Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-12-13
GERMAN CRUELTIES
Ku1tur Slaves Taken From Belq;un,'s Ruined To,uns
and Boys and Girls Forced to Labor
For Pruss;ans

Of their policy OF forcing the Belgians
to aid them In prosecuting the war
The decree OF that date reveals the
matter and openly discloses contempt
for international law.
Daring the last fortnight men have
been impressed here In Brussels.
On the first day out OF about 1900 men
ordered to present themselves at the
Care du Midi about $50 responded.
These were examined by German ply
sicians and 800 were taken. There was
no disorder, a,laEse force OF mounted
Uhlans keeping sbAek the crowds and
barring access. II the station to all but
those who had been summoned to ap-
pear. The commission for relief in
Belgium had secured permission to give
to each deported man loaf OF bread,
and some Of the communes provided
warm clothing for those who had
none and In addition ANAL financial
allowance.
Cruelty and brutality.
AS by one Of tho arqnies OF life the
winter has been moro excessively cold
than Belgium has ever known Il. and
while many OF those who presented
themselves we're adequately protected
AGAINST the cold, many OF them were
without overcoats, Tho men shiyering
from cold and fear. the parting from
weeping wives and children, the bar
rlers of brutal Uhlans, all tisis made
the scene q pitiable and distressing one.
/ II am constantly In receipt OF re-
ports Sroln all over Belgium that tend
to bear out tho stories one constantly
hears OF brutality and cruelty. A num-
Der Of men sent back to Mons are
said to be In q dying condition., many
Of them tubercular. AT MalineR. and
at Antwerp returned men have died,
their friends asserting that they have
been victims Of neglect ana cruelty, Of
cold, of exposure. Of hunger.
A Vivid sketch OF the deportatlona
from Mons. drawn by participant,
may well be cited here:
II will take the 18th OF NDvember Of
last Year (1s1s). A week or 30 before
that q placard was placed on the walls
tclling my capital city Of Mons that In
seven days all the men Of that oity who
were not clergymen, who were not
priests. who did not belong to the city
council. would be denorted. rs
sAt half past ave. In thsssray Of the
morning on the 18th of November,
they walked out. 600 mon Il Mons,
myself and another leAxians them down
the cobblestones OF the street and out
Where the rioting would Do loss than
in the great city. with the soldiers on
each side, with bayonets hxed, with
the women held back
Trains were standing there ready.
steaming. to take them to Germany.
You saw on the one side the one
brother taken. tho other brother left.
"A hasty embrace and they worv seperr
atsd and gone You had hero . man
on his knees before Q German olficef.
pleading and begins to take his old
fathers place; that Vas all. Tho fAthsr
went and tho son stayed. They were!
packed in those traAs TINT were wait.
Ing there. il. Code. In The
National GEOGRAPHIC Asgassne May.
1917. Is Il
+ Belgian WsmsN's Cry.
The Belgian women sent : touching
appeal to Mi1ister Whitlock. inswhteh
they said: a2ssl 81 81.
/ 'phl The Belsian woeaen isave alsS
known how to carry out their duty II
the hour of danger; they have not
weakened the courage IL the Soafaess
OF honor by their tears. They have
bravely givcn to their country chose
whom they loved. Tho blood Of
mothsss u fiowing On the battlsae lds.
Those who are taken away today do
mot 70 TO perfosm 4 s1oriohs duty. They
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