Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1915-03-06


streets and do not seem terrorized
German officers and officials with
whom have talked have never sp0k-
en- lightly of the sufferings Of Belgium
and they are sorry for Belgium You
have been in Dinant. said the secre-
tary OF the German foreign Office, Won
Jagow. to me. So have /" he added,
"aIid il is terrible. but war Is war. and
IL Is tenfold more dreadful when the
civil population takes a hand In Il. .
And when IL comes to the kind of
resistance OF reprisal one cannot
call il war--which the franctirenr
makes. you. Sir Arthur, know what
the Walloons OF eastern Belgium are.
Turbulent, truenlent, and umschooled.
they fight no, one cannot say fight
but fire from cellars, from atties and
from behind hedges, using the while
the protection civilian garb con-
fers on yeritable noncombatants,
but not accepting the honorable risks
that 60 with the uniform of a VERT.
able soldier.
BELGIUM WARNED WALLooNs.
The Belgian government felt q live.
ly apprehension Of the suffering OF
which the Walloons and their COM
patriots farther west would bring
upon the kingdom and throughout the
week or ten days OF the advance from
Liege to Brussels many burgomasters
and the minister OF war issued daily,
and sometimes hourly, proclamations
in which they pleaded with the PEG.
pie to observe the laws OF war as
bearing on the obligations OF ciyili-
ans and gave them the most explicit
warning that the participation OF civ
ilians In the hostiIities would bring
the most terrible penalties on whole
communities and on innocent women.
children and the aged Copies OF
these proclamati0ns, addressed Aux
Ciyils." have by me. Their language
Is often passionate in its solicitude.
asked an American gentleman
who has lived for years In Belgium
and who loves the country, though he
does not love the people q refer to
Lawrence Sterne Stevens, an artist,
why these warnings had had so little
effect upon the WalIoon peasants,
miners, and metal workers. be
cause" he replied, "the number OF
illiterates isss0 large in Belgium that
thousands upon thousands or the peo-
pie could not read the proclamations. :"
And so, impotent and fruitless,
these placards stared the people in
the face from hoardings and dead
walls, and the firing from behind
walls and hedger0Ws began. i was
tragic, but Y was not wal, And Il
was 90 utterly barren q permanent
results, and Il drew such severe re.
prisaia. mat could. anite understand
the point OF view OF MAJ. Boyer, Ger.
man commandant Of Brussels, when
ne saiu, Inese beigians DO not know
what. war means
ONLY GUILTY PUNISHED.
The event proyed how iustified
were the aDDrehensions 81 the Bei.
gian government REGARDING the sense
Of their Obligations as civilians which
was entertained by the humble folk
Of the countryside and Of the mining
villages. Hundreds Of misguided per.
sons were shot and thousands Of dwell.
lings were burned. And vet. wide
spread as Is the ruin llayeswitnessed
l was amazed at the discrimination
the enemy displayed in melting out
In Dinant. for example. the second
and the fifth house in q long terrace
of, say, ten houses would be destroy
ed. All the rest would be intact.
ManifestIy the houses from which
franctireurs had been taken had been
burned. The rest had been spared.
When YOU consider that this discrim.
nation was exercised during the ter.
rible hours OF street lighting. Won will
realize that. though the Germans, God
KNOWS. nad Deen severe, they had
MOI Deen. ruthless. NY compatrlots,
MessIs. thompson, Mcsshtcheon, ana
CoDD, conserved time ana AGAIN during
OUT belgian Manderings the proofs
q TINS reasonably accurate Justice as
pensear nnder trying conultions
IN brussels, lofty uays aIler the
entry, m0seu Ifeeiy among tne ma
i've popuiaIioh ana Made sincere
eHort 70 learn Mnetner the German
garrison nag suDlected the Brhxelil-
ans 20 numlliations OF aarasn1ps tnat
were not lneVitaDie IN the adminlstra-
ZION OF captured CITY Dy invaders.
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