Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1917-06-15
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riotinR would be less mar IN q eroat
city with the soldiers on each side,
with bayonets fixed. with the women
held back.
The degradation Of I'll The de-
pradation Of 1t as they walked into
this great market square, where tne
pens were erected. exactly - II they
we're cattle-all the great men Of that
province. the lawyers, the statesmen,
the heads Of the trades. the men that
had made the capital Of Hatnaut
glorious during the last twenty years.
There they were collected; no ques.
ton OF who they were, whether they
were busy or what they were doing or
what their position in life. q 70
the right! Go to the left! 90 to n
right" So they were turned to the
n side or the other. were
standing there ready, steamins. to
take them to Germany. -
Heart Rendins Scenes Of Farewell.
You saw on the side the n
brother taken, the other brother left.
A hasty embrace. and they were SEP.
arated and gone. You had here .
man on his knees before q German
officer, pleading and begging to take
his old fathers place.. that was all.
The father went and the son stayed.
They were packed in those trains that
were waiting there.
You saw the women In hundreds
with bundles in their hands. beseech.
ing to be permitted to approach the
trains, to give their mon the last that
they had in life between themselves
clothing to keep them warm on their
way to Germany. You saw women
approach with a bundle that has been
purchased by the sale Of tho last of
their household effects. Not one was
allowed to approach to give her man
the warm pair Of stockings or h
warm Jacket SO there might be some
chance of his reaching there. or
they VENT"
The Funeral of q City. =.
returned tt Mons that evening.
You have sat at the funeral Of your
dear ones. and you have heard the
family weep. but you have sat
at the funeral Of a city. I went in.
and I lost courage. walked the
streets Of Mons all that evening.
an alley, where the shrieking Of wom-
en- did not deafen your oars.
So they vent. Then we saw them
come back, too. read the report the
next day In the paper at Brussels Of
how Germany had announced to the
United States that, in her great mercy,
she was taking the idle working men
of Belgium in order that they might
earn enough in Germany o keep
their families provided with plenty Of
funds back In Belgium. Yes, I read
this, and every other edict Issued by
Germany, and I found no truth in
them.
Made Wrecks by Three Weeks in
(yAGHn0nv ~
saw them come back in the cars.
We carried the corpsss out Of the
cars: we carried the poor broken
wretches to the hospitals after three
weeks Of work in Germany.
They took me u to the front, and
I tried to get through. It was impos-
sihle. They did not a me to learn
the truth. But I got q man through
and back to me, and he told me what
they did, what they had done with
the men there. They tried to put
What had been the result? Those
poor. ignorant, uneducated mon, fll-
ed with nothing but love of country.
refused to work; SO they took twelve
of the best of them and tied their
hands to posts outside Of the city, and
let them hang there for thirty-two
hours without n~ourishment. and then
they tainted or died rather than fight
against their brothers in the trenches!
That is just n Of the stories Of the
courage Of those men, over there!
Terrorized Into Signing Contracts.
I see them again across those terri-
BILE swamps. UP to their waists In the
mire and dirt. shot at with blank cart
ridges in order to make them sign the
contracts SO that Germany might
publish to the world that they were
willing workers, that they had come
from Belgium to Germany in order to
get h work they needed so much.
It Is for o to bring these scenes
before the public. You cannot all
fight, but you can bring these scenes
before the public and help those who
do fight.
You are going to make an appeal to
this country. You are starting to do
so. On behalf Of the Commission for
RELIEF IN Belgium, Elk or seven weeks
ago I talked n day in Boston. Aft.
er the meeting the Bishop of Massa-
chusetts was 70 kind as to say he
would come to the house where / was
going to dine that evening. You are
as well acquainted with the fact as I
am that the Bishop OF Massachusetts,
made the most successful appeal to
this country ever made in the raising
OF church pension funds. The task
was believed impossible. that task -in
which he succeeded beyond the sum
which even he expected to raise.
The American Heart Generous.
he turned to me that evening. ana
his first words were these: "You are
going to have the best time Of your
life appealing to this. country for
Iunds. YOU are going t. deal with
"a most generous people in the
Tealo' b ena , yop ars going to deal with
have found It to be the case! I
approached with h~esitancy. with
timidity. am no speaker, least Of ali
one who can make q s~ucoessfui an.
peal, especially to those I have known,
best. When I asked for hundreds. 4
received Thousands, when I asked for
! received tens Aof thou.
sands. - ~
Responds for Sake Of "the Kids..
Agaln and again I appealed in bo.
naif Of the children. and some work.
ing man IN his embarrassment would
s brsv., n the as thr9nI; and finally would
kids Of my own. but I can tske on an.
other n II you want me to-" That
vas response from ali sides.
IN my work there was awfully. dis.
courased. It seemed imposdhia : Ia
see g llght on the situation. The
problem seemed too complex. rhars
was no order TO be gotten out 81 ~
! remember one day in particular.
Wnen ! went to my work that morn.
nfi z tr'snd said to me. "Youalook
Yes" / replied, Il see nd hams - q
situation today" epo y the
He said. "You will never be dispour.
aged 4 yolswill follow the Great car.
tain the way ], do" SAp'