The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-07-16

which the notions Of international law
have undergone and which IN the course
of q few months have destroyed many
q hope; 1t may, however, furnish SONS
facts for the reflection OF those whose
judgment has remained unbiased as e
who Is responsible for the collapse OF the
law OF nations and OF the sense OF mo
rality in war brought on by oui
enemies for the purpose Of crushing ma
tons engaged in the peaceful pursuit OF
the blessing of civilization, and as "a
who has the right TO claim that he u
/ fighting this hotly-contested struggle for
the sake of liberty and humanity.
/ "The Austro- Hungarian ministry OF
] foreign affairs has received, since the
printing Of this collection was completed,
Ia number OF further reports Of viola.
tons of international law committed by
hostile governments, and among them
the reports Of the consular officials re.
Gently released from Russia. These and
similar revelations which may come to
hand at a future date will be published
in the form of supplements to the pres.
ent collection.
"The names OF q number of witnesses
have been withheld at their own special
requests they have reasons to fear that
the publication OF their names would
tend, as long as the passions aroused by
the war last. to subject them to reprisals
and thus endanger either their interests
or those of other persons in hostile coun
tries. The identity Of all the witnesses
has, however been carefully established
by responsible government officials; the
names which have, for the time being,
been suppressed will be available when
their publication will not be liable to
entail harm to them or other sufferers
of the war"
A typical example, Of the treatment
Of Austrians in Belgium is described in
a letter from an Austrian merchant in
the perfumery business who had lived for
Is years in Paris and was forced to leave
within "a hours.
Recites Instances of Brutality.
"The hostility and brutality OF the
of Brussels towards Germans
and Austrians," he writes concerning his
journey through Belgium. was beyond
description. From Brussels we proceeded
10 Antwerp, where we were arrested by
The garde civique on the station platform
My poor wife was hurried on
with the butt ends Of the guards rifles.
As she took no heed OF this, she was
truck across both legs with rife and
sas injured. We witnessed most pitt
ible scenes. A child, nine years. was
% frightened that it refused to follow
he others and chung with both hands to
H. H. - Il ns..s<,
ut it with its sabre and cut its left |
AN Austrian couple who had owned
estaurant at Antwerp for the last 10
ears was terribly ill-treated by the mob. I
he poor woman had one of her eyes /
ierced with fork, while her husband ,
ad two fingers cut off Another Aus !
rian woman was expelled from ma ,
ernity home with her baby, which was /
My five days old She had neither !
ress nor shirt on her body. which was |
overed with a dirty bed sheet. II was a
heart-rending scene, yet it did not |
revent a garde ciyique from making d
an of her in shameless manner; it i
as such a comedy very amusing, in a
eed." !
ustro- Hungarian nationals IN France, 1
he chief complaint was against the hard 0
hips imposed upon innocent women and o
lildren in the concentration camps. A '
eposition of Miss NJ. r. Sehreiner, a
raduate nurse, pictures conditions in a
invent at GARRISON TO which Austrians, R
nngarians and Germans were ordered a
tier a march of 90 kilometers. Here
ley were informed that they were pris.
hers of war.
There were altogether about 1000
'isoners," declared Miss Schreiner. "hslf d
whom were women and children
here was no furniture available and
raw was the sole bedding. Under the
etext of safety, the existing lstrines al
ere boarded up and holes in the ground al
ere dug by the male prisoners in lieu "
other arrangements. There were no
DIVISIONS made for washing :.
sufiiciency OF food and the weather Fl
nditions soon brought about serious
nesses such as dysentery, and in con.
quenee of the inadequate lstrines, cpl T. 4.
mics broke out .. Two women s.
re confined and had to put up with the g
1st atrocious treatment :. Four ~
ople died" ia
Other cases cited included the "mal. e
'us punishment, rough medical attend. -
ce by a veterinary surgeon" and the
lameless molestation Of interned girls
French soldiers" at Sabies d'Olonne.
The young girls" according 10 one Of IA
dispositions, were exposed 10 criminal r. IN.