar-old daughter had been severed an'
the throat Of her little brother siasned
- Rptn mother and daughter had been on,
> ragged.
4 At Louppy o-Chateau two little gig
z aged 70 and \ wears were maltrett"d b.
front of their mother
2 Male Inhabitants shot,