The Detroit times., 1915-04-05

4 IlmC suIoa NA~NE1
ling Tiris-Pilkallen says. These
we're dedicated TO the unholy par'
noses OF the commissioned onicers
Of the division which held the eoua-
try about Pilkallen. The division
| headquarters were at Schaarens- .
great farm, near by, on which is a
| huge chateau. The girls Sere car
| ried 10 the hotel in Pilkallen.
AT night" said Pilkallen- the
ofhcers would ride down TO the ho-
Itel skrunskus In their automobiles.
The sentries would salute, and they
would go in. Then We would hear
screaming.
AFTER a time the oficers would
come out, each with a girl in his
arms. Sometimes the girl would be
TOO strong. Then the ofieer would
have a private soldier hold her,
Sometimes they were dragged out,
of,en we have seen them strike the
women in the face TO force them to
be quiet They were then taken
away. crying. In the machines.
There Pilkallen always stopped.
Our next question--rememoer we
were looking AT this place OF tras'
cry at the time-would be:
Where were che girls taken
TO Schaaren." the reply would
be. ITO the Russian headquarters.
The next day the girl would De
brought back TO the Skrunskus-
Sometimes she would be kept there
under guard. More often she would
be turned over 10 the soldiers"
do not know whether these
things are true. did not talk with
any woman who had been held In
that hostelry OF horror. only know
that II Is the testimony OF what re
mains OF Pilkallen that II Is true.
and that after the things which Mr.,
Fox and myself had heard and seen
we did not regard IL as Incredible
Our sensibilities had been bluRtef
by the awful truths we had found
We do not believe these rather cold
hlooded AID self-possessed people
OF Prussia would invent such a
story. Further, II they would damn
Russians in the eyes OF mankind
there is no need Of inveatiou. The
truth Is enough.
That is why these houses we're
not burned" said the mayor-the
landrath--of Pilkallen- His name Is
Braun. he pointed to q handsome.
three-storied house over which float
ed a military nag. and 20 his own
ONCE building across the street
IN there the Russian command
ant had his quarters said Mayor
Braun.
The Russian commandant vas an
elderly man. We did not get his
Game Lest this be thought a naw
in the Indictment. let me point out
that the few who remained In PHI
kallen during the Russian occupancy
were for the most part very isno-l
rant people. Those who were able
had fed al the FIRST sign OF the
Russian coming They agreed that
the Russian commandant was harsh
TO his soldiers. and that he wore
long gray beard
Every night said they. he sent
out his soldiers and they brought
to him the best-looking--the fines.
women OF the countryside. The
soldiers would burst In the doors |
about O'Clock in the morning and |
take them from their beds. The
next day we would see them leave |
the house. weeping. Sometimes |
they were naked--in the snow. We
clothed them
At the side door OF Landrath |
Braun's ONCE a group Of shavled |
women stood patiently in the rain.
We thought Al first they had come
for bread-for there was not n loaf
In this devastated country that was
not brought in by the government
Braun shook his head.
NO said he. in the most matter
of-fact way possible. these are
women Who have been outraged b,
the Russians. ! am taking their
depositions for the government"
Braun has but one elerq-an ei
derry. slow-moving man In land
strum uniform. He takes down
questions and answers In a tardy.
Grabbed. gnarled script. Braun asks
questions which will later make out
a case in an international court
for II Russia's power Is finally brok-
en- In this war Russia must pay. We
saw enough 10 know that the Rus
sian offensive IL smashed beyond
hope. and that the breakup Of the
defensive Is only a matter OF a lit
tie time But Russia can never re-
compense these women There are
bills which roubIes win not settle.
1T is a slow process" Braun re-
sumed. We have worked every
possible minute for eight days. and