New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-03-19
BEL GUM UNDER THE MAILED FlSl
with Illustrations from Official
eJndcG Generally TO In
Dnt-A Of Undahand Methods OF the Crafty eO

fencing Of persons without trial vs
the assistance Of a counsellor. wI,bn,, NS''
process Of law. And hundred, ., "a
representative citizens formerly prs,,' 0ne
wants are wearing out their honorab,s WN "''
German cells "ss
Is that war? Is that Kultur,
The German imperial eovernme,, -.
the violation of Belgium's neu.r,l,..' u'I
their subsequent reign OF "Scbrecl,.. aat
frightfulnessl by accusing BELGIUM . ~
ing entered into secret allan. nM'
England as far back as 1905 mr.. wa
their accusation on certain documer,. ,' vase
in Brussels when the German sr,.. wa;
tered the capital OF Belgium a.
For the benefit Of all fair-minde5 -,
of our own German-American co.. s'ps
and of all neutrals who happen n go,
,hese lines, let US see what the 81 ..v we
alliance in reality was When tho cS s..H
army entered Brussels they fopnA
War Office a draft report Of the Bs.a
Minister for War in 1906, relating :.
private conversation between ~,
officer of high rank and the British ria
attache regarding the possibility az i..q
ing of British troops in case Of tho ,i',-
ton of Bolgium's neutrality By Germs
The "Norddeutsche Algemeine zsi,n'n
the governments official organ in p -.x
published facsimile Of the doeums,, '1,
garbled its translation. have befor. -, w
as | write the Photographic reprodn.,'.'
of the fac-simile as published b. he ~.
man paper and | am astounded. as snv ~.
would be, at the audacity Of such -
lation. There are three alteration, a, -.
text:
THE original text from whl,, a..
German official paper translates eon,,,-.
the following sentence: "Len,re. A.
Anglais en- Belgique ne So ferai, ou,,,,''
Ia violation de notre neutrallt6 mar pin.
magne," which translated means: aTh. ~
try of the English into Belgium would al.
take place after the violation Of our men
trality by Germany"
This entire sentence .s simply len A.,
by the imperial translator!
1.-THE original text further say. 49,.
conversation should be confdentials ~,
Imperial translator changes without hlr,l
ing the word Conversation" into the v,,,
Convention" (Abkommen)l
II-The document in It's original ,s,, 4,
dated Fin Septembre 1906" end Of g.,
TENDER, 1900 The imperial translator n,L.,
it agreed September, 1906" and there 70,
are,
That is the document which the C.r,
imperial government calls the secret treat,
when, as a matter Of fact-but WIN, A..
facts to the German goyemment,-t /,
merely the report of a private conver,.
ton not binding on anybody. But eve,
as report this document TO Justify ~,
repressiye measures In Belgium, was ga,
bleG as shown above and served as b,J,
for the Dutch version published in Hollsr5
tR. W. Wijnmalem, 1910 and for "a,
English version sent broadcas. all over
the world.
It is impossible for any American love,
OF independence TO even conceive unds,
what state Of terror the Belgians are living
don't refer TO the events OF the beginrn,
of the war nor 70 the destruction Of forme,
prosperous cities, nor 10 the murders Of 50
many civilians of both sexes; some esn
it war, others call IL banditism Let Us no,
argue about It, but simply consider hs,
after practically twenty months Of occa.
patton, that unfortunate kingdom is endur.
ing sutferings beyond description, and is
population, who are ever so grateful lor
what America has done for her, can %
nothing but appeal 70 this grea, eount5
not to abandon her in this the saddest tin.
in her history.
JONAS LTPPNANN,
Formerly OF Journal d'Alssee"
New York, Feb. II, 1916.