Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1915-06-30

since CnG Germans lnVducU IcI
once happy and prosperous do
mains last August on their way to
rance.
I had scarcely seated myself beside
her when she broke out, with tears
running down her cheeks. now crying,
now sobbing. saying:
They have stolen my country. Like
SO many thieves, they sneaked into my
beautiful land, n overnight they
turned my flower gardens into open air
stables for their cavalry horses.
Not satisfied with destroying u
beautiful scenery, they have also stolen
u public buildings. u local govern
ment, u post, our educational estab-
lishments, and they have forcibly taken
charge of our railroad for which we
hav spent more than 15,0 0 900 francs.
They seized u telegraph system,
n whenever my people protested too
strongly, they arrested them and sent
them to remote Prussian military
prisons; more than 200 of my leading
citizens nave been sent out Of their
country to Germany.
MY people, my once happy
prosperous people, are today poor and
at h verge of starvation.
Guarded BY Officers.
Eve I have to receive a permit
from a Prussian officer before I can
drive my car on my roads. In my
land. 1 must even get a permit
from a Prussian officer before I can
use the telephone which was established
by u own funds.
This is annexation; not annexation
through conquest, but annexation
through stealing.
The people Of Belgium nave reason
to be proud of their great achieve
ments in fighting the arrogant con-
queror, but we feel we were robbed in
the small hours of the night.
Had we suspected the treaty break
ing intentions of the Prussians, we
would have rushed to arms.
IF we had had 4S hours notice. we
would have put at least $4,000 men on
u eastern frontier.
w are as big as Montenegro. and
u country is as mountainous, but we
had implicit faith in the international
law, and we thought we were immune.
try Is annexed, and the misery of my
people is deeper than that of the Bel
gians; in addition we hang our head
in shame before the world for not hav-
ing fought the stealers of our country.
u sincerely envy the queen Of the
my present plight is more bitter than
hers.
They were towards; for many years
these Prussians have been plotting
against my country in accordance with
that general German plan.
100000 Happy People.
MY country with its 300, 900 opu
lation has been harboring hundreds of
German spies, and when the APPOINTED
hour came. these men turned out to be
officers in the imperial German armies.
Even my two German drivers we're dis
guised officers, and when that fateful
first of August night had arrived, they
appeared in German uniforms.
The Germans had their outposts es-
tabllshed everywhere in my country,
my u-nsuspecting people had al
ways treated these t~reacherous spies
with the utmost consideration.
They have published broadcast that
] have received the Iron Cross from
the German emperor. 1t is not true. I
Cross officials.
.Ihey have also published that the
imperial German government have
compensated my people for the damage
they have done to my beautiful land.
ina - also false. They cannot COM
mans have done to the scenery of nv
!and. with money; and even then they
ave only paid the paltry sum of $780,
600 for destroying hundreds of buildings
Tor military reasons They seem to
thlnk that one can commit every imag-
Unable sin and outrage for military
reasons They never mention the fact
That we have spent more than s30O. O00
Tor u Red Cross in taking care Of
their wounded soldiers.
AND now my own people are tarv-
tms. an no. an .S ~ beg their daily
Inflated Belgium? A thousand times
unfortunate Luxembourg.
People Are Starving.
Her people are. indeed sto r,,,r~ ..