The Bridgeport evening farmer. [volume] (Bridgeport, Conn.) 1866-1917, 1917-10-20
FIGHTING AGAINST
HUN TERRORISM

More than 10000 separate German
atrocities have now been documented
and have been deposited in the De-
partments of Justice. of the various
allied nations. All jurists understand
that these crimes against humanity
were not committed in a mood of
lawless drunkenness, but were care
fully planned for-cold, remorseless,
and scientific in. their precision. Cen
eral Won Hartmann has given the ex-
PLANTATION with unrivaled clearness:
Terrorism and frfghtfulness repre-
sent a principle made necessary by
military considerations"
The German Manual Of Technics
in a score Of pages illustrates this new
theory of frfghtfulness. That amaz-
ing handbook for officers and private
soldiers urges cruelty and frightful-
ness that may roll like a black wave
across the whole land. paralyzing the
will and rendering the people impo-
tent for self defense. Witness the in
distractions to officers on page 80:
l"Humanitarian claims such as protec-
ton of men and their goods can only
be taken into consideration insofar as
the nature and object OF the war per-
mits BY sleeping himself In military
history an. officer wilI st.te r ables. I'd
guard himself: AGAINST Z Scsssive.' h5i-
fmanitarianisHl.* .lEHerythL ing, is per
fmissibIe that h clips Secure the object
Eof: the, war" Here YOU have. absolute
flicenss to, naurder, lust arson theft
and the uttermost of savagery.
/ Reduced to its lowest terms. the
laws Of German war mean that the
persons Of the invading Germans are
absolutely cared while the Belgians
4
fully in their home land have no
rights either Of property or of life
| The motives for terrorism were
overwhelming for the Germans at the
outset of the war. Their motto was
Brussels in one week; Paris in two
weeks; London in two months" The
method proposed to be used for at
/ tanning this end was the paralysis OF
the will of the Be1gians and the
French by deeds SO frightful as te
terrify, appall, and overawe men, Wo-
men and children alike. Te this END
the massaeres were prepared for an6
| inaugurated on practically the sans
day, along the frontier line between
the Belgian Sea and. the Swiss from
tier.
Immediately after the. German re-
treat, commissions were sent in; aft.
Odsll5 LdkSH, Will ptt0toSfdpAiSi Xix
case made up and the documents de
posted with the Department of Jus
tice. Mere than 10000 separate afro
cities have been deeumented. A single
case often includes not only the TIVE
affidavits required by law, but TWEEN
ty affidavits' of eye witnesses.
Examples of atrecities:-Fren tel
volumes containing brief digests b!
attorneys on various affidavits OF
each case-here are few illustra
tiens. Details, testimony and accom-
panying photographs filed in the of
flee of the Liberty Loan Committee
At Malines eight drunken soldiers en-
tered the suburbs. singing and carry
ing, not a German flag, but a bab'
skewered upon a bayenet with thu
little head, hands and legs danglini
in the air as the soldiers marched;
boy with both hands cut eff, one ly
ing upon the ground beside him ant
the other hanging by a little skin. A
= Haecht a child of three years nailet
lhx It's hands and feet te thu dsar-ef It