The McDowell times. [volume] (Keystone, W. Va.) 1904-1941, 1915-10-08
GERMANS
PROTEST
Against Negro Troops
Fighting in the Euro
pean War
MURDER THE WOUNDED
AND MUT|lTE THE DEAD
TAis Protest Appears Rather Ridi-
euIsus in the Face Of What
10 Happening in Europe.

ed in English . memorial against th,
'mpioymeut OF coiorssi troops in th,
European theatre Of the war by Franc,
and Great Britain on the ground tina
they have brought with them savag,
practices OF warfare of their native conn
tries.
The memorial charges the African
and Hindoos with numbering the wonn
ded and mutilating the dead by ruttin,
on their ears which are worn for neck
lsces. The appendix reproduc~~ the ia
nous protest i'm the House of Common,
by the Earl of Chatham (william Pitt
against tie employment of Indians ir
the American revolution.
The memorial conclu,ies with the nm.
tast BY the German governments i'm the
interest ri civilization against the EN-.
ploy mcnt OF colored troops in Europe. 4,
says this 10 contrary a. the spirit Of al
international agreements, which make
it the duty OF civilined peoples to lc--. u
the inherent evils OF warfare.
This protest appears rather ridiculon-
In the lace OF what has been happening
IN Europe among the civilized whit.
people, during the last few year. in the
way oil lessoning the inherent evil. al
warfare. Tine white man with all hi.
ciyuixation 10 still not % very far re-
moved from the savage Indian. Her.
are some Of the things prscticed in tl,.
Balkan and the present war by whit.
men.
The report Of the international Com
mission, to inquire into the causes ane
conduct OF she Balkan wars, is.ne,i b,
the Carnegie Endowment for Intrrn.tion
sl Pssne finds that in tie famous -hon
house massacre at Serre~ men, non-com
bstsnts, were bound together aud a bay
onet thrust through them. One cAse u
reported - follows: I'VE do thinx
methodically here said the gsoler t.
prisoner Stout a. t,e killed. lyon hsv,
tour houu 70 live. Every half hour w.,
will he beaten and at the end you will D.,
killed" He ~as in fact made u lie or
mis- back and was pinned IT, the floor viii
bayonet. Mr.. Arlington. the witne--
stated that the prisoner arms and bark
where he had been beaten were A. blarI
~ his boots. The other twelve prisoner,
svdsntly hal been treated with eqns
barbarity."
Another case 10 reported where fou
Turkish prisoners were hound togrthe
by their b~lts and pushed off q bridg,
into the Ards river. While tile poo
devils noundered about the soldiers fire.
on any whose heads appeared above th,
water.
The casos Of violation " women arr
too numerous u mention. Some xer
attended with most savage brutality. 4
witne.s, Georgia Dimitriev. Of Drenovc
says IN old woman named Helena Ts
melcova. age about ~ years. was -ho
and then beheaded by q Greek soldier.
Wounded soldiers we're shut up IN
tower which was set on fire. Their char
red bodies we're still lying there wher
the Greeks evscusted the town.
The report Of the London Daily Tel
eKrsph Of Bulgarian atrocities reads IL
part: "Outrage- we're committed again.
Greek, Jewish and even Armenian 40
men, despite tine Armenisn's devotion q
the Bulgarian cause. Naturally the wor-
violations were committed on Turkisl
women. Re-pect wss shown neither r.
rank or age. Among the women violate,
there we're - many girls II tender year
80 aecd women. Many OF the-e girls ar
now actually with child. Tho~e vh,
could afford 70 do - have zone sway y
hide their shame in remote regions Man,
have lost their reason. Must keep silen
about their misiortune- for re1-ons e.~l
n understand"
The report of the Committee on ale
gcd German outrsses IN Belgium i- tai
OF incidents Of horror such a. mentions,
shove. There is one ca~s almost too hor
ribls 70 relate. IL 70 reported some Ger
man sold'ers had been drinking and yer
pssins through the stress plunderin,
and verifying the people A little chill
wandered into tho street in front % IN
de<scbment OF soldiers and one Of then
thruss his bsyones through the child
seomsch and carried it for some distsnc'
held alofs on the bsyooet. This 10 b,
one Of the soldiev of "Kultur."
II Nov comes the white man 20 pross.
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