The sun., 1916-12-19
GERMANY LIES, SAYS
CHIEF OF RED CROSS
NJ. Ador Flatly Contradicts AS
sertion Regarding Belgian
Deportations.

PARIS, Dec. 1S.-The Foreign once
has communicated to the Associated
Press the evidence Of Gustavs Ador. ex-
president Of the Swiss Consideration
and now president Of the international
Red Cross. and the testimony Of q wit
ness to the dsportations from Lille.
Roubaix and Turcoing to disprove the
declaration Of the Norddeutschs Auee-
metns ZsttNw6 Of Berlin. that delegates
Of the International Red Cross COOP
Grated In the designation Of persons for
deportation by the Germans.
mo delegates Of the International
Red Cross took part in the designation
Of those deported from Lille. Turcoins.
Roubaix. or elsewhere in France or
Belgium" said N. Ador. The Cover
nor-oeneral Of Belgium dissolved the
Belgium central Red Cross cvmmirtes
and placed tho ersanisation under Ger
man direction. II Is possible that dele
gates :.om the German Red Cross were
present during the operations"
Machine Guns Posted,
According to inhabitants Of Roubaix.
who witnessed the deportations and
whose sworn evidence has been taken.
the Foreign ONCE statement says. the
streets OF tho town were barricaded by
the German troops At 2 O'Clock in the
morning while machine guns were
posted on all the street corners. A pa
troll forced An entrance to the houses
and demanded lists Of the inhabitants.
Persons were picked out for deportation
and ordered to prepare instantly.
The hrst victims. men. women, girls,
boys and children. were driven into the
big wool combing mill Of Afford Motto
Co.. remote from the town and near
the railway.
m. Mathon. . leading manufacturer
OF Roubatx. and president Of one Of the
French Red Cross societies." continues
ne statement, rushed to the headQuar-
te"s of the German commanding ofIicer
4 dNmanded the immediate constitu-
I $50. committee to receive complaints
o. pe'sons selected for deportation and
to examine the demands OF those III or
the sole support Of families. He also
demanded and obtained authorization
that members OF the Red Cross take into
the factory provisions and clothing.
warning Against Trap.
He went to the factory to warn the
deported persons against q statement
drawn up In German on q register pre-
sented to the victims on their arrival,
The statement. which mona Of them un.
derstood. declared that the signer was
leaving voluntarily for agricultural
work In whatever region he might be
needed.
M. Mathon posted at the doors Of
the factory members OF the Red Cross
to warn their victims OF the nature Of
this statement"
Taking note OF comparisons which
have been made between the invasion Of
Belgium by the Germans and the ex-
periences of Greece at the hands OF the
Entente Allies, the Foreign Office issued
statement In regard to its point Of
view.
The Foreign Office's citation Of facts
and construction Of the treaties guaran-
teeing the neutrality OF Belgium and the
protection Of Greece. are in lire with the
recent statement OF Viscount Grey, the
British Foreign Secretary. To this the
Foreign ONCE appends the assertion that
the Entente Allies have done no more
than carry out the terms Of their en-
gagements; that is. that they are fight
ing to defend Belgian neutrality and to
protect Greece from exterior and in
terror menaces.