The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1917-12-11
Germany's War Practices
Shown IN Their Horror



! ord or "!"cdS that max" one despair o.
! III" future q: tho human race. ar
| found in 4 hook named "ticrmau WAR
Practices" which has Just been issued
a. q. Government Printing N;tlIr tE
! thr cn'nnii;:"r on Public information !"'
! free distribution. I: Is edited by Irr'
! u. {. Munro. Of Princeton. and "iA-r
! scholars.
Tn" dumhtoundirG evidence which
| :i!s book presents - She jury OF man
Ni;.d i; drawn mainly from German
ana Nmcr!cau sources. ana Includes Of
r;.!ai rrur!ana;tous and ut;craurrs "t
tn. r..Spra& .hlr heads Of III" imI"rIa:
GERMAN government letters ami diar!"s'
: @; German s.ldi"rS. lu"t'ttt"ns from
G"Crlu, i"wsra 7"rS. and material drawn
from thr archives q! IN" stat" depart
, mont, which lay bar" u" story OF m
conrrivab;" German atrocities.
Tia purpnS. cf the book is "a she"
that tho system "f friEht!Ulu"$s. llS"l'
the greatest atr"city. * In" dvtinit" pol
icy OF the German government, 50 SIN
lister that German soldiers lhhN" th"m-
solves az times ruynltci. Individual acts
Of wanton cruelty and harharic dcstru"-
tlon ar cited only 10 il;ustra;" the OBJ
GRAFTON of the rrrpor$rl"SS system.
The book supplements IN" Frye" RI
mort which WAS tn" first official survey
Of III" path Of horror. ruIn. and death
left by the German army m tho lands
Of Innocent an! drf"nSrl"SS people. The
book is supplemented also II III" off
cial r. ports H.: IN" belgian commission
aud III" French minister OF foreign if-
fairs. and x reveals more oC the damn
ing German war philosophy as e1-
Pressed! IL III" German white book and
, various official ut1cranrcS. cNt'nuatinS
revolving crimes on tho grounds OF en-
pcdicncy and the advancement " that
"kultur" whirh move Knocks lis own nam"
throughout thu civilized world. tn"
humanity oC German soldiers was so
;nrn by The system OF brutality Una
they cried our IN letters To Ambassador
Gerard, one expressing his protcs:
n Saimst.thr slaughter Of The iiuSslaus III
thu Ma<urinn lakes and swamrS by say
. ing. "Th"r" j. ~ God there Is 10 moral
i;y and n" ethics any moro: Their" ar"
~ human beings any more. but onr
lnuStS.'
Tho illuminating reports Of brand
Wh!,Inck Minister oC Belgium, tel OF
misclicS inflicted upon Ito HclE!an
rcoplc. Mr. Whitlo"k Sa%in zone l.
So overwhelmed with tn" horror y IN"
ching itself that /; has h""n and even
rnw &. difficult to write calmly end
,ux.lv atuut it.
H.r!"rt Hoover. writing e: ;h's
hook q: his experiences in Belgium.
SAYS: Tho sight q: IN" d"Str"E""
homes and cities. tho widowed and !ath-
crlcss. ihr destitute" IN" physical mus
cry ~ the people but partially "'uriSh-
"a a, bost. ;hr Grrortation Of mon hT
,nrs If thousands 10 slavery in German
mines and factories. the execution -:
,r.,, aud women for pa,try illusions ~
,h,ir I,yo1tv ,o their country. tn" sack
In,. 81 ,very resource through financial
-ohhcry Tho fatt.N!ug Of armies an The
,,nrdrr nroducr Of ti!r country. the Dc
,,,,io.jnp of ,hn rnun;,v;of cattle. horses
.,I ,cx,,lns. MI ,hrs. things ysy hui
"a ,r,,rrss. dumb t. help Other tt5tn by
,ro;cs; and sympathy. during this hong
and terrible time. and s'n 'hc>" ar"
r., the events nc' battle. heat. bat 'A".
,frcc,s II n grinding h""l o( n rnc" DO
maud:nE The mastcrSh;D Of ~" ""ri'
All ,hcs" Things AZ" known |" N" ""fih
but WIFI, can never h" known - III"
dumb agCnr of the people. IN" express
iarl,ss faces Of millions who's" souls
bo,c pa.s.d tho whole SAnIUt II emo
.j,ns And why? l;cC1uS" these. e fr""
and dcyn"rrat!c people. cared pimr*'
their bodies nciur" the WaTch OF '"'''
.-acy"
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devastated f"Iat' CONF
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