New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-20

'"'"' 40 N"N D."N biot uhtiorms aDpe,,,{
at the head OF the street, with sunl On, y.
the pixies and helmets, came the er,--b,v
sob -"Les Alemands.'
The German fabrications are urr,..,
Let the little slain children and the ~,
women sleep in honorl Your race va. 80
enough in doing them 10 death. l., ~
alone, now that you have cleared them Co.
your path 70 Parsl
New Slanders
Professor George Sarton, Of the upiv...,
OF Client. writes met
During the last months the Gerna,,l
launched new ISLANDERS aga.ns, pe,,-.
Their present tactics are more diseree, :,
seem to be successful Many ',,v,,s
rayellers-especiaily Americans and Sw.,,
have been to Belgium 10 see the battiess's.
or, perhaps, 20 get an idea Of what sp,L !.
occupation By foreign soldier, 80
amounts to. OF course, these men "a, =.
nothing without the assistance OF the n.
man authorities, and they can but see r..
is shown to them. The greater their ev,,.
ity, the more courtesy extended 20 them. d,
more also they fee. indebted 70 their e.,
man hosts. These are well aware Of il. .,
sghtseers are taken IN their net. and. ~.
very few exceptions, their critical ,s,,,
is quickly oblterated We have rse.,,,
been shown one Of the finest specimens !,
these American tourists. Mr. George P Y.
Clellan, professor Of history at Princs.o,
who made himself ridiculous By wrti,, !,
most superficial and Inaccurate article p.
The Sunday Times Magazine | an eo,.
fdent that Mr. Mcclellan Is a man 0, s,.s
faith and that he means well, but il 4, o-l,
too obvious that what little critical ssu,. |,
had was entirely dissipated in the s,roL
phere Of German courtesies.
Misled by German Courtesles.
1.-THE mere fact Of receiving so many or,
tesies from the Germans and Of berr /.
touch with German officials causes all neg,a'
travellers to be looked upon with ss,p.,s.
by all true Belgians. As soon as these q,
them with their German acquaintare.s De,
avoid any further contact with them.
There is not the slightest doub, tia. lis
attitude Is an imperative duty When 4,
good folks of Belgium recollect the svy.rg
business that was carried on az their e.
pense by their German friends they 81.
not likely to trust their German enemies
They know that the Germans are quite 10.
capable Of keeping 10 themselves any iac
that they may learn-in whatever COZ.
fdential and intimate circumstances-i tbs
fact is Of the smallest use 20 their OWL cos,.
try. As IL is perfectly impossible 70 trs
them, the best is 20 avoid them, ard tia, Is
what most Belgians are doing.
american tourists seeing Belgium .hross.
German courtesy are considered by the Be-.
gians just as untrustworthy as the Germans
themselves. This again is the right attitude
as there is no possibility left to the Belg a.:
(in Belgium OF testing the morality and III
neutrality of their visitors. The result Q.
which Is that these visitors are entiIt'r
given up % their German advisers; all tier
knowledge is Of German origin. OF eosrs,
the Germans take advantage Of this sta.
ton and make a show Of German e.re,g
and organization-'Don you know the Gs'.
mans have done so much for Belgium. VIZ
everybody knows that this country was wT
inefficient, very badly mansged-a poe, ..s
country without influence. See sis
the Germans have made Of IL. Ties
was no compulsory education, and the us.'
Der of illiterates was scandalously hisi'
they are introducing compulsory ard n,
education. In the big towns sexual noralV
was rather loose, but the Germans are t'T
regulating all that You should hear Ger
man officers speak Of prostitution in Az
werp and Brussels.) The evil was gr'a'
but. fortunately, the Germans came and AZ
cleaning up the country That
their way of doing and talking. Il does 1''
take them long 20 convince ingenious a.
uncritical Americans that everything
splendidly regulated by German etceas'
and that II only the Belgians were COMFY
ing everything would be all right IN BE-
GUM. Are not the Belgians very uns''N'
full?
American Generosity Appreciated.
"The Belgians do appreciate Amer''
generosity; they realize that the only "''
of happiness that reach their county 'ons
from America. They will never fofw y
that diainterested help coming from o." -
seas has a touch of romance; Il Is great u
comforting; it is the bright and hopeful SCI
of the war. The Belgians know how 70 ''l''
this. But as to what the Germans ae :.
ing good or not. they will never aplfse''
that-whst does II natter The be!g.shs y
not care one bit for German reforms; Wv
do not even deign 20 consider them Wv
simply ignore them. There is one-cny ol'
reform that they will appreciate; ne w,
man evacuation. All the rest does no' e'...
When the Germans speak Of cleaning ~
country. the Belgians do not unde.'''..
From their point of view there Is ohiy y.
way to clean t-and that Is for tne w
mans to clear out.
"1he process of SANDER and lie carre' y
by the Germans TO 'fatten' Belgium - 7.
my judgment. the worst OF their war ~.
tees. II is very efficient. indeed bu'' ny.
ever efficient il may be- DO vii be unsu''''.
ful as 10 It's main purpose. The Oe''-- !,
will not be able 20 bow Belgian nea'.' 49,,
long as the Belgans do not admit tha' Wv
have been conquered they are no'
quered. and IN the meanwhile tie Dsl~'r
are merely aggrayating their iniams.
was an easy thing 20 oyerrun tHe ~.
pared Belgian soil but The Belgian sPII
unconquerable. Belgium may siumDsh
die-neyer. u
When men act as part Of an impla'Sr.
machine they act apart from their n'". '.-.
They commit unbelievable horrors -
the thing thar moves them s a"
untouched by fine purpose and me e.s''-s
of mercy. When think Of Der"ans' n,
by man. as they lay wounded ""'.Ds A.
Us 10 bring them In and care TOT nv -,
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