The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-21
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40 ..rs.uc a uvu1o, espeua11y alone. +
e you take anything TO drink mako
the Inhabitants drink first, and keep at
distance from them Tie uswspe-
pers relate numsfous cases h which
they have fred on ouf soadiees whilst
fhey were Drinking. You ool@sEs must
spread around 20 much fear 0f your
selves that no civilAn w1n venture
to come near you Remain always In
the company Of othera hope that
You have read the newspapers end that
you. know how to behave Above all
have no compassion foe these cut
threats. Make for them without pity
with the butt end Of your rite and the
bayonet
'sYour brother, WILL
The emperor gave his sanction to
the reports of the brutal acts Of the
Belsians in a telegram to President
Wilson.
Berlin, via Copenhagen, Sept. Z, 1914.
"T feel it my duty, Mr.. President,
to inform you as the most prominent
representative Of principles Of human
ity. that after taking the French fort
ress of Longwy, my troops discovered
there thousands Of dumdum cartridges
made by special government machin-
ery. 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
fiict and that their use is strictly for
hidden by the established rules of In
ternational law. I therefore address
a 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-
ployed these atrocious weapons, but
the Belgian government has openly en-
couraged and long since carefully pre-
pared the participation Of the Belgian
civil population in the fighting. The
atrocities committed even by women
and priests in this guerrilla warfare,
also on wounded soldiers, medical stan
and nurses, doctors killed, hospitals
attacked by rifle fire, were such that
nv generals finally were compelled to
take the most drastic measures in or
der to punish the guilty and to fright
en- the bloodthirsty population from
continuing their work Of vile murder
and horror. Some villages and even
the old town of Loewen (Louvain).
executing the fine hotel de Vile, had
to be destroyed in self-defense, and
for the protection Of my troops. My
heart bleeds when I see that such
measures have become unavoidable
and when think of the numerous in
nocent people who lose their home and
property as q consequence Of the bar
barous behavior OF those criminals.
Signed. William. Emperor and King
GERARD, Berlin"
Lorenz Muller in the German Cath
Ole Review, Der Feis, February, 1915,
made the following statement in re-
gard to the emperor's telegram:
POLITICALLY no instance has been
proven of persons having fired with
the help of priests from the towers Of
churches. All that has been made
known up to the present, and that has
been made the object of inquiry con-
corning alleged atrocities attributed to
Catholic priests during this war, has
been shown to be false and altogether
imaginary, without any exception. Our
oynnorOr telppranhed to the president
of the United States Of America that
even women and priests had commit
ted atrocities during this guerrilla war
fare on wounded soldiers, doctors and
nurses attached to the field ambu-
;ances. How this telegram can be rec
oociled with the fact stated above we
shall not Re able to learn until after
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