Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-11-01
MRS. BRONAUGH HEARS
DIRECT FROM BELGIUM
Story of German Ruthlessness Among
NOn-C 0mbatants Detailed by DR..
Davis Who Witnesses
Crimes
WOMEN AND CHILDREN SUFFER
Most Unheard of Diabolical Schemes
to Main and Kill Women and
the Children

The following excerpts from a let
ter to Mrs. G. W. Robertson, Of
this city, written by her daughter,
Mrs. Fred Bronaugh, of St. Louis, an
active Red Cross worker, detail the
story of German ruthlessness in Bel
GUM most graphically. Mrs. Bro
naugh taught a class in surgical
dressing here this fall and is now do
ing similar work in Washington Uni
versity, st. Louis. Her letter fol-
lows:
l go part of every day to Red
Cross and the last two nights have
gone to the big Red Cross lectures by
their BIGGEST men, and Elinor is all
that keeps me here.
DR.. Davis, a preacher, made the
most wonderful talk going back over
German History to before America
was discovered, and / never heard
such a fine address. He has only
been home on a short furlough for a
few weeks. Told only what he saw
with his own eyes.
In one village an old lady and her
granddaughter, fourteen years old
went back to their demolished homo
after the Germans had left. They
built a fire and it blew off n arm.
They had filled the wood they had
left with explosive. And WE are at
war with THAT country.
One man picked up in his deserted
house a fountain pen, and opened 1t.
It blew off the whole front of his
face.
DR.. Davis helped dress it. He saw
dozens of children, who, knowing the
soldiers were their enemy, "thunped
their noses" at the soldiers, and for ii
had their hands cut off. =
They stood two lots of fifty men up
turned machine guns on one lot anc
shot until all fell, not killed but
flesh wounds, tainted, etc. The othe'
fifty men were made to dig a trenet
and they pitched the other fifty in
and took the wives mothers, daugh
tiers, and made them fill the trench
: bury alive their own. One womel
, knew her husband had only a man
E gled arm. She went crazy. The
, thew marched off the other fifty.
ST You NEVER heard such awfu
e things. | WISH you could hav
heard his beautiful talk. Thes
f were only one small part Of an ad
. dress. He suggested we send tn
i soldiers "our love and some money
for Christmas, for he said, I'll CIV
YOU three guesses and you won
guess what they most want-and yo
can send it," He then told this
Is was in a bath house and heard t"
soldiers talking:
Henry with a sigh) VIII
wouldn't you give for a good q
Of round girl that could talk honest
God American"
Us 1t brought down the house,
49, He says that after the wal VIII
II stories come home by word or mou
ru and the women of America find sor
eV son or brother or ncighbor who nee
d cd a bandage, they will NEVER g
over it, if they have not done thu
'O full share.
An English captain on leave Sc
the English were fighting for Ian
They have $4,000 men buried
France, and he said they were oil
fighting for the land which they n
occupied. He personally must
fend the six feet which his younf
brother would NEVER give up.
Then these BIG, BUSY men tell
how they got into the Red Cross.
of them heads of the biggest thin
in in the country, The partner of M
nd gan is President of the Red Gro
his They kept writing him, and fina
a President Wilson telephoned and a
zen ed when he was coming to Washi
lch ton. He said: l cannot tell"
ma said: Well, l can; you are com
'ie, tomorrow morning and better br
"a your toothbrush. No, better br
TWO. One won't last long enoug
He said he did not sleep a wink