The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-11-01

many's answer 70 Norway's protest
WAS the sneering answer: What are
YOU gcses 10 do about it?" While
| Geriaarv's Ambassador TO the Ar.
gensine Republic. advising the sink
ing of Argentine ships so as to leave
no tract behind is part cf the same
cnraias. dcs3lish. German diplomacy
that e9@,ibits these German Ambas-
sadors = z composite Judas. Mac
chlavcils, ard Mephistopholes, united
2nd carfssd up TO the north power
| Of diabq';sm No wonder the Kaiser
baptized them Huns" and ''barbar-
ians."
German Philosophy Degrades Ger.
man Officers and Soldiers
The Gcrinan philosophy has dehu-
manlzed Gerniany's officers and mea
Later on shah give Il detailed ac-
count oi thc, devastated regions OF
Northern France, but here and now
let US confine the observations tc
the ruined villages ard towns OF Eas.
tern france Falling his iron token
ort OF his pocket, that exhibited Diety
as q destroying soldier, the German
ofhcer aud pirate reads the words
beneath S;nite Your enemy dead
The Bay of Judgment viii not ASK
you Ter vcu. reasons" Having there
tore, tnll liberty to loot, these GER
mans brs nc the Wild beasts. The
plan lsA3 8Hrn Brussels in one week
Paris iii two weeks, London in tive
months and then two pockets fill
ed with rings, bracelets and watch
es from Paris or Nancy for the
sweethearts at home,
When the German army in Lor-
raine was defeated by onc-half its
number, 1t fell northward, passing
through French towns and villages.
where there were no rrenchnlen, nc
guns, and where no shots were fir
ed During July and August we went
slowly from one Tained town to an
other, talking with the women and
Children, comparing the photographs
and the full official records made al
the time with the statements OF the
poor, wretched survivors, who liv-
cd III cellars, where once there had
been beautiful houses, orchards and
vineyards--bnt now was only desc
lation.
III Gerbcvillier, standing beside the
graves, studied the photograph of
the bodies of IS old men whom the
Gernans lined up and shot because
taerc were no young soldiers TO kill
heard the detailed story Of woman
whose son was first hung to a pear
Tree IN the garden and when the Of
ticef and soldier had left him and
were busy setting fire 70 tho next
house. she Cit the rope, revived the
strangle! youth, only 10 find the sol
dlers had returned and while the
othcer held her hands behind her
back, his assistant poured petrol on
the sons head and clothes, set fire
to him and while he staggered about
flaming torch, they shrieked with
laughter. When they had burned ali
the houses and retreated, the next
morning, the project Of Lorraine
reached that Gethesmane and photo
graphed the bodies OF 30 aged men
lying as they fell, the bodies of wo-
men stripped and at last slain
IN the next village stood the ruin
Cd square belfry into which the Ger
mans had lifted machine guns, then
forced every woman and child-27s
in number--into the little church. and
notified the French soldiers that II
they tired upon the machine gums.
they would kill their own women
and children. After several DAYS. hum
ger and thirst, at midnight these wo-
men slipped little boy through the
church window and bade their hus-
bandS ire upon the Germans in the
belfry, saying they preferred death to
the iEdlgnities they were suffering.
AND so these Frenchmen turned their
guns, and III blowing that machine
gun out OF the belfry killed 20 OF
their own wives and chiidre, IL a
hundred years OF history, where shall
you tind a record of any other race
who call themselves civilized. who
are such sneaking towards that thev
could not fight like men or plav tbe
game fairly, but in their chatterino
terror put women and little childen
before them as a shield.
lCnnfinnad NorA MI