Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-07-21

vestigations They bear the stamp ~
incredibility. il not OF malevolent dis
tortion. Because Of the condition ~
affairs the commission Is i'm NO wise
able 70 prove the correctness OF the
rumors presented 10 il and 10 grasp
the connection Of events. Their accu-
sations against the German army are.
therefore, nothing more than vulgar
ISLANDERS which without further effort
viii Sc invalidated by the documen-
tary evidence now at hand
In Aerschot the battle Of the Ger
man troops with the Belgian civilian
population did not arise. as the Bel
gians hint because German officers
besmlrehed the family honor Of the
Ourgomaster. The battle began be-
cause the population venured q thor
oughly planned surprise attack on
/ the commander i'm chief at Aersehot
ana murdered him from behind.
( Ruin of Dinant Justified.
/ In Dinant il was not innocent,
( peaceable citizens who fell Victims
+ to German swords. but murderers who
had treacherously waylaid German
soldiers and thus compelled the troops
TO fight a battle that annihilated the
city.
In LoWen the battle with the civil
ian population did not break out be-
cause fleeing German troops through
mistake became engaged with thel,
comrades who Were entering the town
The fight sprang mp because blind
ed population misjudged the occasion
ana thought that without danger t'
themselves they could NOW down tins
returning German troops
The torch was applied in Lower
ana in other Belgian cities only wheI
bitter necessity demanded it, The plaI
of the destruction Of LOwen, which
Z appears in this official report. show
clearly that the troops contentei
themselves with razng only those see
tions Of the city where the inhabitant
, treacherously ana with murderous in
> tent made their attacks.
E what is more 1t was German
Z troops who took care to save in so ia
as possible the rare art treasures no
= alone of Lowen but Of other cities. Al
n especial commission Of Germans Ia
! determined in how great a degree IN
i works of art in Belgium were preserv
$ ed by German troops
n Germany Sums Up Reply.
1.-THE imperial German gOvernmef
j. believes that by the publication of ~
present material it has convincing
q shown that the measures which tn
. German troops adopted against ia
a Belgian civilian population We're cal
. ga forth by a guerrilla warfare whic
defied international law and We're d'
manded by the necessity of war. q
l. the other hand, the imperial Germa
10 government enters an emphatic an
:, solemn protest against a populate
= which waged a dishonorable war
!, the most contemplate means again
q. the German soldiers.
II IAN emphatic protest, too, must
!. against government which cor
n pletely misconstrued its duties, whi'
n gave free rein to the insane passio
l. Of it's people, and which now does n
. shrink from throwing off its oV
heavy guilt by meretricious abuse
81 the German army.
Enormous Mass of Evidence.
- Because of the demands Of space
~ Is not possible to present here select
III specimens of the dispositions and cou
,e testimony which everywhere buttrt
.ie and make clear the claims of the for
ID going statement of the German go
he eminent.
"a Nor would such selected speeime
ne fulfill any particular purpose. For
is in the enormous amount Of the Z
timony, the dun reteration by ma
- different witnesses Of the same pa
n ticular fact. that the conVinei
or weight of the evidence lies