The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1916-12-13
H0LLANDERS MAKE
URGENT APPEAL TO
THE UNITED STATES
Hollandcrs Ask Uncle Sam to Take
Lead in Behalf of the
Bclgians.
URGES COLLECTIVE ACTION
Says Cooperation Of Neutrals Can
Stop Deportation of Bclgians
by Germany.
RGES COLLECTIVE ACTION

London, Dec. 11.-Thc associated
Press has received from Amsterdam
an appeal to the American people"
on behalf of the Belgans by the Ho-
land section of the League of Neu-
tral States. The appeal is signed by
President Nicmcyr and Secretaries
Delafaillc and Watch. 1t follows:
"Your President has said that soon
er or later Il moment would come
when the war would make the posi-
ton of neutral nations unbearablc.
For us lollandcrs that moment has
arrived; not through our own suffer
lngs, bat because we cannot longer
passivcly contemplate the ghastly
suffering inflicted by Germany upon
Belgium, our ncighbor.
"Thc eloquent protests of the Bel
gian Government and of the higher
clergy have acquainted you with the
facts. A glance at the section of The
Hague regulations of 1907, which
deals with the law of war on land,
will make it obvious to you that the
sole reason why the prohibition of
this modern slave dealing was not in
cludcd was because no delegate mag
lned it could ever be necessary.
Back to the Primitive.
indeed, one must turn to the his
tory of the early ages Of long past
centuries before international law ex-
isted to find a parallel to the enslav-
ing Of the Bclgians. The Hague reg.
ulations stipulatc that the honor and
rights of the family must be respect
cd but the German Government de-
!ibcratcly drags the Belgian families
apart. TO us this cruelty is more
vivid every day. Every day numbers
OF fugitives, in spite of the deadly
electric wire which the Germans have
erected along the frontier, succeeded
in escaping TO The Netherlands. From
them we learn the painful details of
the unuttcrablc despair Of the women
and children who are left bchini and
of the aGonizing scenes which take
place when husbands, brothers and
sons, dragged from their homes and
women folk, are packed into cattle.
and freight cars and thus Transported
slaves to an unknown destination and
to an unknown fate.
Collective Action.
$40 put an end to this--to arrest
this hcllish scourage, which at this
II ,l>,l.
Northern France and Western Rns-
sla-therc is but one way open, and
that is collective action on the part
of the neutral nations.
"And for you, citizens of the
mightiest of the neutral States, il is
in our opinion, the right and duty to
take the leadership upon you. Only
If you place your services at oar
head can any success crown our cf-
forts. This tyranny is not to be borne
In patience, and the neutral nations
can no longer stand idly by while in
Western Europe the most primitive
laws of humanity, observed even hv
uncivlizcd races, are tramplcd under
foot.
Energetic Action.
"Wc appeal to you to urge yolr
government to energetic and dccisiv"
action and to call upon the other ncu-
tral nations to rally around you. That
they will find faith and strength i'm
your leadership is evidenced by the
stream of messages expressive Of
sympathy and desire to cooperate
which have reached US from the mo-
ment we published oar intention to
make this appeal to the American
people. We do not hesitate to take
it upon ourselves to speak with firm
conviction in the name of humanity
and our hope is firmly fixed on that
sense of justice which has always
formed one of the most cherished ira
ditions of citizens of the United
States. Americans, we are convinced
that YOU will not disappont our ex-
pectations."