TaÌˆgliche Omaha tribuÌˆne. [volume] (Omaha, Nebr.) 1912-1926, 1915-01-28
tcopyrIght. 1915. By James o,ponneIl Bennettl

NOT. Germany Dec sss-Tvice have read WIN strict attention
S b. yo1 to S. me London Chronicle " ,%,. and :. entitled an%~ "A Policy Of Murder How
un, TO ,m me that I, article Ta Lessee seem Is g !. very TERRIBLE . and : very t, st. dosa
q statements terrifying in is effect upon the minds Of neutral peoples
IN making some reply TO your article 1 shall not SO much try to say
lungs that VIII call in question the things you have said 9 try to say
one q the greatest and most DerpleSing questions Of the ume-the question
venture % cast my statements into the form . a personal but not
constantly . make myself realize that am IN : sense speaking face p
only q proved patriot but a man whose work is one Of the adonments Of the
would not come into your library and storm at You Nor win ! do
am mk n to you 1t is for these reasons Of propneg and not because
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ion 70 wish IN these troubled toyerish times to be either rude 81 paronzins
On the wings o. your high fame your words win travel far and they
- tniues I have had for gathering them may be estimated
CITES HIS On Aug IL i arrived in Brussels from London.
EVIDENCE s s1onSsat 'i for 'E Ess '1 eSiea go ri gSsE P Du HGadI the 'G ast
ir east a Landen and as far south as Namur On these Journeys. BY
atrocities perperated by German troops against the Belgian civil poDua
Of drastic punishment meted out to frsncareurs
the ? passing SIM. Of q thousands IS dh H Of German am troops raaDt through %s hnt the a cy ans 7 was u In in
many parts Of Brussels for many hours Of that strained and exciting time
see wen IN act Of radeness Of the part Of either population or the invad.
civilians and soldiers at Z O'Clock IN the evening That was four hours
IN the wake Of German columns a Tar south q beaumont t On sunday
the Germans had not yet gardsoned At Nlvmes the ALL QUIET
S Sssy tS be s foTSsp ! Ss' and a n soRs pe ssaafs S%o t Saa e eoms ~ aE %akE OF
Half u the next day We went OF on foot through half a dozen Belgian villages
and learned of no atrocities.
The rest of the day our party marched alongside a German baggage
to German soldiers. It is only fair to suppose, however that they had
been ordered to do that In confectionery shops e saw German soldiers
cifly asking for chocolate and scupulously paying in marks and pfennigs
the price demanded.
on Tuesday we we're compelled TO rest all day at an inn in the Belgian
town Of Binche because our feet we're badly blstered from naccusomed
marching. We moved freely among the population, making small pur
German baggage train II two passed through the town, but no German
soldier hndered our movements In fact we appeared to be identified by
he Germans with the Belgian population and they let US alone.
The next day we rode and marched by ourselves through many Bel
gan villages and towns We heard stories of unproYoked atrocities when
we visited with the inhabitants, but always the scene
VANISH ON next village we received the same assurance, and so
INQUIRY. on all that day Finally a Belgian burgomaster told
us that he had been investigating the reports for two
days and had come to believe that they we're frantic Inventions. or the
cruel signs Of war W e saw much and Of the summary execution of franc
dreurs we heard something, and we heard 1t from Behans That evening
we caught up with a German column at Beaumont and were placed under
surveillance by German officers.
The next day surveillance became arrest and on that day Thursday
and O Friday and Saturday we had, of course, no opportunities to learn
ample opportunity to observe how the German soldiers behaved themselves.
we found their conduct admirable. Even to five mn whom they had
gathered in as suspected spies they were considerable. They did not bully
us and they shared with Is their food and drink.
On Friday night they put us n train with scores of French prisoners
Of war bound for Cologne, depostng As at Aachen and seeming right glad
to be rid of u.s.
In Aschen we were under surveillance for three or four days by the
civil poll and then ceased to be objects Of either suspicion or interest
The town being convenient to the Holland border. where
We could mail ur letters to America, we made 1t ~ SEES RESULT
headquarters for nearly two months During that period OF GERMAN
made two trips to scenes of German military opera DISCIPLINE.
tons In France each time under escort Of a German
AiscipHne Of the German troops their sobriety their scrupulousness in
paying for meals at French inns, and their good understanding with the
civil population in France, and 1t is Of these matters that would make
some statement in detail
AS TO MURDER POLICY"