Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1916-07-30
Allegations Of Bafbarity To-
wards Citizens Of Towns
Occupied by Enemy Contain
ed in Note TO u, S,
WOL ALTON OF HAGUE
CONVENTION CLAIMED
Ambassador JuSSeraUd DeIiV-
ers Communication Similar
to One Addressed to Other
Nations Not at War;
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mfer BRAND addressed to j. j. Jusse-
rand the French ambassador at
washington and to the other French
conservatives in neutral countries,
directing them to protest to the gov
ernmcnts to which they are accredlt-
ed n note reading as follows
~ ask YOU to call the attention to
which YOU are accredited TO the treat
uent which the populations of Lllle,
Romhaix and Turcoing have been sub
iected by the German authorities.
The French government in the
presence of revealed facts invokes the
application of article III, of The
Iiague convention concerning laws
and customs of conducting land war
fare. to the end that Germany be
held responsible for violations of
these rules by its armed forces.
"Intil a decision of arms has per-
mitted the reConquering of these oc-
cupied regions, the sole means of max
ing this effort is by pressing an appeal
10 the sentiments of justice and hu-
manity of neutral powers and the pub
lie opinion of all nations
Protest Is Made.
81 therefore ask you, in presenting
this note, to ask the government to
give it the most serious attention as II
constitutes the protest of the frehch
government against the conditions
which it brings to the attention Of the
civilized world, supported by testl-
mony from many sources,
After reciting the efforts made by
the government through the Spanish
government to stop the German prac-
tiees in invaded regions, the docu-
ment adds.
To-day, all ouI protests having been
i'm vain we place the evidence before
the eyes of neutral powers, assured
of the Judgment that universal con-
science will pass upon such conditions
and that it win be incumbent on the
German government, in case 1t under
takes to question this evidence to per
init an impartial inquiry To this ehd
the German government must author-
We the neutral powers TO conduct an
investigation, notably of the events
occurring at Lille, Roubaix and Tnr-
Going and surrounding communeS
from the 22nd to the 29th Of April,
1916. If they refuse to authorize an
inquiry, it will be recognition OF the
veracity of the facts denounced.
The note is accompanied by mass
of testimony concerning the seizure OF
work in the fields of thousands OF
women and young girls. The doCu-
ment says that the events which oc-
CURED at Lille, RoubaiX and Turcoin"
We're only the application of the cruel
system of work forced on the popula-
tiun and describes the various forms
Of violence the Germans are accused
Of having practiced.
Instances Cited.
The note says:
"A woman who was removed --
Ardennes, affirms that her husband
was shot for refusing to obey an or
der to requisition supplies and that
she herself was imprisoned for two
days.
In F. -, Meurthe and Moscllc,
work assigned to the mayor being un-
completed in time, ne was suspended
from a tree by means Of a rope passed
under his arms and he was left in this
position about an hour
The note cites cases of men seventy
TO eighty years Of age made to work;
of women forced to labor under the
fire Of French troops and of others
compelled to dig trenches. 1t also
makes a charge based on the testi-
mony Of a witness, that in october,
1914, the Germans took from the de-
partment of Pas dc Calais a party Of
inhabitants, that they used them as
shields against the fire Of the French
and that forty were thus killed.
The document says the German
government on January "a, 1916, de
MED mistreatment of inhabitants, hut
says the French note. Sworn testi-
mony regarding measures taken in
April at Lille shows the degree Of
faith which can be placed in their de
uial"