The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1917-07-30
AMERICANS KEEP RECORD
OF GERMAN PROSECUTIONS
DOings and Sayings Tabulated-Why
ShiDs Blow In.

Ships Blow Up.
London. July 20.-lCorrespondencel-
The American committee of engineers
in London, recently formed TO help as
il might in the prosecution Of the war,
has appointed a subcommittee whose
chief function il is to bring together
accounts Of such acts and words OF the
enemy as they think should be presented
to the American people lest we forget
what a determined and ruthless enemy
we are fighting" This subcommittee
Is made up of men who have had ex
ceptional opportunities to study the
events of the war, many Of them at first
hand. In a statement further explain
ing the reasons for appointing the sub
committee. the engineers committee as
a whole says:
Great care will be taken in assemb-
ling only reliable information chiefly
the words of the Germans themselves.
in order that they may be condemned
out Of their own mouths. The commit.
tee believes that there are still many
sood people in America as in England
who say to themselves, if not aloud.
Are the Germans as bad as painted?'
We hope that a weekly record of Ger
man doings and sayings will help an.
swer that question and be reminder
that such a spirit, manner Of reason.
ing and acting as the enemy manifests
now no less than at the beginning of
the war must be met and overcome, if
this world is to be a safe and fit place
to live in"
First Statement.
The first statement Of the sub-commit.
tee, under the caption "Germanism
Week by Week." follows:
THE policy Of the Germans with re.
gard to the deported Belgians seems
to be to send home such as are too
weak to work Thus of 5S7 able bodied
men, slate quarters in the Belgian town
Of Ecaussines depoyted to Germany 81
died there, and of the 21O repatirated
all in a lamentable condition 70 have
since died. We are not in a position
10 check these figures, though they
compare reasonably with figures from
other places. But what we do know
and this is the true Germanic touch
the Germans imposed a fine of $4,000
on this town because they refused "a
hold their usual Bachelors Tea Party
on Whit Monday because they refused
in other words to celebrate their fel
low citizens deportation into slavery
and starvation. Events like these ar,
, TO the kaiser's taste, and are daily oc
curing.
I'VE have the absolute evidence Of g
neutral who was present OF the fol
lowing circumstances in southern Ser
bia. A Serbian farmer shot an Austrian
officer in the leg mot meaning 10 xii
HIM because the officer refused to pa,
for foodstuffs he had requisitioned from
the farm as he was bound to do. TIL,
tall struck an artery and the office
died. Thereupon the Austrian militar,
authorities shot every tenth Serbian
male in three surrounding villages"
+ Why Mons Was Fined"
The town Of Mons. famous for TN
retreat. was fined $4,000 the other da,
because a Belgian newspaper. publishe,
/ in Holland. stated that the Duke OF Ba
varia was at Mons during the recen
allied air raid Mind you. there was NJ
| evidence that anyone from Mons ha
conveyed the information. but one O
the dukes generals was killed and IN
Germans We're furious. But this not IN
first time that Mons has been fined.
was fined s125,OO0 in the first days q
the war as a contribution But thi
was waved because. as the official POT
ter which says the people preserve
such good behavior
This good behavior did not prever
the Germans from burning portions {
Mons. like every other town they ei
tered. This general afterwards apol,
gized by saying that they had been fire
at by civilians This was not the cas-
at Mons, according to their own stat
ment Of the good behavior Of the pc
pie.
Mons was later fined $4,000 'becau'
Of derailment' This was all the q
. PLANTATION The town council asked f
d further details. only to receive a WI
, ten reply, stating that the derailmei
had occurred months before at such
, spot, which proved TO be a hundr,