El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-12-10
GERMANS CRUEL
As WAR POLICY
U. S. Government Issues a
Book on German Practices
and Atrocities.

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/ ing office by the committee on public
Information for free distribution. pre-
sents dumbfounding evidence Of Ger
man atrocities.
The purpose Of the book is TO show
that the system Of frightfulness, it
self the greatest atrocity, is the def
mite policy Of the German govern
ment, so sinister that German SOL
l diers have theEtselves at times re-
I VOTED. Individual acts Of WantOn
] cruelty and barblriC destruction are
/ cited only to illustrate the opera
! ton Of the remorseIess system.
The book reveals the damninE Ger
man war philosophy as expressed In
! the German white book and various
] official utterances. eNtenuating re-
] voting crimes on the grounds of eN-
! pediency and the advancement Of that
I -kultur' which now mocks its own
] name throughout the civilized world
The humanity of German soldiers
l was so torn by the system Of bru-
| tally that they cried out In letters
] to ambassador Gerard, one express
| ing his protest against the slaughter
| of the Russians in the Masurian
! lakes and sWamps by saying; There
1 is no God, there is no morality, and
no ethics any more, there are no
/ human beings any more, but only
/ beasts"
WhIuocE's Reports.
The Illuminating reports OF Brand
I WhitOck, minister to Belgium, tell Of
miseries inflicted upon the Belgian
people, Mr.. WhitlOck saying: "One is
so Overwhelmed with horror Of the
thing itself that 1t has been, and
even now is, difficult to write calmly
and justly about it."
The Grinding Heel.
Herbert Hoover, writing for this
book Of his experiences in Belgium,
says; The sight Of the destroyed
homes and cities, the widowed and
fatherless. the destitute. the physical
misery Of the people but partially
nourished al best. the deportation OF
men by the tens OF thousands to sla-
very in German mines and factories,
the execution Of men and women for
paltry effusiOns of their loyalty TO
their country, the sackinE OF every
resource through financial robbery,
the fattening Of armies on the slen-
der produce Of the country. the de-
mutation Of the country Of cattle,
horses and teNtilcs-au these things
we had 10 witness dumb to help
other than by protest and sympathy,
during this long and terrible time.
and stil these are not the events Of
battle heat. but the effects OF
grinding heel Of race demanding
the mastership OF the world.
"AlI these things are known TO the
wOrlG-but what can never be known
is the dumb agony OF the people, the
expressionless faces Of millions whose
souls have passed the whole gamut Of
emotions. And why2 Because these,
free and democratic people. dared
plunge their bodies before the march
Of autOcracy-"
Germany Respects Force.
In a statement prepared for the
book, Vernon keuoE said: Il went
into Belgium and occupied France q
neutral, and I maintained while there
steadfastly neutral behavior, but
came out no neutral I went in also
q hater Of war. but came out a more
ardent hater OF war; but also l. came
out with 1neraulcaDle CONVICTION.
again. that the only way in which
Germany under its present rule and
in its present state Of mind can be
kept from doing what it has done is
by force OF arms
German Diaries.
The book gives excerpts from the
diaries Of German soldiers, Of which
these are specimens
IN the night Of August 1913 the
village Of Saint-AIaurice was pun
ished for having fired on German
soldiers by being burnt 10 the ground
by the German troops. The village
was surrounded, men posted about
yard from one another, so that no
one could get out Then the Uhlans
set fire TO IL house by house; neither
man. woman. or child could escape;
only the greater part OF the livestock
we carried off, as that could be used.
any one VINO ventured to come out
was shot down. Al the inhabitants
left in the village were burnt with
a horrible bath Of blood The
whole village burnt. the French
thrown into the blazing houses. civil /
ians with the rest"
A Definite Policy.
That the reign Of friRhtfuIness was
the definite policy OF the German
is testified TO by an
amazing collection of documents and ]
utterances Of German officialdom. |
Herewith are excerpts from documen- I
tary proof furnished by German rec
ords establishing the truth beyond /
question:
"As soon as you come TO blows I
with the enemy he viii be beaten No ]
mercy VIII be shown No prisoners /
viii be takent As the Huns, under ]
king Attila- made name for them
selves. which is still mighty In ira I
iitions and legends today. may the I
name OF German be so fixed I'm China 4
by your deeds that no Chinese shall |
ever again dare TO look at a German /
lskance. Open the way for Sultur !
)nce for aI"-Fr0m the kaise-'s I
speech 10 the soldiers on the eve Of /
their departure for China in 1900
Whenever a national war breaks /
put. terrorism becomes q necessary /
principle. "-Gen. Won Hart /
mann.
Fines or Shooting.
The city Of Brussels. exclusive Of 1
It's suburbs, has been punished by an
additional fine Of 5000. 900 francs on
account of the attack made upon a
5erman soldier by Ryckere. one of its /
Wiz, governor OF Brussels.
Il am thirsty; bring me some beer,
gin, rum" If you lie to me I viii /
rave you shot Immediately. These /
'entences are taken from phrase
book supplied TO German soldiers. ac-
,ording to minister Brand Whitlock.
"One cannot make war in a senti-
mental fashion. The more pitiless
he conduct OF the war. the more hu-
IS course all the sOOner."-Gen- Won
Bernhard
The innocent must suffer with the
guilty. All this must not in our eyes
Weigh as much as the life of a single
me Of our brave sOldiers-the right
GUS accomplishment Of duty is the
manation Of . high kultur. and in
hat the population Of the enemy
ountries can learn a lesson from our
rmies."-Gen. Won Kissing.
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