The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-12-15
GERMAN CONVENTIONS
ON BELGIUM HOLLOW
,S0TE s Fi & UNITED STATES o N
IMPORTATION FAILS TO MEET
THE ISSUE
Reasons Assigned Are Not In AccoFu-
anoe With Tho Facts-he@soA
Obvious

LONDON, Dec. II. I p. m.-Thc Ger
man answer 10 the American 500.
nrnts protest against turtcu ucpIni
,IT,,,S from Belgium requires very llttle
eluciuation To show its ulshoneStS, So"
Sir Maurice De l;unSen. assLstaIt par ii'!-
mcntary under secretary ol loIelsn ~" n
FAIRS when asked by the AssoSlal" ~
Press today for tho British view OF Ert-
mnnv's reply 10 the American protest.
He continues: s % no
"Tbr NUN contention appears 10 pe
! that owing 10 the Alii.u pnoH ,Ht,.,i, Iii.
rium workmrn have been rcnaereu iutS
and reduced TO starvation. anu oue W.
Kindness. the German authorities NAY
Offered these workinGn employ iilcht Ia
GERMANY This answer seems ln oHt.
I>uk several essential facts. In August
1pI5 the American Rebel CuihhilSs ~.
applied to the Allied governments az =
prrmission 10 import raw materltis NJ ~
Belgium and export hiatlu. ,''I tron Local
made IRON these imports and from Ioc"|
raw materials. The balance OF inc re-
GENTS between the cost OIL inc linPoI 80
raw materials and the rcailZeo 'atue
the exports, was TO DC ,h npp cnmmission.
rI; fn,d was TO be sold in BeiSlun
and from the receipts oil SuCn siieS
manufacturers were 10 be suppllea Win
money 10 pay their labor ana local Ia"
| material. , 10. tbo commits
sion FOR the proposals At that time was
! the appalling growth or unemploEni,r,u GU - :,
destitution and social ucmota'i ..,,. 'I,t
and lack of funds from aprouu 80 ~ i'rto
allied governments consented 20 INC
whole Of the relief commission propoS-
ais. ,.x.s,a
..,rho nion MAS presented 10 the Ger
m,nc nj BRUSSELS in September tnrouSH
the American minister, ana me! Woutp
mi agree to the very reaSnnhhlc co'iu'
items OF the commission ihht INC .. mr
ports and exports should DC Tree I'm
Interference or rcQuisition by inc OCT
n'ans The whole scheme. therefore
failed. solely on account of the atuluuc
taken UP by the German authorities.
As recently as Il month ago the Ger
man authorities refused TO allow cNports
nf manufactured goods made OF certain
raw materials in Belgium. such as glass,
to be paId for with food imported ny the
commission, demanding the importation
Of actual moncy-a principe III Wh!Sii
the allied governments could scarcely
arcuicsce. in view of the monstrous
: monetary levics inflicted upon the popu-
! lation of Belgium. In consequence sew
rraI Industries. which might have been
continued even without the import OF
! raw mater iaIs, have been paralyzea
"E>,rthermorc, local relief committees
of Luxembourg province. for instance
have. ever since the initiation OF the re.
| lief measure. found employment 1ot an
| the idle IN the pupllc roauS anu III otHei
public works. But three months as"
the German authorities OF tho province
entirely suppressed these relief works
and forced the people thus thrown OUT
of work to 80 to Germany.
other actions of similar import
could be instanccd in proof Of the hol-
| Iowness Of the German contention. The
profcssed kindness Of the German gov
| eminent toward the unemployed in Bel
GUM in offering them employment IN
! Germany Is shown up in its true colors
by the multiplicity Of authentic details
| Coming out OF Belgium Of the. cruel Sc
verify of the Germans In Selling n5I1g. Bel Bel
families and forcing them into cattle
trucks for deportation to Germany.
| where they are employed in the Ger
lit makes no difference what charac-
ter of employment Is given to these
men in Germany; they release r 1Tst so so
the attempt to abolish the independence
| Of Belgium"