New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1917-12-14

GeneVa ~c0nventi0 n the BRUSSELS
and Hague conferences"
by sleeping himself In military his
tory an Oficer will be able to guard
himself against excessive humanitarl-
an notions; 1t will teach him that GER
tain seventies are indispensable to
war. nay more, that the only true hui
manity very often lies In a ruthless
application Of them"
For the guidance of the officers In
case the inhabitants of conquered ter
ritOry should take up arms against the
German army, the German War
Book" quotes with approval the letter
Napoleon sent to his brother Joseph,
when the inhabitants of Italy were at
tempting to revolt against him:
THE security of your dominion de-
ponds on how you behave In the con-
quered province. Burn down a dozen
places which are not willing to sub
NIT themselves. OF course, not until
you have first looted them; my SOL
diers must not be allowed to 90 away
with their hands empty. HIVE three
to six persons hanged in every village
which has joined the revolt; pay no
respect to the cOssack" Chat Is, to
members of the clergy.
Officers Trained to Be Savaoes.
Some of the rules laid down in the
German War Book" are illustrated.
and their spirit made more definite in
"LInterprete Militaire rum Gebrauch
i'm Felndesland" ("Military Interpreter
for uvro To- 4In , 1t,t.rsSN
This Is a manual edited at Berlin in
1906. at contains" says the intro
ductiOn, "the French translation Of the
greater part of documents, letters, and
prOclamatiOns. and some orders OF
which it may be necessary to make use
in time of war;" Thus, eight years
before this war began. the German
military authorities were not only pre-
pairing their officers to wage war in
a name wholly contrary to The
Hague regulations, but also were look
ing forward to the use of these proc
lamations in French or Belgian terri
tory. Among its forms, ready for use
by inserting names, date, and places.
are the following:
~ uHc VI OOO,OOO No III piIoN
quence Of an attempt made by -
to assassinate a German soldier, Is i'm
pOsec on the town Of o. BY order
OF -.
Efforts have been made, without
result, to obtain the withdrawal OF the
fine.
1.-The term fixed for payment expires
tn,norrnv- Saturday naaambar at
noon -
Bank notes, cash, or silver plate
will be accepted"
II have to acknowledge receipt of
your letter dated the 18th Of this month.
in which you bring to my notice the
great difficulty which you expect to
meet in levying the contributions.
can but regret the explana-
lions which you have thought proper ,
to give me on this subject; the order ,
in question which emanates from my F.,
government Is so clear and precise, :
and the instructions which l have re- K,
ceived i'm the matter are so c%ategOri-
cal that il the sum due by the town ,
Of R is not paid the town will be ,
burned down without pity" ,
Ruthless Destruction Ordered. \
"On account Of the destruction Of
the bridge Of F., l order: The dis !
trict shall pay a special contribution .
OF 100000 francs by way of mends. !.
This is brought to the notice of the =
public, who are informed that the I
method of assessment Of the said sum
will be enforced with the utmost Sc y
verify. The village Of p will be =
destroyed Immediately by Are, with U
the exception of certain buildings Oc- d
cupied for the use of the troops" u
These forms have been Of great use "
to the German commanders in Bel y
GUM and northern France. The close
ness with which they have been fol- "
lowed In these conquered lands, dur :
ing the present war, may be seen by 7"
reading these two proclamatlons: p
"The City of Brussels, exclusive of !"
its suburbs, has been punished by an >
additional fine of 100000 francs on G.
account of the attack made upon a !"
German soldier by Ryckere, n of its !,
police officials. !"
"The Governor of Brussels. -
BARON Won LUETTWITZ." =
November 1, 1914. 81
Placard posted on the walls Of Lune- Il
Vile by order Of the German authori- u
>"
"NOtice to the People:
"Some of the inhabitants of Lune. III
Vile made an attack from ambuscade
on the German columns and wagons ~
(trains). The same day (some of the) III
inhabitants shot at sanitary forma- =,
ions marked with the Red Cross. In +,
addition German wounded and the mil u
tary ambulance were fired upon. n.
Because of these acts Of hostility a ~
inc of 65O,OOO francs is imposed upon al
he commune of Luneville. The may u
is ordered to pay this sum In gold III
silver up to $4,000 francs, Septem- .
6, 1914, at nine o'clock In the pi
morning, to the representative Of the ia
military authority. All pro- ca
ests will be considered null and void. es
10 delay will be granted. pc
'If the does not punctual-
v obey the order to pay the sum OF .
80, 900 francs, all property that can W
e levied upon will be seized. mi
"In case of non-payment, visits from -
Iouse to house will be made and all -.
he inhabitants will be searched. II ~
nyone knowingly has concealed r.,
- hold han1y Iso o"