The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-06-01

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caac % an entire family. which fell
vlctom 10 the lust Of murder Of Rus
fian soldiers. The man was spiked
Ia the table, the child to the door. the
breasts OF the wife were cut IN and
her body eyl%sccratcd. IN another in
stance a man and his wife were nall
ed BY the tongue TO a table. IN which
position they persisted Of hunger and
loss Of blood.
"Innumerable are the causes OF
bestihl attacks upon women and
girls. Very often these pitlabie vlc-
Tins we're violated By several soldiers
In succession. who IN cases Infected
them with yenerai Diseases. women In
advanced stages Of pregnancy we're
also abused by the bestial soldiers.
even women over 70 years OF age
we're not spared. A little girl. eight
years old. was violated by two Rus
sian soldiers IN succession. Officers
also gave themselves up 20 such mis-
deeds.
other supplements disclose the
atrocities perpctrated on German
prisoners Of war BY Russian troops.
Frequently those German soldiers
taken prisoner we're robbed, spat up
on or otherwise INSTRUCTED. a Rus
sian ofncer Threatened German sol
dicre. who refused to betray their
! comrades with death, and actually
/ ordered one OF them shot. Russian
troops placed German prisoners In
narrow pits before their artillery po-
sitions with the evident Intention Of
allowing them to be killed By German
IRE. Cossacks In riding past German
prisoners OF war. cut on their heads.
or wounded them, or-by choppins
on their llmbs-mutllatcd them. A
German prisoner was cruelty bound
10 a sort OF trcadmlll and left TO
starve. Three hussars we're found
hanged In a oara with their heads
down and their noses and ears chop
ped OF. so tina the must have died
In frightful agony.
Neither did the Russian hordes
hesitate at the mutllation and muir
der OF wounded German soldiers.
Thus they tore the bandagos on the
wounded 80 that they would bleed 20
death: pierced out their eyes; u OF
their tongues. ears, fingers and feet
OF others. or smashed in their skulls.
In many Instances the atrocities took
on the very character of Rendish tor
turc. Thus a prisoner, slightly
wounded. who was pinned to the
wooden noor Of a verandnh by a
sword, which went through his
mouth. had the flesh stripped OF his
entire forcarms from the elbows
down. while his hngors were clovcn
Ia the wrists: another, who had a
fracture OF the skull, was bound to a
Z calf In "A stable In such a way that
tho animal would have to touch the
uncovered brain with lis mouth at
every least movement.
THE most terrible thing Of an.
though. Is an order from the Russian
general stan, found on "A Russian OF.
ncer Of high rank. which command.
eG that all the male inhabitants able
To work from boys Of ten years up
ward. to be driven before the storm
ing columns; This atrocious order
whereby the Russian commander II
chef has placed his name on the PHI
icry for all time. WAS evidently mad,
In the intention that the Germar
soldiers, in order TO meet the attacs
OF the Russians. should have TO shoe
down their own compatriots.
The imperial German government
believes &; should stigmatize before
all the world this barbarous behavior
of the Russian troops, defyins as q
does every law Of warfare and hu.
I%1anity. and Il htreby most vigorous
ly and solemnly issues protest agains1
these atrocities. which are indeed th'
disgrace OF the twentieth century.