The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1915-05-18

only in chinese and in great disrra-
h alleged that she herself and o,h.-
girls had been dragged into a ~;
stripped naked and violated, and -.
some Of them had been killed VIZ
bayonet.
AT EleWyt a mans naked h..
was tied up to a ring in the Wal
the backyard Of a house. He
lead and his corpse was mutilated
a n too horrible to record
woInan's naked body was also fnr
in a stable abutting on the same L.
yard.
"At Haescht at child of three
its stomach cut open by a bayoner ~.
lying near a hous. At Werchter 1f.
eorpses of a man AND a woman am,
four younger persons We're found .9
one house. 1t is said that they hal
been murdered because one of tia
latter. a girl, would not permit IA,
Germans to outrage her"
Little Child Crucifed.
Taking up conditions at Aershot
and district during September the -.
port says:
AT Haecht several children h.l
been murdered. one of two or three
years old was found nailed to The
door of a farmhouse by its hand and
feet, a crime which seems almoSt i'll
credible, but the evidence for which
We feel bound to accept. In the gar
| den of this house was the body OF
| girl, who had been shot in the fore
head.
"At Eppeghem the dead body Of
child of two was seen pinned To the
ground with a German lance. Tn.
same witness saw a mutilated woman
| alive near Weerde on the same dan
"a chapter is given to the terrible
conditions at Louvain, where the re-
i ~
Structlon went on. Citizen,
were shot n others taken prisoner,
and compelled to go with the troops
Soldiers went through the streets say
ing Man hat greschossen.' one sol
der was seen going along shootin. it
the air"
The massacre of civilians at LoI-
vain was not confined to its citizens.
Large crowds Of people were brought
into LOuvan from the SURROUNDINGS
districts. not only from AerShOt and
Gelrod, but also from other places
For example, a witness describes how
many women and children were taken
in carts to LOuvain, and there placed
in a stable. Of the hundreds of peo-
pie thus taken from the various VII
lagos and brought to ouvai "a prs
onerS, some were maSsacred there,
others were forced to march along
with citizens of Louvain through va
rious places. some being ultimately
sent to the Belgian lines at Maline@.
others were taken in trucks az
Cologne, others were released.
Civilians Marched in Groups.
"2ome were marched through
Cologne afterwards for the people u
see. Ropes were put around the
necks of some and they were told they
would be hanged. An order then
came that they were to be shot in
stead Of hanged. A firing squad wa
prepared. and five or six prisoners
were put up, but were not shot.
This taking Of the inhabitants, II
groups and marching them to various
places, must evidently nave been dont
under the direction Of a higher mill
tary authority. The i'll treatment of
the prisoners was under the eyes anu
, often under the direction or sanction
Of officers, and officers themselNa'
took part in it. =
Merely Executing Orders.
ut is to be noticed that cases &C.
cur in the dispositions in which ht-
name acts by individual officers and
soldiers are mentioned. or in when
officers are said to have expressed re-
greet at being obliged to carry out o.
ders for cruel action against the ciNl!'
ians. Similarly, we find entries A.
- AoFS@A d SSAAoAAi 49,
the population and disgust at the con
duct Of h army. 1t appears thai !
German non-CommiSSiOned officer
stated definitely hat he was actinS
under orders and executing them WIN
! great u~nwillingness.' A commission
l officer on being asked at Louyaln oE
a witness, a highly educated man.
= about the horrible acts committed aJ
!, the soldiers, said he was merely eNn-
cutting orders and that he himself
!, would be shot if he did not eNecli
them"
I'VE are driven to the conclu>io.
. that the marrying of the villages t5
q the district, the burning of a ltf-e
part of Louvain, the masSacres therr
> the marching out of the prisoners am
the transport to Cologne Call done
without inquiry as to whether the
particular persons seized or killed htt
t committed any wrongful act1 were Gu
: to a calculated policy carried out