The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1917-09-20
? Battalion 'os ;Ltsht infantry. Eleven
tn Army Cogrs, Concerning Massa.
cres at leffe and Dinant.

AT LeHe nineteen CIVILIANS shOt.
Women begging for mercy as we
marched towards the Meuse +
Ten more men have been shot.
The King having directed the people
10 defend the country by all possible
means. We have received orders to
shoot the entire male population.
p. q -
AT Dinant about one hundred men
or more were huddied together and
shot. horrible Sunday"
Diary of Saxon officer tUnsigned), /,
17sth Regiment. sath Army Corps
Saxon corps).
10th August. The pretty village Of
Gue-d' 'Hossus in the Andannes has
been burnt. although innocent of any
crime. il seemed to me: .
the male inhabitants were simply
consigned to the flames. II is to be
hoped that such atrocities will not be
repeated.
'Langeviller. 22d August. Village
destroyed by the Eleventh Battalion
of the Pioneers. Three women hang
ed on trees: ithe first dead have
seen In this way We de
stroyed eight houses with their in.
mates. In one OF them two men with
their wives and girl OF eighteen
were bayoneited.s The. little one al
most unneryed me. .~so- innocent was
her expression
Even as pathetic and innately cruel
as the murder OF these women and
children Js the torture OF the black
smith Broeden. near bfest:
"Ail day long he had labored. shoe
ing the horses of the enemy.s cavalry.
Early In the evening he repaired TO
the church With the sacristan. with
the object OF saving some precious
articles which had not been placed
In security. He was surprised BY the
soldiery and seized. Successfully.
the Germans broke his wrists. his
arms. and. his. lexs: perhaps, he suf.
fered yet other torturcs When he
Was apparently lifeless the soldiers
asked MIN whether he thought that
he would in fu,ufe. be capable of .un-
der,aking any kind Of labor. On his
replying. In an Simos, .inaudibic tone.
thas he did not. they declared thGt in
that case. he ought, noy TO continue to
live. Immediately they threw him.
head first.. into ditch dug for the
purpose: then the ditch was filled.
leaving his feet proiruding-
But time and space. and weak hu-
manity. all command that we should
close the door npon,, this awful
slauehterhousc. 80" 1
Civilized nations. slong ago. agreed
upon the prevention OF attacks upon
women 10y. y.she) solriefs of invading
armies. Among sa wages. the women
of the conQuored- countries were al
ways part Of the, sposs, but. ss men
emerged fronnisaInsery. women were
distributed PmonS tho .Inaividuai sol
diers. and tSfS(bohe .hksat hope for
touch OF kindness and mercy IN their
treatment.
The vast efficiency of the machine,
which hs< hcsn grinding Europe into
bits during the'hst shfee years. reck-
ogs with efuel prfeisioa the value Of
somen toE %nquefinp sr1y. ana al
there are not enough women TO go
around. women are made the common
prey. as they were with the savage
Uts. 'r'.AN
We are told By the accredited cor.
respondent, OF ihe Hs~.;xork. Tribune.
q Woman who personally investigated
the conditions, that 4 is part OF the
duty OF the ensiaved women to bear
children. for fheirsconauerors. 30 that
the population. which II TO take up
the burden OF future wars OF con.
quest. may beaetransthenevi In num-
Der. The children born of these slave
the rnothery, but the children Of the
state which has cnslaved these moth.
err.
The New Sork ..Times correspond
ent thus .desc<ibes .s The conditions
which he. found in towns he visited
after the recent German retreat, from
the Somme. he describes IL a. the
dirty cruelty. which Is beyond the in.
evitabie cruelty br war. 4 quote: y
THE Germans hav~i spared notnfns
on the way OF their retreat.
They have blown, up, or burned, all
the houses. which were untouched by
shell are.ic ~ ~ .''fs This morning
nd one viiiase I 'sav row each hopse