The Washington herald., 1915-08-15
BRUTAL TO THE WOUNDED.
ReviIed While Soup Is Held Be
fore Their Eyes and Denied Them.

ReviIed While Soup Is Held Be-
fore Their Eyes and Denied Them.
Charges of abuse of British prisoners
of war by the Germans are set forth in
detail in THE Story of British Prison
ers," prefaced and annotated by Sir Ar
thur Conan Doyle, which was published
recently in London by the Central Com
ization.
In the foreword Sir Arthur speaks of
the national feeling in England follow
ing the Napoleonic, Crimean and Boer
wars. and says that these conflicts left
no aftermath of ill-feeling and bitter
ness.
A number of instances of German i'll
treatment of British prisoners are given.
Here is description by 6 neutral of
what he saw in October. The account
appeared in the Dutch paper Tyd. and
the writer declared that he was pre-
pared to take oath to the facts. The
occurrence was at the Landen Station:
My attention was attracted to a riot
before one of the last carriages" the
neutral says. II shall never forget as
long as l live what / saw. Would l had
never seen it, Between some wounded
French lay three severely wounded Sn-
gIiss oil straw. They presented very
sad appearance. Their condition looked
to me very serious. I was told these
men had no food for five days. and now
before the open carriage door stood two
to three hundred German soldiers, some
slightly wounded. who could still walk.
and others, German soldiers of the occu-
patton force, who had come for the serv-
ing out of soup. And these two to three
hundred stood raving and raging against
these three unhappy, severely wounded
English soldiers who had eaten nothing
for five days and lay helpless, stretched
on some dirty straw in cattle var.
THE smoking casks of hot soup were
held before them, and Numbered at them
were the words: You want to eat?
Swine, Swine. Down with you. Strike
you dead. Strike you dead! That's what
YOU can havev And while they said
these last words, they aimed their rifles
at the unhappy. blood-stained, helpless,
hungry creatures. Others stood and spat
on their clothes and in their faces, and
foam stood on the mouths of the raging
men. Meanwhile, other soldiers passed
before the three, all shouting most abu-
siye words. One of them lay staring at
his prosecutors and then again turned
other two had turned their heads away
Another party laughed and found sport
in the help!essness Of the three.
Il stood there dumb, stupid. At first
I could not utter word. Then. how
ever, trembling all over, ] went UP to
the under-officer, WHO stood looking on
and laughing, and said: What Is occur
ring here is cruel. They also are men
who have been Obliged to do their duty
the same as YOU More could not say.
NV voice choked in my throat And
what did / get for answer? What. they
obliged to do their duty. No, they're
swine, paid swine. They get money for
their foul work, the swine
I am fully conscious Of the shocking
accusation 1 make through this com
munieation, but with the most solemn
oath would l and will swear that moth
ing, nothing in this accusation Is untrue
or the least exaggerated, and II the Ger
man authorities wish to make a serious
and impartial inquiry / will furnish the
following INDICATIONS: Il took place at
Landen on Friday. October .. in a train
with wounded who arrived there from
the direction Of BRUSSELS and We're fed
about midday"