The herald., 1917-11-15

the hands OF the town authorities. II
IS unlikely that any organized attack
hy civilians could have been made.
however II In individual cases shots
were hred at the German soldiers, this
may always be condoncd in country
suffering invasion. During an occupa-
u"h II Wouid he Inherent. naturally.
40 excuse can he offered for such an
action in occupied territory.
various Belgian officers have told
ne OF seeing crowds Of men. women
ana chiIdr1l driven ahead of the Ger
man army to protect the troops. This
Is =" lncr'c,'le thai / must ask
whether Ii has any foundation %.
tru'h:
II IS quite true. II IS harbaroUS
ana Iahufnan system II protecting the
h"'."rn advance. When the Belgian
S'lulerS hrrd on the enemy they killed
lh'ir own people. Again and again
innocent civilians OF both sexes were
>a'.iH'"d 70 protect 'h' invading army
curing ATTACKS. A terrible slaughter
liner" was much more 10 lie inter
view, hut this part is the part that
concerns Us now.
Ih"r" Is M SurmlSe in tn" king 5
statement. II IS quiet. CiCnIfiod. a
restrained as possible, Il bare recital Of
iact. ON the right Of Germany TO in
wade Belgium there may be differing
opinions. ON the right Of any army
pretending TO civilization TO 50 protect
itS advance there can be but one YER
Diet.
Inc King Of the Belgians had
spoken as a ruler and a soldier. He
rad himself fought with his army
th"Se terrible rear-guard engagements
, M.i'ii '"u.u nave out one ehd' ne
- i'H'i sen "''S thlnS' 50 SNoch-
iHS tii"' II II Sil"ii ""uuer thal
-NlL'e'''a Ne"ru II "ItH lhcredulous
e9i''
h."S statement anu man ;.
NJ" "o"u' Il woman VINO herS"i' had
''.'''iS wv IA L" ''aHe h'u>NeiS,
anu "''"rt "!!"ih' III iHe intimacy OF
"''. >'''".i VIVA III Ii f"hh", came
'',I,'i> anu refugee nopI'S win 'lrl.
~ rs -. iHU'Ue' anu ueoaE'h by the
IL
nav never peI"Ee DTokeh the 81
'SI'e VI III! lhIerNIe" Win EIiZau"th'
qutSH VI 'he h'ieianS' that small.
II an anu heFoic "oIlah VINO mas I'VE"
LOT thIee years uhder the roar OF the
=. ''''ri! NJ b'Ainuoe anu Nleup"r''
put 'he tllie mas come l" oreaK mat
>''eii'e' MOI all can ne toid' Out De-
cause an infamous report mas Deeh
Spreau pro"ucast that hnzaoe'h OF
neISiuin SEinpa'hizeS win Germany. 1
Siaii teIi some OF the Things she sa'd.
QUEEN TELLS OF HORRORS.
Again | quote from my notes Of
that Interview:
ut is the women and children :"
she said. ut IS terrible. There must
he killing. That IS war. But not
this other thing"
She could not understand American
skeptiCism on This point. She had
but just returned from England.
where in one convent 90 Belgian nuns
were enceinte by German soldiers. She
had visited them.
That TO her was the most terrible
thing of war. That these quiet women,
living their devout and simple lives.
should have suffered so grossly Devil
dered and dazed her Was there moth
ing, then, sacred to these invaders, not
even the church?
II am a Bavarian,' sh" said. Il
have always from my childhood heard
this talk that Germany must grow
must get TO the sea. thought II was
just talk-a pleasantly. And the lies
they have told about us! Inc EN-
peror has always pretended to be SO
friendly, and all the time
She held ont her hands expressiveiy'
anyone VINO knows the KING knows
that Ne cannot 90 wrong thinE. II
IS not posslole Ior MN. He e"lno' ~
any way out s'rais",'
iheii sue I1Cui GU ~ '"e AZ, ~ c.
'nnn -
.grhon war. .o--,b,ov che cold
,.bo+ +bov have dona T,
,,.or,o, ona obi1d-or Rut moro than
, no mo, T., tho world tho Germans arr
crroI 70 women Ibove seen them my
cole whom thew did NOT know who l
uoc-on trains sometimes-not since
,bo NOR ~ course Rut the very way
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