Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-05-13

moving heaps Of civilian corpses 20
the town hall
Taking up the valleys OF the Mcuee
and Samhrr. the report gives lengthy
details of terrible conditions describe
ed Wy witness az Andenne. and says.
About 400 people lost their lives
IN this massacre. some on the banks
OF the Meuse, whore they were shot
according Ia order given and some
Ia the cellars of the houses where
they hnd taken refuge. Eight man
belonging 10 one family were MUIR
dered Another man was placed close
to machine gun which was fired
through him lila wife brought his
body home on wheelbarrow. The
Germans broke Into her house and
ranSueked Il and piled mp all the eat-
Ablcs IN heap on the floor aud re-
lieved themselves upon It.
"A hair dresser was murdered In
his kitchen where be was sitting with
a child an each knee parplvtis Was
murdered in his garden. After this
came the general sack Of the town.
Many Of the inhabitants who escaped
the massacre were Kept az prisoners
and compelled 10 clear the houses 81
corpses and burn them In trenches,
These prisoners we're subsequently
used rs a shelter and protection for
a pontuon bridge which the Cor
mans had built across the river and
were 10 used e. prevent tie Belgipns
forts from firing upon Il
"a few days later the Germans
celebrated q Fete Nocturnc IN the
square. Hot wine, looted IN the town.
was drunk. and the women were
al 81 4. f..tf
The kaiser and 20 sing Deutschland
Cher Allos's
Similar details are recitod at much
length in reference to the districts OF
NAmnf. Charleroi and the town of
Dlnant AT tho latter point, the re-
port says. "unnrmed civilians were
Killed ia MASSES About ninety bodies
were seen Wing on top OF ono another
IN a grass square opposite the cone
vent They Included many relatives of
witness whose deposition Il given.
Il IN stated that besides the
ninety eorpses referred to. sixty bod
les of civilians were recovered from
a hole IN the brewery yard and that
fotty-eight bodies of women ana
children We're found ia garden, The
Town was systematically SET on IRE
BY hand grenadcs
I'VE have no reason 10 believe that
the civilian population OF Dinant
gave any pfuvocation, or that any
other defense can be put forward To
Justify tho treatment inflicted upon
its citiz.nsH
The committee states that tt has
received great mass Of evidence on
ascenes OF chronic outrage" in the
territory bounded by the towns OF
Aershat, Malines, VilNorde and Lou
vain Il states thai the total number
of outrages is SO great that the COM
mittee rannut refer 10 them all The
report states that the hattle Of Ma
lines was the occasion later Of "nu-
merous murders committed by the
German army in retreatng through
the Villages ana ia the second place
Il led ia the maEsacres, plunderines
and burning AT louvain The report
adds.
The committee Is spoclally i'm
pressed hy the character OF the OUT
rages committed IN the smaller Viii
uRes Many Of these are exceptional
I u shocking aud cannot BE- reeurded
as contemplated OF described by the
+ Responsible commanders Of the troops
~ whom they are committed. The
+ Inference NnMNpefs Mhith we NieN
I from these occurrences is than when
enc troops have been eneourased IN
. career of terrorism. the mere saV-
age and brutal natures Of whom
there are some Ia every large army.
are liable % run To Wild excess. more
particularly In those reeions where
i they are least subject u observation
and control
Evidence Roes To show that
deaths la those villages we're due not
G. accident but to deliberate pur-
pose The wounds we're generally
ssahe and eats, and for the most part
appear ic have been Inflicted with a
bayenet
IN Maiinss many bodies ~s1s
Seen one witness saw Il German sell
dior eHf Nomaus breast after he
had murdered her. and saw many
other dead bodies 81 women ~ the
streets In iiotstadt two VIII
nesses speak Of having seen the body
of 4 youne man pierced by hayonei
ihrseta with the wrists cut also.
'0n a side read the corpse 90 !
| CIVILIAN was ssaa IN has ,ioas aiep
with 4 ifaHunA Wound IN his stauis
aCh. ANA rs his side the dead beds
trensin1ed an fase fhres.f