Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1917-02-01

AT Dour. Of 1877 deportes, there ar
lit employed men.
AT wammes. Of 1856 deportess. lst
employed.
AT Frameries. OF 200 deportsss. i57
employed.
AT Hornu. Of 40 deportees, 81 en-
ployed.
AT Paturages. of 1855 deportees. 1os
employed.
AT Havre. the burgomaster has in
formed the recruiting officers that all
the men called up for control were en-
|ployed. His remarks were brushed
aside and Of $50 men called up for con-
troll. Is were deported. all employed.
Equivalent proportions are to be
found also for all the comunes. Has
this been done haphazard? No, in most
cases the choice of the workmen who
have work in Belgium has been delibI
erately willed. The recruiting agents
seem to perfer particularly the most
skilled workmen of certain industries.
foremen, mechanics and laborers from
rolling mills. glass workers, shoemak.
ers. filters. electrical engineers, farm
ers.
THUS. at the iron works and rolling
mills Baume. at Haines-St-Pierre. of
400 workmen passed for control, 81
have been deported.
"At the ellison factories at La
Croyere, SO workmen. out Of 225 called
up for control. have been deported.
lat the 'Societe La Brugeoise at
Nincaise ct 'Delvace' Sc out of $50.
"At the 'Societe Anonyme des La
MINORS at La Louviere, 81 out of 70.
"At the factories 'Boulonnerie ct
Fonderies des La Louvieres' Is out of
ISL.
"At the Bouvy factory at La Croyere
Is out of las.
lat the Central Building Co.. at
Haine St.-Pierre, So workmen and
employees still at work have been de-
ported, say 10 per cent of the employed
workmen.
"At the Spiltoir, Heppez and Meek
workshops at Haine-St.-Pau IA men
have been deported, representing 70
per cent of the working personnel
submitted to the German control and
40 per cent of the total number Of
workmen.
"At the blast furnaces and foundries
at La Louviere the deportation among
the employees reached 10 per cent.
with the result that the factory is now
unable to contribute to produce.
"At the Boel factories at La
Louviere, 249 men have been carried
off, among them a chef de bureau 10
clerks, 81 foremen and 217 workmen.
"All the clerks and workmen of those
factories who have been deported were
still at work at the time of the control.
"At the glass factory of Jamappes,
the only plant of the kind in our dis
trict, the application Of the system has
produced a striking result. This fac
tory was again set running on Decem-
Der 4, 1915; it was going uninterrupt-
eddy and with increasing pressure up
to the first of September 1916. 1t was
idle till November 10th owing to the
repair Of certain furnaces with view
to charging its activity. More than
half its trained men have been taken
away.
THE chiefs Of industry did not fail
to point out to the recruiting officers
how important 1t was for the regular
running Of their plants to have their
staff left untouched. Their observa-
lions have been hardly listened to-"
The allegation is also made that the
deportees are actually taking part In
work In Germany.
Never" the letter concludes, has
the Right Of Nations acknowledged
such an abuse Of power In favor of the
and it will never consecrate it.
do not ask us to tell our people that
it is in their own interest that they
are sent to Germany; in doing so we
would be traitors to our country"