The sun., 1916-12-04
TO BLAME ENGLAND
FOR BELGIAN EXILES
Germany Will Plead Necessity
of Providing Work for
Unemployed.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.-Cermanyo re-
ply to the American protest against the
deportation Of Belgian civilians Will be
to plead that internal conditions In Bel
GUM warrant the action of the Imperial
Government and that the infringement
Of Greece's sovereignty by the Entente
Is a far greater violation Of interna'
,ional law than the measures which Ger
many has taken.
Thu Berlin Foreign Office will also
charge that Great Britain's Illegal block.
adc is responsible for barring raw ma
terials from Belgium, thereby causing
the unemployment which the German
authorities have found 1t necessary 10
deal with.
The general tenor OF Berlin's reply
according to an explanation from "A wei
Informed source made to THE Sun CORE
spondent to-day. will be that Germany
cannot meet the desires OF the United
states but is anxious to correst mis-
statements concerning the situatlof
which have been made by
enemies and To present the matter to TN
Government and people OF the Cnitee
states in "A new light.
Real Facts BeclOuded.
Germany's contention In that sym
nathy which the American Government
| and people have very properly had TO
Belgium has cloudcd the real facts
which now confront the I:iperial Gov
inner Belgium. according to the Ger
man viewpoint, has In reality suffered
less and been the least devastated or IN
weaker nations during the war.
Belgium never came to the point o
enlistina men. as the war was pract'
cally over. so far rs Belgium was con
cerned. in two weeks. The Belgian arm!
fought bravely, Il Ia admitted, but tn
sacrifices which Belgium has made wer'
insignificant compared to what devas
tated Poland went through or Serbia
according to German opinion.
Germany lays stress on the a'lege
fact that Belgium II now together wit
Saxony) the most thickly populated are
In Europe. Comparison is made betwee
Poland and Serbia. where the majorit
Of able bodied men have fallen in tn
Hghttng, and Belgium, where II is elaine
tie great majority OF the able bodie
met lIsv e simply remained idle In IN
country. a drain on the resources ana Il
inpediment 10 the reforms which IN
German military authorities have wishe
to put into effect.
III Great Britain or France wer
dominating Belgium what would happe
to these men? They would be In III
trenches fighting. From a h~umanitaria
standpoint they are better on workin
in Germany"
Not working on Munitions.
This statement, rejecting the Germa
view. Is made for the purpose OF tustif,
ing the fact that civilians In Belgium Al
being sent to Germany to work. Ger'na
officials claim tina Relgians are workir
under healthy and proper conditions an
are being paid for the work they d
Denial is made that they are working
the munit!on factories or behind Il
trenches.
THE factories IN Belgium have NJ
been used , n make munitions for y
very reason that Germany did not Wis
to force Relgians to do work whi'
might he regarded as directed again
their own country"
II is claimed that the Belgian IA
tories could have been used for nun
Il ~, hut not for their regular indu
tries. because Great Britain by her cor
/, mand Of the sea has barred the nece
sary raw materials from reaching q
country.
After presenting its side of the stu
ton in Belgium the Gcrman Governme
= will, II Is understood. invite the atte
= ton OF the United States to a compal
I son between G~ermany's attitude iowa
5 Belgium and the Entente Allies attitu
, toward Greece.
"All we asked Of Belgium was to
. allowed to march through. We did Il
ask Belgium to help us ur to fight wi
= us. The Entente in Greece has enter
; the country despite protest. fomented
, revolution, despoiled the people and ~
e wants to make them fight actively
2 their ride in the prosecution OF tho wa
10 This summa rizes tho German positi,