The diamond drill., 1918-05-11
NE WHO DENIES IT LIES
SO Says DIR. Brasseur, Formerly OF
Norway, In Speaking Of Kultur.

. Belgian doctor who formerly lived
at Norway. but who. for the past three
years has been on the Western front
in charge OF ambulance trains for the
Belgian government. DR.. Brasseur Is
in America on a well-earned furlough.
He was invited by the Iron-Dickin-
son Medical Society to come to Iron
Mountain as the guest OF the society
and deliver lecture there upon his
experiences In the war. The lecture
was given at the Iron Mountain thea
tire and was listened to by a crowded
house. The doctor is not platform
speaker by any means, his appearance
at Iron Mountain simply being Incl
dental 10 his being in the west.
Prior TO his appearance at the thea
tire dinner was given in the Milli-
man hotel in HIS honor by the medi-
cal society and about the dinner ta-
BILE the doctor talked freely OF his
experiences in the war.
He says that the American soldier
is the idol of all the allies; that
America is reverenced throughout the
world today in manner that few
Americans appreciate.
The doctor looks at the war from
very practical viewpoint. His three
years under fire has eliminated all of
the sentiment from his viewpoint and
In his replies to queries he was pain
fully practical in many matters. He
was especially emphatic in giving his
opinion az to the work OF women
among the soldiers at the front. One
would gather from his remarks that
! the hospitals and canteens to the rear
/ are acknowledged and while too
much praise cannot be given the ef-
! forts Of women in these spheres, yet
there is a limit TO the zone OF their
activity and that zone is not close to
the firing line. This fact is being rec
ognized by military authorities and
changes are being made as rapidly as
possible.
He spoke very briefly on the sub
ject OF Belgian atrocities, his most
significant assertion being that he
who denies the charges made against
the German army of the horrible
practices in Belgium and the invaded
portions of France, simply lies. DR..
Brasseur says that ample evidence
showing that the horrible practices
resulted from positive orders OF the
German high command lie in the
government archives OF the French
and Belgium governments for use az
ter tho war
His talk dwelt mostly with Bel
GUM. fighting Belgium, starving Bel
gium and the Belgium of the future
Fighting Belgium is centered in 175,-
900 veteran troops who hold sector
OF the trenches near the North Sea
At the beginning of the war the
Russians were so impressed with the
efficiency of the Belgian auto artil.
lery that the Russian government
asked for the loan of battalion OF
IT, In response to that request 5000
men and 100 auto guns were sent tc
Russia and that battalion took part
in many of the operations on the
eastern front. When the Bolshevih
got the upper hand they interned
these Belgians in Siberia but the Jap
anese demanded their release and the
Bolshevik finally decided to release
them and TO deliver the entire battal-
ion with the 100 guns to the Japs al
Vladivostock. The Japs are deliver
ing this battalion at San Francisco
and Or. Brasseur will go to the latter
port next week as a representative OF
the Belgian government to meet these
5000 men, pilot them to the Atlantic
seaboard and embark them for tho
western front.
The seat of the Belgian government
is now at Hayre, France, but tho
king lives I'm tho trenches with hi,
soldiers. Or. Brasseur paid a glowinr
tribute to America and to Brand
WhItloclS and Mr.. Hoover for thell
work in saving the starving Belgians
He said that there wouldn't be a Bel
gian alive In his native country to
day behind the German lines, but To-
the generosity OF America in sendinJ
, food and that even now the German
ar appropriating the food-it is beinl
distributed throughout the Spanisl
government since this country enter
/ cd the war-under every pretext an,
depriving the suffering BelgIans OF II
Only the most robust and vigorou
Of the Belgians are alive.