Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-21
the march of autocracy."

the march of autocracy."
Frederick c. Walcott's description
of devastated Poland comprehends
the monstrous woes inflicted by the
Prussian system upon those defense
less people
In statement prepared for the
book Vernon Fe'log 81 id Went in
to Belgium and occupied France a
neutral, and J maintained while there
steadfastly neutral behavior. bit I
came out no neutral. went
In also hater of war, but l came out
more ardent hater Of war. but. al
SO | came out with the ineradicable
conviction. again, that the only way
III which Germany under its present
rule and in its present state of mind
can be kept from doing what it has
done is by force of arms
he book gives excerpts from the
diaries Of German soldiers of which
these are specimens: I'm the night OF
August 1919 the village of Saint
Maurice was punished for having FIR
ed on German soldiers by being burnt
to the ground by the German troops
The village was surrounded
men posted about a yard from one
anothe~ 50 that no ore could get out
Then the Uhlans set fire to it house
by house: neither man, woman. or
child could escape; only the greater
part of the live stock we carried off,
as that could be used. Any one who
ventured to come out was shot down
All the inhabitants left in the village
We're burnt with the houses"
"A horrible bath of blood. The
whole village burnt, the French
thrown into the blaz ing houses. civ
ilians with the rest "
That the reign of frightfuiness wa
the definite policy of the German
Government is testified to by an
amazing collection of documents and
utterances of German officialdom.
Herewith are excerpts from documen-
tary proof furnished by German rec
ords establishing the truth beyond
question:
AS soon as you come to blows
with the enemy he will be beaten
No mercy will be shown, No prison
ers will be taken! AS the Huns, un-
der King Attila, made a name for
themselves, which is still mighty in
tradition and legends today, may the
name Of German be 50 fixed in Chi
ma by your deeds. that no Chimes
shall ever again dare to look at a
German askance. Open the way
for Kultur once for all. From the
kaiser's speech to the soldiers on tn .
eve of their departure for China in
1900
Whenever a national war breaks
out. terrorism becomes a necessary
military principle. General Won
Hartmann.
THE city of Brussels. exclusive of
its suburbs, has been punished by an
additional fine of 100000 francs on
account of the attack made upon a
German soldier by Ryckere, one Of
its police officials. Baron Won
Luettwitz, Governor of Brussels
lam thirsty; bring me some beer,
gin, rum If you lie to me ] will
have YOU shot Immediately. These
sentences are taken from phrase
book supplied to German soldiers, &C
cordinE to Minister Brand Whitlock
Zone cannot make war in a senti-
mental fashion. The more pitiless
the conduct of the war the more hui
name ii is in reality. for it will run
its course all the sooner" General
Won Bernhard
THE inocent must suffer with the
guilty. g All this must not in
our eyes weigh as much as the life OF
d single one of our brave soldiers
the righteous accomplish ent of dut,
is the emanation of a high Kultnr
and in that the population of the
enemy countries can learn a lessor
from our armies. General Vor
Kissing.
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