The Washington herald., 1917-12-10

tices," Issued by George CreePs Com
mittee on Public Information, and
edited by Porf. D. c. Munro. of Prince
ton University.
when Horrors Began.
THE Inside Story OF the Rape of
Belgium" by Brand Whitlock will
soon appear serially in Everybody's 5
Magazine and be released almost
simultaneously for newspaper readers
by the Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.
The story will also be published in
book form by D. Appleton &c Co.
Whitlock's first dispatches regarding
the cruelties of the Germans were sent
in 1914 when the Kaiser's legions were
spreading death and terror before
them:
Summary executions took place at
Dinant." he wrote. without the least
semblance of judgment. The names
and number of the victims are not
known, but they must be numerous.
Among the persons who were shot
down are: NJ. Defoin. mayor Of Di-
nant; Sasserath, first alderman; MINI
mer. aged 70; consul for the Argentine
Republic. Victor Poncelet, who was
executed in the presence Of his wife
and seven children; Gustave and Leon
Nicaise, two very old men; Jules
Mopin and others were shot in the cell
lar of their brewery; Camille Pistte
and his son, aged II; Phillipart Pied
fort, his wife and daughter: Miss
Marsigny.
During the execution of about forty
inhabitants Of DInant, the Germans
placed before the condemned their
wives and children. 1t is thus that
Nine. Ain, who had just given birth
to a child three days previously, was
brought on a mattress by German SOL
diers to witness the execution Of her
husband; her cries and supplications
were so pressing that her husbands
life was spared.
Atrocities Mt LOuvain.
"On August 26, German soldiers
enteredl various streets Of Louvain
and ordered the Inhabitants OF the
houses to proceed to the Place de
la Station, where the bodies OF
nearly dozen assassinated per-
sons were lying.
women and children had to wit
ness the execution of many of their
fellow citizens who were for the
most part shot at the side of the
square. The women and children.
after having remained on the
square for more than fifteen hours,
were allowed to depart
Three Gardes Civiques Of Lou
vain were taken prisoners and sent
to Germany to the camp of Muen-
ster, where they were held for
several weeks.
"One of the most sorely tried
communities was that OF the little
village Of Tamines down in what is
known as the Borinage, the coal
fields Of Charleroi.
All Bear Same Date.
"Tamines is a mining village, a
collection of small cottages shell
tering. about 5000 Inhabitants. most
ly all poor laborers. The little
graveyard, in which the church
stands. bears its mute testimony to
the horror Of the event. There are
hundreds OF new-made graves. each
with its small wooden cross and its
bit of flowers; the crosses are SC
closely huddled that there is scarce
ly room to walk between them. They
are alike and all bear the same
date. the sinister date of August
/ %, 1914.
But whether their hands were
cut on or not. whether they were
impaled on bayonets or not, chill
dren were shot down by military
order in cold blood. In the awful
crime of the Rock of Bayard. there
overlooking the Meuse below Din
ant. infants in their mothers arms
were shot down without mercy"
The deed, never surpassed IN
cruelty by any band Of savages, u