Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-12

Wtf0lo village was destroyed. We
dragged the villagers one after an
other out Of the most unlikely corners.
The men, were shot a. well rs the
women and children who were in the
convent since shots had been fired
from the convent windows: and va
burnt It afte.waxd.
The Inhabitants might have es-
capped the penalty by handing owe.
the guilty ana paying $1,000 francs.
The Inhabitants fred on our men
again. Tho division took drastic steps
to stop the villages being burnt and the
inhab ttants being shot. The pretty
little VILLAGE Of Cue d'ossus, however,
was appareusly net on nre without
came a cyclist fell or his machine
and his rifle went OF. He Immediate
Is said he hal been shot Il. All HE
Inhabitants wsrs burnt In the houses.
! hope there will be no more such
horrors. 4
AT Leppe apparently eco n,en wexe
Shot. There must have been some ::n-
nocent men among them. IN futures
We shall have to hold an Inquiry as|
20 their suilt instead of shooting them.
In the evening We marched to Mau-
bert-Fontain. Just AZ we were hsv.
ing our meal the alarm was s.unded-
every one 10 very jumpy.
vandals % Their Work.
Sept ;. Still ct Rethal, on guard
over prisoners. The f,oUses
are charming inside. The ssi,ddlo class
IN France has magnihcsat furniture,
We found stylish pieces Sverywllkf 81
and beautiful silk. hut in ~. 4 stasS1a
Good God! Every
BIT OF furniture broken. mirrors
smashed. The vandals themselves
could not have done mora damage.
This place = a dissrace to our army.
The Inhabitants who fed could not
have exppcted, OF eourse, thst eli their
goods would have been left intact after
% many troops had passsi. Hut the
column commanders are responsible
Tor tho greater part Of the damage. as
they could have prevented the lootinxI
and destruction. The damage amounts
to millions Of marks; even the safes
have been attacked.
TN q solicitors house IN which, as
luck would have It, all vas in excel
lent taste, including a collection of
old lace and eastern works OF arr,
everything was smashed to bits.
4 could not resist taking little
memento myself here and there.
One house was particularly
elegant, everything in the best taste.
The han was Of light oak; I, found q
splendids Taincoat under the staircase
and = camera for Felix" (From The
diary Of an officer in the One Hundred
and seventy-eighth Regiment. Twelfth
Saxon corps.}
ohiesrs Direct Murder.
But this horror apparently was not
shared by the German commander in
CHIEF, al 10 evident from the following:
~ORDER-
To the People Of Liege: The popu-
lation of Andenne, after making al
display Of peaceful intention towa-i
our troops attacked them in the mos.
treacherouS manner. With my author
:zatton the general commanding these
troops has redr"cd the town to ashes
and has had 10 rer.one shot.
II bring this fact to the knowledge |
Of the people Of Liege in order that
they may know what fate to expect
should they adopt a similar attitude.
Liege, Aug. 9" 1914.
General Won Bulow."
Major voa Bassewitz,s Order Of the |
Day" shows how the town Of Huy es-
capped like fate. Drunken German
soldiers were frightened and began to |
shoot men and burn houses. The
officer condemned this
because it was not done by his order
and because two German soldiers were
It is evident that massa-
crea and arson were permitted only |
when commanded by the officers.
Wives Witness Executions
brand Whitlock, as minister to Bel
GUM, in his report of Sept. IL. 1917. to
the Secretary OF State, gives some APP
palling facts a. followsl:
During the execution Of about forty
Of Dnant, the Germans
placed before the condemned their
wives and children. It is thus that
Nine. Albin. WHO had just given birth
to child three days previously was
brought on q mattress by German SOL
diers to witness the execution of her
husband: her cries and supplications
were so pressing that her husbands
life was spared"