Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1917-05-02
STORY BRINGS OUT HORROR
or tho Efficiency OF German Military
Methods Disposing Of Dead.

That the Germans are systcmati-
cally collecting the corpses OF their
dead and shipping them to rendering
plants where they are subjected to
Il process OF recovering the oil and
fats for use as fertilizers seems to be
fact established by American, Bel
gian, Dutch and finally by German
testimony. The London and Paris
newspapers accept the story after
careful investigation and print cdito-
rials on 1t.
The Belgian newspaper L'Indcpcnd-
account OF the industry. The Lon
don Times reproduced the Belgian
papers story, but II was so horrible
that 1t seemed unbelievable, even in
England
From u Nerlin Paper.
Tho Times later presented evidence
to prove its truth, printing photo
graphs, racsimiles OF news article
in the Berlin Lokal Anzeiger, OF April
10th. which referred to the Corpse
Exploitation establishment" 1t says:
Fats here are turned into lubri-
eating oils, and everything else is
ground down in the MILL the bones
into powder, which Is used for mix
ing with pigs food and as manure
Nothing can be permitted to go to
waste"
A dispatch from Rome. dated April
q, printed in the Washington Post
Of Sunday. says:
Pope benedict has been horrifled
and has expressed deep indignation
over the reports Of Germany's system
OF rendering fats and Fertilizers from
the bodies Of soldier dead, according
to an article printed to-day by the
newspaper InfermaZione."
a cable dispatch tH the New York
Sun from London says:
''That the Germans are systemati-
cally collecting the corpses Of their
dead and shipping them to rendering
plants, where they are subjected to a
process for fertilizers seems incon-
testably borne out by the latest infor-
NATION.
when such stories were first pub
lished they were generally disbeliev-
ed. American consuls formerly in
Germany, who arrived here after
their recall, said the Germans were
diStilling nit1oglycerine from the
corpses and so obtaining the essen
tials Of explosives.
Boast OF Efficiency.
"It now develops that the German
censors are allowing the German pa
pcrs to print accounts Of, and even
to beast about, the efficiency which
allows nothing to be wasted
Following is the account Of this
modern ndustry--product OF Ger
many's boasted efficiency and "kul-
tur'--as printed by the Belgian news
paper L'Independence Beige. repro
duced in the London Times and ca
bled to the New York Sun:
I'VE have long known that the
Germans stripped their dead behind
the firing lines, fastened them into
bundles Of three or four bodies with
iron wire and then dispatched these
bundles to the rear. Until recently
trains laden with the dead were sent
to town near IIeige and point
near Brussels. Much surprise was
caused by the fact that of late this
traiflc has proceeded in the direction
of Gerolstein, and that on each
wagon was written d. A. v. G.
German science Is responsible for
the idea OF the formation Of the
Deutsche Abfalls Verwertungs Ges-
sellschaft, or German Offal Utiliza-
tion Company, Ltd, Il dividend-earn-
ing company. with capital Of $780,
600. The chief factory has been con-
strncted 1000 yards from the rail-
way connecting ST. With. near the
Belgian frontier, with Gerolstein, in
the lonely and little frequented Eiel
district southwest Of Coblentz.
Guarded by Live Wires.
'The factory deals especially with
the dead from the western front If
the results are as good as the COM
pany hopes. another will be establish
cd on the eastern front. The factory
is invisible from the railway and is
deep in the forest country. Electri-
cally charged wires surround it. 4
special double track leads to it. The
works are about 700 feet long, 10
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