Der Deutsche correspondent. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1841-1918, 1916-12-28

the NGCItAdIJ proposed lndJ lGcu.
Miles be retired for giving the clew
when led to the publication OF
Major Gardeners report, and Major
Gardener is harried for making il,
the zeal of the War Department and
Of Mr.. Root has been displayed
against the accusers, and not against
the criminals.
III. That the statements of Mr..
Root, whether as to the origin of the
war, its progress or the methods by
which 1t has been prosecuted, have
been untrue.
"12. That he has shown desire
not to investigate, and, on the other
hand, to conceal the truth touching
the war, and to shield the guilty, and
by censorship and otherwise has
largely succeeded.
'l3. That Mr.. Root, then, Is the
real defendant in this case. The re-
spOnsibility for what has dlsgraced
the American name lies at his door.
He Is conspicuously the person to be
investigated.
But little space is available to
quote from reports which show the
wretchcd character OF this expounder
of German atrocities in Belgium
charge Of the operations OF the
troops and responsible to mankind
for their behavior We will insert
here, however, General Bells report
Of his operations in Batangas
For the next six days all station
commanders viii be employed hunt
ing insurgents and their hidden food
supplies within their respective jur-
isdictions. Population of each town
will be turned out, and all transpor
tation that can be found impressed
to bring into government store
houses all food that is found if ll
be possible to transport it. If not,
it will be destroyed / am now as
sembling IN the neighborhood of
$500 men, who win be used in coll
umns of about fifty men each. take
so large command for the purpose
of thoroughly searching each ravine,
valley anu mountain peak for in
surgents and for food, expecting to
destroy everything All able-bodied
men will be Killed or captured. Old
men, women and children TO be sent
to towns. This movement begins
January l.. by which time ! hope to
have nearly all the food supply in
the towns. These people need
thrashing to teach them some good
common sense, and they should have
it for the good of all concerned"
Under the authority of Mr. Root,
then, villages were burned, all able
bodied men killed or captured, and
old men, women and children taken
from their homes and sent away.
Root is outraged by what is happen
ing in Belgium in a perfectly legal
and legitimate as well as humane
manner, but ne has forgotten that
there is such q report as that asked
for by Charles Francis Adams, Carl
Schurz and Messrs. Smith aud Welsh
to convict him personally of officially
countenancing the most violent out
RACES on record against people who
were only defending their homes and
country against foreign invaders.
One more instance of what Mr..
Root has tearfully described as bar
barism in the Germans, but which
under his own official eyes he per-
mitted to stain forever the reputa-
ton OF the American army. Riley,
sergeant in the z6th Regiment,
"the son and brother Of reputable
men well known In Northampton,
wrote home on Nov. 25, 1900, as
follows:
Arriving at Igbaras at daybrealS
we found everything peaceful, but it
shortly developed that we We're
really treading on a volcano. The
president, the priest and another
leading man were assembled and put
on the rack of inquiry The presi
dent evaded some questions and was
soon bound and given the water
cure This was done by throwing
him on his back beneath tank Of
water and running a stream into his
mouth, a man kneading his stomach
meanwhile TO prevent his drowning.
The ordeal provcdia tongue-loosencr,
and the crafty old fellow soon
begged for mercy and made full con-
fes3ion. The president was
asked for more information and had
to take q second dose Of water cure
before he would diyulge.
Riley also stated that the town
was burned.
Take another OF thirteen cases.
Private Jones Of Company G., 1lth
Volunteer Cavalry. wrote a letter
which described how a body Of our
troops. in an attempt to capture a
Filipino officer, heard the sound OF
laughter, and discovering through
the woods house where large
party of Filipinos was attending a
wedding, opened fire upon them and
killed the bride and some OF the
guests.
The investigation showed that a
detachment under a native guide
toward sunset heard loud voices ana
laughter" An investigation dis
closed q large number of natives in