The herald., 1917-11-15

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''O-A 80 HAGUE CONVECTION.
! L'' Us 50" for a moment WHAT the
! H'LS."@N had Il right 20 expect from
! the inN"t.n: army. considering Bet
/ glum not nnEtrt! hur enemy territory
! Germany had subscribed to The
! Hague convention, that c9n.lguan's
| aEre"m"n! between nation, which was
/ designed. since wars seemed incvi.
: table. - make FOR fairness and de
concy. BY Article &c Of that couyou.
/ ton Belgium, aS enemy territory. Ia.
| this claim:
! Family honor and rights. indivld.
| nal life. and rrivat" property, a. wei
as religious convictions and worship
must be respected.
Private property may not be con
! tiScatci."
Article IS:
1.-THE giving ever to pilluge of G
town or place, even when taken by
assault, is forbidden.
an slegeS and bombardments al
necessary steps must be taken Il
| spare. as far as possible. buildings ded
icated TO public worship. art, science
or charitable purposes, historic monu-
ments. hospitals, and places where
the sick and wounded are collected
provided they are not being used at
the time Tor military purI SOS.
mat Is "ii'tS he!GluIh had rlGht
Z" expect. what she mas had. IN wan
ION dt>,rC"'lon or historical m"nu-
mentS. we Know. That Is what Franco.
100 h2d Il right 10 EXPECT and what
~hr got. that ais" we Know.
But The Hague convention did more
IMAM order the protection Of cities and
noncombatantS: II ordered such hui
manly as was possible toward the op-
posing army; 1t FORBADE the use Of
poison or poisoned weapons. the say
ing that no quarter would he given,
the Killing or men VINO had suTren-
dered' the use OF arms material or
procedures calculated 20 cause uhhec-
eSsary suffering; II FORBADE the attack
OF commandment oF any means WIa'-
ever OF Undetermined 'o"hS' villages
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vi CHe VI ,,i, DouN'7
many mus pau suiil!' EreI' 'i''"-
'.oii W 'ii'i1' i" VIC i'"'oh why VIC NV
WE NnS - wan
we are III war 'oua! ho' because
the crown prince oi AuStrla WAS KITE"
III serbia out because the "'''h''H
army protecIeu us au'hhce WIN n"h'
colLlpa'an'S-ineii' women anu Cii'''reii
We are Ut war louaS AoI p''HuS'
"eruiah summarizes suhA o"'''esN'l'H
put because they nave SUM anu are
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we are III war asalnst 'le coh'ic-
'lon' III "erhan ilihus' tlat hight l.
right tiat the e.u JuStines any iheanS'
no lhat'er ho" orutai'
we are cream ana humane people.
lIrSI. a million ana helt b"l&lahS
iied TO England win the story. we
were SUI Incredulous. NoncoMoatHh'S
were sunk at sea. We sui feit ;here
must be some JuStincahon. New ana
ever new crueitieS OF death came from
the herman trehches' ahu We nave
SAID; lhls is modern war.
But the score Is mounting higher
day by day. The politics OF this war
are lost In It's lnhufnanltles' 1athereu
by German Skill. 1t was not enough
that men should Ole. Iney must Gle
horribly.
We have never understood. We
have been people Of ideals. confront