New Britain herald., 1917-10-17
COUNTESS TELLS OF
 GERMAN ATROCITIES
Polish NobleWonlan Treated Like
 Servant by Von Hindenburg
PLANS FOR LIBERTY DAY

:, Week to Impress All Individuals
 With Need of Cooperation.
 Especial to the Herald),
 Hartford, Oct. 17.-1n accordance with the wishes of President Wilson as expressed in the proclamation is- sued from the White House on Sum- day, the Connecticut State Council of Defense, through it's committee on publicity, has already begun making October 24 as Liberty Day, a day on which the president urges the people of the nation to assemble and Pledge to one another and to the government the fullest measure of financial support" such support as will "hearten the men who are to face the fire of battle for us." The mass meetings and rallies of that date will, in Connecticut mark the con- clusion of the "Rally Week" that be- gins today with Statewide War Rally in Foot Guard hall, Hartford.
 Complete details of arrangements for the Hartford rally on October A have not yet been perfected, but it is expected that former President Will liam Howard Taft will be present to makes the chief address.
 The rally this afternoon in Hart ford. to which men and women in terested in war work were invited from all parts of the state, includes addresses by three speakers of na- tlonal and international prominence, Countess Laura de Gozdawa Turczy- nowicz of Poland; Frederick c. Wal colt, first assitant to Herbert c. Hoover in the federal food adminis- trat1on and one of his former asso- c1ates in the administration of relief in Belgium; and Rabbi Stephen s. Wise of New York
 Countess Tells of Atrocities.
 Countess Turczynowicz tells first mana tales of the barbaric way in Which the German hordes recently oVerran her native country, what she saw and heard of atrocities committed Tn the name of Gott und Kaiser hv soldiers who seized her chateau as a headquarters for Von H1ndenbure made her act as their servant and committed innumerable indicnities upon Polish people who were evon less fortunate than she. The countess mas lived as a non-combatant amid the worst horrors of what the Ger mans call war
 Another story of war as it is waged by the Germans upon helpless women and children was to be told today bv MT. Walcott, who has had opportuni- ties for first hand observation in Bel gum that have come to few men of any country Mr. Wa1cott has also acquired a wide knowledge of the complex food problems that face the people of the United States, a knowl- edge that enables him to fill a very high place in the federal food ad- mlnistration, and to tell his audience some of the means and methods of food economy that have been evolved by Hoover's bureau. Rabbi Wise is an orator of established reputation who is in demand for notable gatherings in all parts of the country.
 How Connecticut Can Hclp.
 Although, in accordance with the presidents proclamation, the main purpose of the rallies to be held throughout the State on October "A VIII pc to arouse deep interest in the second Liberty Loan, the rallies of the week, generally, will, in addition, lay stress on the drive being made by the federal food administration to secure a large number of householders' sigma lures for the administrations pledge to conserve food. Besides these two objects, the rallies are intended to arouse the people of Connecticut to a deep understanding of what the war meeans to them, what it's success will mean to their children, what part the humblest of them can play in helD ing to make it success and how inn portant 1t is that each man and wo man in Connecticut come to realiza- tion that the crisis of today needs their most enthusiastic cooperation today and tomorrow and every sue ceedlng tomorrow until peace and victory rise from the ashes of war.
 Rallies are being arranged for in every part of Connecticut during Rally Week." at which all three of the chief objects of the campaign will be emphasized by prominent men of this and other states. Several of the rallies will have as features vocal music by the Liberty Choruses of Connecticut. At the statewide rally in this city today, the first of the Liberty Choruses, 400 voices strong are singing number of patriotic se- lections, including national songs of America'S allies
 Arrangements for the various ral- lies are being made by joint com mittee of the state defense council and the Connecticut Chamber of Commerce with headquarters estab- lished in the office of the publicity committee of the defense council in the state capitol. The speakers bu- reau of the special committee, which has an office at the capitol in charge of Arthur E. Bowers for the State Chamber of Commerce and Austin Dunham for the defense council, has been busy for several days past en-