The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1917-11-08
GERMAN ATROCITIES
AND BUTCHERIES

of Defenseless Prlsoners-Ger-
man Soldiers Appealed to Amer
lean Ambassador.
Washington Dispatch, Nov. 5.
The fact that German soldiers
themselves appealed to Ambassador
Snrard as "the representative of a
Shristian state" to protest against
atrocities and butcheries in which
tbair commanders forced them to par
tcipate will be disclosed in a forth
coming issue of a pamphlet by the /
committee on public information, en-
titled German War Practices.
One German soldier, conscience !
stricken with the massacre of Rus !,
sian prisoners, implored the Ameri-
can ambassador to protest and signed
his letter "A German Soldier and
Christian"
Another who, through the ambassa-
dor, addressed his appeal to the Amer
lean government against the butchery
of prisoners, signed his letter "a Sol
der and Man Who is No Barbarian."i
Men Went Mad.
This was the protest of a German
soldier, an eye witness of the slaugh-
ter of Russian soldiers in the Masu-
ran lakes and swamps:
at was frightful, heartrending, as
these masses Of human beings were
driven to destruction. Above the ter
rible thunder Of the cannon could be
heard the heartrending cries of the
Russians: % Prussians! o Prussiansv
but there was no mercy. Our captain
had ordered: The whole lot must
die; so rapidfire.' AS I have heard,
five men and one officer on our side
went mad from those heartrending
cries. But most Of my comrades and
the officers joked as the unarmed and
helpless Russians shrieked for mercy
while they were being suffocated in
the swamps and shot down. The or
der was: Close up and at it harder
For days afterwards these heartrend-
ing yells followed me and l dare not
think of them or l shall go mad
There is no God, there is no morality
and no ethics any more. There are
no human beings any more, but only
beasts. Down with militarism."
in the Name of Christianity"
This was the experience of Prus.
sian soldier, at present wounded.
Berlin, Oct. %, 1914. If you are
truth loving man, please receive
these lines from a common PrussiaI
soldier"
This was the testimony of another
soldier on the east front:
Russian Poland, December Is, 1914
"In the name of Christianity l sent
you these words. My conscience force
me as a Christian German soldier t;
inform you of these lines.
Wounded Russians are killed witt
the bayonet according to orders an,
Russians who have surrendered of
ten shot down in masses according
to orders, in spite of their heartrend
ing prayers.
AN he hope that YOU, as the rep
resent&tive of Christian state, WI
protest against this | sign myself,
"a GERMAN SOLDIER AND CHRIS
TAN"
81 would give my name and reg
ment but these words could get m
court-martialed for divulging militar
secrets"
Wanted No More Mouths to Feed
ITO the American government
Washington, U. S. A.: Englishme
who have surrendered are shot dow
in small groups. With the Frenc
one is more considerate. | ask VIII
men let themselves be taken prison
or in order to be disarmed and sht
down afterwards? Is that chivalr
in battle? 1t is no longer secre
among the people; one hears ever!
where that few prisoners are takel
they are shot down in small group
They say naively: we don't wal
any unnecessary mouths to feec
Where there is no one to enter con
plant there is no Judge. Is thel
then no power in the world which CO
put an end to these murders and re
cue the victims? Where is Christ
anity? Where is right? Might
right.
a SOLDIER WHO IS NO BARB
RAN"
Stories of Cold Blooded Massacres
the Germans.
London, Nov. 4-(By Canada
Press)-An appalling story Of col
bIooded massacres by Germans
crews of British North sea convo.
in a recent battle is told by the No
wegian newspapers. The Tidenstel
says the German cruisers were G
served at o'clock in the mornil
and were thought to be British We
sells, but at o'clock when there w
more light they suddenly began shoe
CLEANSES YOUR Hal
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