Cheyenne record. (Cheyenne Wells, Cheyenne County, Colo.) 1913-19??, 1917-12-20
rioes."-Irvin Cobb. Speaking Of PruAe
SLAMS, New York. 1917. PIP. 1924.

slams. New York. 1917. pp. 1924.
The military authorities and those
In sympathy with them have done all
in their power to stimulate hatred Of
other peoples in the minds Of the Ger
mans A campaign Of education be-
fore the war was carried on with the
object Of impressing upon the minds
Of the Germans the treacherous nature
of the peoples against whom the mill
tary leaders were anxious to wage
war. Not only were the Germans grad
ually led to believe that 1t was neces-
sary to fight defensive war against
unscrupulous foes, but also that these
foes would violate every precept Of hu-
manity. and consequently must be
crushed without mercy as a measure
Of self-defense. The fruits OF this
campaign of suspicion and hatred be-
came evident when almost at the out
break Of the war many Germans be-
came possessed with the belief that
the whole population Of Belgium, the
first country to be invaded, had vio-
lated every rule Of honorable warfare,
that the francs-tireurs (guerrillas)
were everywhere present doing their
deadly work In secrecy or under the
cover Of darkness that women and
even children were mutilating and kill
Ing the wounded or helpless prisoners.
The effect of the fables upon the
popular mind may be seen in the fol-
lowing extracts from German letters {:
Extract from letter written by q
German soldier to his brother. (This
letter, now in the possession Of the
United States government. was obtain
ed for this pamphlet from Mr.. ]. Q.
Grew, formerly secretary to the United
States embassy at Berlin)
November 4. 1914.
1.-THE battles are everywhere ex-
tremely tenacious and bloody, The
Englishmen we hate most and we want
to get even with them for once While
one now and then sees French prison
ers one hardly ever beholds French
black troops or Englishmen, These
good people are not overlooked nv our
infantrvmen. that sort 'of people .is
moved down without mercy. The
losses of the Enplishmen must he enor-
nous. There ia desire to wine them
ont root and all"
Tho arneror ooye b,s sanction to
Tho ronorts ~ +ha hr,to, cot. ~ tho
pa,o,ops n +aIaorom ~ president
W,,son
..D.S,,- g.. , ,o,1
&c, ' ,.a 81 49, -
" .a
Nuiaper 90. eeptelnDer :. ! a'n re-
questeu " ior"aro tie ioiioMins .eie
gram iroln the ehperor " lhe presi-
oeht'
feel 1t my duty, Mr. PRESIDENT,
TO INFORM you as tne most prominent
representative OF principles OF human-
ity, that after taxing the Frencn Tort
ress OF Longwy, my troops discovered
there thousands OF dumdum cartridges
made Dy speclal government macnln-
cry. The same kind OF ammunition
was found on killed and wounded
troops and prisoners, also on the Brit
ish troops You know what terrible
wounds and suffering these bullets In
flict and that their use Is strictly for
bidden by the established rules OF In
ternational law. I therefore address
solemn protest to you against this
kind Of warfare, which, owing to the
methods Of our adversaries. has be-
come one Of the most barbarous known
in history. Not only have they en-
pioyed tnese atroclous weapons, put
the Belgian government mas openly en-
courageo anu iohg since ca.eiuly pre-
pared tne partlcipation Of, tne beiglan
civil popuiatioh In .he hsh.hs' ne
atrocities committeo even py women
ana priests IN this guerriiia WARFARE,
also on wounded soidiers, medicai stan
ana nurses doctors Killed. hospitais
attacked py r1ne nre' were sucn that
my generals finally were compeiied TO
take the most drastic measures IN or