The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-02-16
REV. FATHER MULLER TELLS OF VISITS TO
 GERMAN HOSPITALS
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protect them and not to steal them. Did
 rot our German officers save the paint
 ings in the cathedral of Louvain? With
 the exception of the library, not only
 practically everything has been saved,
 but barring the buildings themselves,
 everything is in faultless condition And other places? When here and there a
 church tower or church has suffered it
 is not the fault of the German troops.
 The enemy always uses the towers of churches and city halls (so also in
 Rheims) for military purposes. Except
 some little churches and towers, all art
 monuments in Belgium are intact. Only when our troops were forced they gave no pardon. One soldier. one human be-
 ing Is worth more than all art monu- ments of the world put together. But one must not forget that the Belgian troops fired, themselves, on the Notre
 Dame church in Dendermonde and that they also fired the tower of the ca thedral at Malines.
 Some weeks ago I went to a hospital. where also were some wounded prisoners. I asked to see them.
 The permission was granted. I first came to the French prisoners. They were not very badly wounded and were able to sit up. They were playing cards. saluted them in their mother tongue. They were very glad to get a chance 10 lalK III GGenCn. l aSkeu lnem aDOut their homes, their families, the battle in which they got wounded. I offered them to write for them to France to their families And how are you satisfied here in the convent? asked l. Very we'll" was the answer; we could not be treated better. The Sisters and the Red Cross nurses are very kind to us We tell you as priest the truth. We cannot com plain.''
 Tn, thn | 1nx- ing on the bed. How do you dor" I asked In French. His eyes opened and shone gladly. He was a Belgian and came from Brussels. 1T know Belgian very well, I often visited the beautiful city of Lorvain,' said I. And then we talked of his fatherland. of the war. H. was wounded and captured in the battle of Antwerp. "Oh, the war" he eX- claimed, we did not want it. Our diplo- mats are responsible for all the misery
 that has come upon us. Already now we see the false friendship of Great Britain" I told him of the documents found in Brussels. which show that the plans of war between England. France and Belgian had been prepared long ago.
 Poor Belgian" he answered, 'it should have remained neutral like Holland and
 Luxembourg and all would have been
 well.' How do you like 1t here in the hospital?" Thank you, everybody is so good to me, I am glad to be here ' Finally I went into the room where the greatest sinners, the Englishmen were All hatred of the German army Is directed against England, because Eng land is blamed as the causa principals of the war. There are no friendly feel ings any where in Germany for England. Well, sirs, how are your" l greeted them They were surprised to hear Eng fish. told them I was from the United states, and that on account of the war could not return there for the present From them l heard that the English population did not want the war. Our diplomats and great business men in London, those are the men for whom We fight" We talked much about the war situation, and l asked them too: How
 do you like it here?" Very well, father; 1 it could not be any better. Germany is 1 beautiful country. the people are very good" What. l said, and still you call | us "barbarans" over there in England Yes" one of them replied, ''yes its true
 they do God knows its a lie I hay , written to my wife not to believe any l stories about Germany. I wrote her the Germans were fine people, and We were taken good care of" And so it Is. We know no pardon for the English on
 the battlefield, but the wounded enemy is nursed with charity as everybody else.
 Mir. Editor hope this letter will help some people to form them better opin- ion about the German barbarians' For over five long months the struggling is l,going on. Germany is fighting world