Tombstone epitaph., 1917-12-30
OUTSIDE PALE
OF HUMANITY
FrightfuIness Taught by German
Leaders Belongs to Age Of
BarbariSm.
SOLEMN PLEDGE MERE WORDS
kaiser's Statesmen Had No Intention
OF Keeping Faith With Their
Agreement on international Law
Horrors Told by Diaries.

the knouledge Of German inhuman-
ity in Belgium. says a pamphlet is
sued By the committee on public in
formation. the eridcnce is drGwn
mainly from German and American
sources. The German sources in
e'ude official proclamations and
other official utterances, letters and
diaries Of German soldiers. and quo
tQiions from German newspapers.
The "Rules for Field Serrice" Of the
German army adrises each soldier
10 Keep such diary uhile on dctire
serUice.
In the wars waged in ancient times
II was taken for granted that con-
| quered peoples might be either killed.
| tortured. or held as slaves: that their
| property would be taken and that their
lands would be devastated. Vac vic
tis.-woe to the conquered" For two
centuries or more there has been a
steady advance In Introducing ideas of
humanity and especially in confining
| the evils of warfare TO the combatants.
| The ideal seemed 10 have become so
thoroughly established as part of in
| ternational law that the powers at The
Hague thought 1t sufficient merely to
state the general principles in Article
| NLVI of the regulations: Family hon
| orS and rights. the lives of persons
and private property. as well as re-
! isrfn -fcsf
be respected. Private property cannot
be contiscated." Germany, in common
with the other powers. solemny
| pledged her faith TO keep this article.
/ but her military leaders had no inten-
| ton Of doing so. They had been
| trained in the ideas voiced by Gen. Won
| Hartmann 40 years ago: Terrorism
is seen TO be a relatively gentle pro-
cedure, useful to keep the masses OF
| the people in a state of obedience"
| This had been Bismarck's policy. too.
According TO Moritz Busch. Bismark's
| biographer. Bismarck. exasperated by
the French resistance. which was still
continuing in January. 1871, said:
IF In the territory which we occupy.
we cannot supply everything for our
| troops. from time to time we shall send
flying column into the localities
which are recalcitrant We shall shoot,
hang and burn. After that has hap
pened few times. the inhabitants will
| finally come TO their senses
Horrors Told in Soldiers Diaries.
The frichtfulness taught by the Ger
| man leaders held full sway in Belgium.
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In me hisht OF August 1913 the viii
!a9e "I Halit-Maurlce was punished
Tor having hred on German soldiers by
beihs burnt TO the ground by the Ger
man troops TWO regiments, the
i"'Iith Iaho"thr ana the Seven
'eeii'hJ ne 'iiiase was surrounded.
men poster ab"nt yard from one an
ui'er' 50 IIat no one could ger out
i"ti' the 'nIahs SET hre TO IT, house
D! mouse. Nelther man. woman, nor
ciiia couid escape ohiy the greater
part Oh 'he I'VE STOCK We carried of,
as liih' couio De used. Anyone who
'el'ured 70 come out was shot down
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','e ua'y vi fri'a'e MARI Scheu1eie OF
VIZ Hl,u T .asafiih regiment ana land