The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-07-16


 Hrngary's indictment of the methods p1 warfare of her enemi es. giving scores of instances of sbarbarous reatment's of nationals and prison srs and breaches of ofinternationaI law. was made public today in Red Book issued by the Austro-IIun-. gaTdan ministry of foreign affairs through it's embassy here
 The publication is called 8 tCo1- lection of Evidence" and is divided Into four parts.
 .~The first two parts says a pxefactory note introducing numerous aeposttions and aff1davits. Sconta1n svidence concerning the treatment of Austro- Hungarian diplomatic and eonsular officers by the government nnlcers of the hostile countries The sases adduced deal with the viola Hoxs of the most elementary rules of the right of hospitality, right eonsectated since the remotest nnfiqudty and respected even by the unciv1hzed nations or tribes Never heHDre have so many eases of the vio- lakfons of this right been instanced- In several cases the illegal expul- afon or arrest has preceded tho actual stzafe Of war, a fact which still fur taer aggravates the ofEense. The ex- nu1slon of the Austro-Hungarian da- p1onak1c agents from Morocco and Egypt which is irreconcilable with
 asttng international ueaies, has been made the subject of protests todged with inc neutral powers
 s.rhe third part contains evidence. of the treatment to which Austrtans and Huugarian citizens have been snh5ected-in most cases before the opem1mg Of hostdlht4es 4n hostile eountries Even if it be conceded that tho prevention of the eneuay's na- efomals from Joining the war IS to a eexxazn extent j11stiffab1e, the methods employed by the hostile countries, and especially tho arrest and the in eaxcarA44on Of aged men, sick per- fzary to tne elementary usages of hu-. naan3tv It was a French professor of law who thus defined such conduct sEo 1nfIict sufferineB on defenseiess catizans Of the enemy without i'm perat1ve reasons is to revert to bar .aThe fourth part conaprsses au- xl1enfac proofs Of violations Of the laws Of warfare. From the evidence p1blishsd herewith the conclusion is of warfare which has not been vto- lated repeatedly by the hostile armies. TO the n5znneDozS eases of disregard of the regulatzons concerning the use ef prohibited proJect1aea. contained in The Hague agreement about the laws and practices of warfare on land, and Of the Geneva convent1cn, must be added the unspeaakable o1ltrages of which the Serbian and Monteuegztn troops have been guilty. This ruth operations. and the cruel and treach- srous participation Of the entire pop u1ation In acts Of war. certify oxnce more the lapse from caN11Iza4aOn which the people of these coznfrless have undergene-s
 saThe -CoHecf1on of Exfdances does not port to be ooanDlete in any re- sp4ct. It is naturally restr1D1pd 10 the
 poaff1om o1 facts wz1ch have been e1thax cai1caRfzy investigated or 1u- fhen91cafsd in an unsmpe s0haable way
 Tn proportion to the number of cases which have actually occurred, zaKe number of the proven instances a ezcsedfue1y AnaalI Up to this day, fho nnan1ntxy of Ropefgn afna4rg IS still
 lRE1narE fn4oranaz1Om conceExfng the hmwa been arrested Tho Austrian and Hungmlans who are being de- timed In hostile countries can be counted by the tl1ousanda Almost aH cf them sum endure In silencs the outrageous methods wherein the gov 1kmnents Of hostile countries ssk hu- man dignity at nangaa3- Ike breaches oG fhe laws Of warfare <as1 cornpGied in part Of flz1s collection, must likewise be considered. howevers as ozls in- d4v1dzal eEzdenca. For Che time be- ing we cannot have anyEh1ng ap- preaching a conprehenE1ve knDwl- edge Of events in the territories be- yend the enemyss lines. And yet. from tho reports which reach us and from trustworthy news published in foreign daily papers. 1t Is possible to draw the we1-Eounded conclusion that thousands of shocking violations of the law of nations have occnrxed. e<oeclaaly in the districts Of our cotln- .ry occupied by the enemy
 may be conceded that certain STsaclles of inter national law seem to bS an inevitable conaeq1ence Of the masgfng of troops on So huge 8. scale as this war has produced. But 1t is nevertheless most disap,ozntlng that the Intermaa6ohaI agreements assur- ing the protection Of lives, the honor, the freedom of the religious faith Of peaceful citizens, and the arts and sciences. should be wf1fu11y violated by the troops and officials Of the very government under the aeg4s of which The Hague conference reformed and completed the 1aws of warfare. One of the main causes for tz15s ux1for- tnnate situation must be ascribed to the employment of troops wholly un- applied to warfare. The French pro- lessor of law, already quoted above. enumerafes the doctrine that eoun- tries at war with nations of a low standard of civilization are compelled to apply methods of warfare which ponent.s morals. He adds; The French acted in accordance with this precept in Africa, Tonkin, China. and S9ahomeys thes English in Inda and Russians in Caucasia and in Tur- kestan. France, Great Britain and Russia could, tflerefore not possibly expect that their African and Asiatic Subjects would respect the provisions Of international law there cannot be the slightest doubt that they are we'll aware that they are dfsregarding the law Of European nations when they line up savages and haIf-savages powers
 The object of this publication is to adduce only such vioIatiens Of the international law as have been per a