The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1917-12-27

Then the officer turned 70 his priso
ers who were standing under guard
four If the men, and said: = i am doir
this a. lesson and an example for 20
When German tells you 70 do som
thing next time. you move quickly,
Only Scenes and Names Changed
Those who have read thus far ia III
recital Of horrors are likely 70 eonsidi
u work Of Imagination. II is im'
ginary ~ 70 locations, but not as I
facts. Every sfafemen made, every Il
eident, every afroeity, every horror, e.
cry Outrage told Of above has been eli
eumsianfiaily, precisely and definifel
proved and certified. II Is all true. n
false witness has been borne. No "a
proved allegations have been mad
These things happened in Belgium an
10 France These horrors were done b
German soldiers.
Each incident was taken from a pr0S
ed offSial record, with one exception
and that exception is verified 10 IA
from authentic, II unofficial source,
No incident was used-eave this one
which in the various records and IN
~ German atrocities Il
France and Belgium WAS sworn 70 b.
only one or two witnesses. In each n
stance the incidents used were proves
BY from ten 10 twenty witnesses. Ever.
statement Is 4 fact. They were fakei
from a list Of authorities, including til
report Of the Lord Bryce commission
roynbec. Bland, chambry, Morgan
sfruyken and ofhess 50 the number 81
ii8feen. and including PROOF found il
ierman papers and reports obtained
rom other German sources. They have
been set our 70 speak for themselves
siihout eolofing or rhetoric, or any
hange save ~ location.
Moreover. as Arnold J. Toynbee, 81
lxford University. points out in his hiss
Grieai summary, The German Terror IN
Belgium, these horrors, done by the
Germans during their advance and re-
reaf through France and their invn.
Ion 81 Belgium, both IN the early days
T The war and since, were not the acts
soldiers operating individually or Of
mail detnehmenfs Of drunken or brutal
eofers and raNishers. but were the re-
an ~ var policy. deliberately decided
pon and carried ont under military
riders. Ia other words, these atrocities
how one phase Of the way Germany
'akes war. They are typical, not spor-
adie Of isolated.
The adoption Of these conditions 70
II United States may seem fantasfical
) nnfhinking readers. but il is not.
ven the Nnguesf prophecy, by any per
~ nhomsoefer, prior 70 August, 1914,
what has happened since then, thru
crman frghtfuiness. not only IN En-
re bnt ia this country as well, wol 2
ave been termed insanity. Any pre-
ciion 81 what may happen in this
,unfry o. 20 this country in event Of
eriaan success must not be considered
ghfiy Or sci aside as impossible be-
luse 81 an intervening ocean.
who eomld have forseen the ability
Germany 10 held the world At bloody
"a for more than forty monthsf Was
T. Russian aebacle impossibles Or the
.sfrneainn ~ Belgium Or the demoi
hmeni 81 Polandf or Of serbiaf
The Foe We Are Fighting
Noihing Is impossible IN these days
,ihing, We hope. fervenfly, that
niied States. bur II Is entirely within
r range Of possibility that Germany
AZ do 50. Il j. conceivable. II is a
iliiary feasibility. but never il the
ople If the United States win awake
iheiP position and to the needs Of
eir country IN this war; never If the
ople 81 the United States win dis
- she fafnous idea that some Of them
lld-many. indeed thar this war
~ be carried on as side line, as an
ira. "a its relation 70 the usual bus
eRs % the country never II the peoa
; 81 the United States viii make this
n their principal occupation, the sole
neern IL their thought, the acme Of
cir endeavor. never IL the whole PEG
: Of the United States viii enter
iollv into the war. force themselves |
understand whaf il means and par
ipate 10 the extent of their rcsourc
regardless II the personal inconven.
zee, sacrifice or labor; never II the /
ople Of the United States win come, |
", 20 the inevitable conclusion that /
thing matters 20 as save the winning /
this war: that It Is q question Of |
fional preservation. Of national life. /
So there may be an appreciation Of /
lat msy happen in this country, in /
E way. fo our own people, in our own
les and villages and on our own
rms. II Germany should land troops /
Re. 4 few Of the authenticated Ger
n horrors in France and Belgium /
Se been localized. The list has not /
en exhausted. There are hundreds
ne. many So vile and terrible that i
~ may not be set down in public
nf. There Is no reason TO think that
y section Of the United States would /
frecr from these atrocities than was
= section Of Belgium. of invaded /
ance. or Serbia, or Poland, or Italy, /
any other place where the Germans
seed an entrance. The German war
asst does not change, nor do the mas /
s 81 the beast; especially not the 4
steY~. What happened in Belgium. in
ance. IN Poland. IN Serbia and else
cre.-all these horrors. many unspeak
Il and unprintable save in official
ord surely would happen in the
ited States.
rhis Is the foe we are fighting. As
incentive for our fighting, the max
, 81 the world safe for democracy IS
rely a corollary. Tho sooner the poo
81 the United States awake TO the
I that we are fighting TO make the
ifed States safe for ourselves, and
.in 10 devote their united endeavor 20
Il end. the sooner viii the necessary
tory hc won. This war cannot be
ried on casually The United States
81. in fact. be united, down 70 the
( man. the last dollar, the last indi.
Ioal searrs qsan Else we shalt fail.