The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-28

the froptier was ,nssej nm ept,rpi,
different state of affairs appeared. A.
soon 81. hc lef, IN, Station a, Mot,
,hroo ha,,,,,,, ,,,roh.a lac. ,r.. 80 ,
,in. ,a.t.s.. $780,. 80 -
e 'es'''e"' NV o"s vi Jaeger
these were cacn one II thousand
strong. Shortly after he saw a regi-
mcnt OF hussars. 800 strong, nfty-si..
guns and machine guns extended n
nile and a half a,nny counting ro.ds
~, o,., 49,, az -..su. 49,,
~ 100
'o''e" " on.ro'o' u'iu'"s 'he eh'I.e
country with troops. war did
not enter his mind. AT this point he
men with some heat:
xoc ,,o,, ,.., ~. .u,. ,,,,
air ,h. lao, nnn,nn ae nau.om.
maniac. was ,rsn.r,,s ri. ,,aod ,...,
before a tain; Of It was floating in the
surrounding cir. Blood and lust
n't ana p'o"d th's Is the a"tui ana d's-
s -. f.o.y , W. W ~. " s'ory = ~
r,n,nt,u,o ha.. 80, h... ,.n.a..,.a.
hut military ability and the hureness of
the operations have only intensrhed the
hellish misery Of this the vas,est struggle
IN" world has ever seen.
In Germany it is customary TO bill
let soldiers on the people. and til"
houses OF Ostrovo were full of SOL
diers. Whose conduct even to their
own people was sickening and disgust
ing. At this point the author was
struck with the great number OF re-
serves gathered for and he
was told 10y an officer that they were
on the eve of "A war with France and
Russia. The entire German army, &C.
cording to his observations. was al
ready mobilized and III witnessed dep
relations M atrocities over the Rus
sian border before war WAS declared.
| His German friends had at least sufii-
| cient humanity To aid him TO ESCAPE
and got him across the border before
hostllities broke loose, From what ho
saw before he crossed into Russia he
that about, 900, 900 Germans
were ready to act on the line New
stadt-Tchenstochow. There was an
/ other . 900. 900 on the line of the from
! tier from Thorn and East Prussia ~
the Baltic. Although IL was officially
stated that only 1900. 900 German SOL
| dlers were In line August. 1914, the
| author insists that from personal ~
| servation he believes his own estimate
10 be correct. and further on In the
book he states:
Nv estimate q. ,h. number n, German
and Austrian troops actually In the fght-
ing line at The beginning Of the war Is
much In excess OF The numbers stated IN
thehsn heWspapers ! ho'e '"'s' ou' u u
NV. ~" W." -
rarslv xu...,nx Nor are N. los... n, IN.
enemy overs,a,ed by me. Down to the
present date the losses Of the Germans
AMI Au'tr'ans amount I" about 3'ooo'o"o
men nut ! mu't u" tememoeten nay
an,e .N"''n',u, VI ""up, w ,snn
49, o,n.c,,ys syh,ir, ,,r... "a MA, IN.
actual lumber %. men permanently put out
Of action is about 1000. 900, including those
accounted FOR by tn" French. British and
BeIg'an armies
This Is repeated for what 1t is worth.
I; Is impossible over here and at the
present time to make any accurate es-
Inmates of numbers as II is impossible
TO conceive OF realize the horrors OF
the situation.
He reports the German soldiers IN
most cases as mad drunk II pc
having like Wild beasts They are re-
ported as numbering d"t-hceiess mel
ome ana 'hildrsn Wherever theE
went. after torturinH them hrst' brutal
i~ndecencies were the order OF me DAY
everywhere. n description 81 halisz'
taken possession az by n
august H. Is uhrepea'aoie me 'errl-
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