The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1917-12-21
General Won Bissins's Defense et
German Mar Practices u
Significant.
INNOCENT NOT 70 & 2lRED
Gsvsswse osesssl u nslesva pees@sd
Trey Aass SUFFER- WstA IN Gastb
--~ir~sr csee Tells VI R~spaMr
saesiisy VI ksss~r's st1sA
Censmana.

The eamwttte~ Va Faests safcrsmA.
ten. appointed by TIE presaasat ard
esnsasssna Of tire secretary VI state.
SECRETARY " wart s*es.sasy VI the
navy. ard osetss cFssl. sfsEsssi esHsef,
IA. rssds pshits A mass vi ssaetese
dealing ~ith German war pfaSsisss
WHICH ssa~s the kaissSsx tssasrs IN tAs
srid ara IN semmana Of szpssr~s
paints 10 bs sstxesis reseOssists Ter
shs heastlsneas ~hseA has character
sxsa the operations ef ira sAuas- In
tire present conflict caosstiens tfesr
the aarspAist fellow
THIS Interview IVES repTuiuced In
the Brrlim-r Tagstiat, Of seeea'hes
go. 1914
Mr.. v. e. wwic0tt al the heigtan re-
rrf sessswasssas IN ssasA h. ,gaxs ssesEssssh..
ical Magazine for MAY, intT, Of snestt
ias Gen san herakarsiI '''."'' ''''',1' ''' '@'
AS I walked cot. Gen. ven Bern.
sards came into the roam. an esleFt
artiils~yfaaa. professor III ase NJ
their war colleges sa~t hisn tho
asss -ras#ssas; aEt.'hsaSaS 81 aAs IL r
t.sd read his book. Germany In the
Next War;
Il sid | had He said 'fpe yea
know, my friends nearly r@n tas ogs
III the country fas iharT 1Aey said,
'ioa have lea the cat out Of the haE.
! ssid Ne. | hsse aet. because nobody
~Ili believe H. What dia soa think
VI ny
II said, General, ala nos believe y
word If II when ] read II. but ] now
feel that you did not tell the ~hass
TRUTH. and the old general locked
actually pleased"
Speaking on August 70, INit. NJ
Munster, Of The extreme measures
which the Germans feit obliged 10 take
against the civil population OF hei.
S,am Gen. Won Kissing said;
The lnnocent must suffer with the
guilty. In the repression at
iasslny, human lives cannot he SPARED,
cad II isolated houses. fourishIng VII.
.ares. and even eatre tewns are ami.
hliafet. that IN assuredls regrctiahls,
bat II must mot excite l;l-tifnc'i senii'
fhsneMisf$ A. ss.ts sasees ss@sa In ~4.t
eyes weigh as tnnch ss the iite 81
single one NJ oas brave soldiers 9Th.
rigorous accomplishment ~ ta,y IA the
enans,len " a Aieh xu'tur, and In
thas ,hr population NJ the enemy
Countries can learn Lesson from cur
army
o+ss~srs Encouraged AtreeitIea
Gen. won Kissing. sfter his appoint.
m~ut ~ governor general ef Belgium,
repeated In substance the above orsn.
ion 20 q puich journalist. The inter.
ytew IN pubA.sss In the nusseldarfsr
AassiEer VI neeymber =, 1914.
Irwin 4. Cobb states bis conciusioas
en. tire responsibility u 'h~ higher Ger.
man coramAad for the atrocities
'fer-- ] ~s~ ~ ,~ssws:R@gs la crimes
which. measured by the standards NJ
humanity ahd civilization. impressed
me a. worse thsn any individual ~
c~ss. sny individual Outrage. evuid
ever have been Or enn ever be, be-
raGss rfs-se' rrtfssx trtaayssxssty. we're ,
tns'ixsisd on a Wholesale basis hy or
der al officers ~ rank and must have
been ca-ri@a nut under their pesScssal
supervision. direction. saf approval
Briefly. what ! saw was this | xAw
wide srras n Belgian snd rranTs IN
which asi yseauv's worth Ut wansoa
destruction hss been permitted In ec-
cur. sn which the jriye pears hing IN
touched upon the gsFarn walls. and !
ssv other Wide areas where scarcely
on. s,ase had sepa left to siaad uprs
another whrrs the feltss w~re rsy.
aged where the male villagers had
b~ea sho, Ia squads: where the nsiser.
abe Survivors Lad h~~n sest ta dsa In
hoses. IKE Wild beasts.
Taking the physE~sl sviaenfe oFsfy
~ trrsors nar ewr eses and tattress'
TOD II with The ssas~Tasass trade 10 ~.
mt sciy NY satsvex het tssrrnan sol-
tters sna ta~rtaaa ofHcerx. We eeusa
fesrh bat oHs eoscfussoss. which WIS
that here, In ~urh and such q pisee.
shase In command had said ta the
.reaF~: Scare thia tA21 and these
Es~~paA' Ard there ih~y hsa saiA
'wesse this town ssA shoat sh~~e pess-
pse, And here the troops hed dssrrsfS-
snstesy stvre3. Esd there they had b.
c4etrsmlnateIy wasted. in sxsrt &C.
esyasnr,a wssh shs vsvd NJ sASSs anrse-