Williams news., 1917-12-27
pay the sum of 65O,OOO francs all property that can be lev

jed upon will be seized. In case oi nonpayment
 visits from house to house will
 be made and all the inhabi-
 tants will be searched. If anyone knowingly has conceal
 ed money or attempted to
 hold back his goods from
 seizure by the military author
 ities, or if anyone attempts to
 leave the city he will be shot. The mayor and the hostag-
 es taken by the military au-
 thorities, will be held respon-
 sible for the exact execution
 of the above orders.
 "The mayor is ordered to
 publish immediately this mo- tice to the Commune.
 "Henameil, Sept. 3, 1914.
 The General in Chief,
 "von Fasbender, "
 The German officers were provided with the forms to be used in terrorizing the conquer ed people. The common sol diers were provided with i phrase books which would en- able them to impose their will upon the terrified people. Min ister Brand Whitlock in his re- port to the State Department on September 12, 1917, writes:
 ''The German soldiers were provided with phrase books giving alternative translations in German and French of such sentences as:
 "Hands up.' Ct is the very first sentence in the book.) "Carry out all the furniture
 'tI am thirsty. Bring me some beer, gin, rum.
 You have to supply bar rel of wine and keg of beer.
 "If you lie to me, I will have you shot immediately.
 "'Lead me to the wealthiest inhabitants of this village. I have orders to requisition sev- eral barrels of wine.
 "Show us the way to If you lead us astray, you will be shot. ''
 The quotations and procla- nations printed above clearly show the attitude of mind of the German military authori- ties. The policy of frightful- ness had been exalted into a system with every minute detail worked out in advance. The German War Book with it's "cold-blooded doctrines of the nature of war and the means which may be employed in prosecuting war" did it's work in training the German military officials. Of this book it has been we'll said: "It is the first time in the history of mankind that a creed so revolting has been deliberately formulated by a.great civilized State." The generals gave their sanction to this policy of frightfulness. Gen. von Bernhardi was quot ed in an interview in the Neue l Freie Presse of Vienna as fol- lows:
 "One cannot make war in 1 fashion. The more | pitiless the conduct of the war, the more humane it is in real | ity, for it will run it's course all 1 the sooner. The war which of | all wars is and must be most | humane is that which leads to | peace with as little delay as possible"
 This interview was repro duced in the Berliner Tageblatt l of November 20, 1914.
 MT. F. c. Walcott, of the Bel gian Relief Commission, tells, in the Geographical Magazine | for May, 1917, of meeting Gen. von Bernhardi:
 ''As I walked out, General von Bernhardi came into the room, an expert artillery-man, a professor in one of their war colleges. I met him the next 1 and he asked me if | had read his book, Germany in ! the Next War.
 ''I said I had. He said, "Do you know, my friends nearly ran me out of the country for that. They said"you have let the cat out of the bag" I said, "No, I have not because no one | will believe it." What do yOu