The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-19
German System Reckoned on
Starvation of People to Pro.
,:1ots Imperial Ends.
Vo" t:::,.;EES REVEALED PLOT
Cau,t-.. L<ter ?crtration Had Been
Sys:e s.ieal.y De to Death, was
- &c Restccked ~ Settlers
From Germany.

Poland cause. Jy he German &C.
cupation uGs G. greet as that IN BEL
alum and France. The entire heart
lessness which characterized the kat
ser's high officers is uell shorn IN a
statement BY Nr. Vernon Kellogg
prepared for a pamphlet issued ty
the committee on public intorpa-
ton. vhich ne copy.
The systematic exploitation OF hu-
man misery by the German authorizes
In Poland followed the general plan
laid down by the kaiser's orders. In
order to prove the identity OF proceed
ure 1t will be enough to present the
detailed report prepared specially for a
pamphlet issued by the committee on
public information and written by MT.
Frederic c. Walcott. A fuller and IN
some ways more touching treatment
is given in his article. Devastated
Poland" in the National Geographic
| Magazine for May. 1917.
september, 1917.
"Poland-Russian Poland-is per-
fishing. And the German high COM
| mand, imbued with the Prussian sys-
TEN, is coolly reckoning on the neces-
sites Of 4 starving people to promote
its imperial ends.
/ "West Poland. which has been Prus-
sian territory more than a hundred
years, is a disappointment to Ger
many; its people obstinately remain
Poles. This time they propose sw1fter
measures. In two or three years, by
! grace of starvation and frightfulness.
they calculate East Poland will be
=, thoroughly made over into a German
province.
I'm the great Hindenburg drive one
year ago, the country was completely
. devastated by the retreating Russian
army and the oncoming Germans. A
million people were driven from their
, homes. Half Of them persisted by the
roadside. For miles and miles, when
saw the country, the way was Uttered
with mudsoaked garments and bones
picked clean by the crows-though the
larger bones had been gathered by the
thrifty Germans to be ground into fer
tilizer. Wicker baskets-the little bas
ket in which the baby swings from the
rafters in every peasant home-were
scattered along the way. hundreds and
hundreds, until one could not count
them, each one telling q death.
Deliberate Policy Of Starvation.
"Warsaw, which had not been de
stroyed-once proud city Of a million
people-was utterly stricken. Poo1
folks BY thousands lined the streets
leaning against the buildings. shiverins
in snow and rain, too weak to lift
hand, dying Of cold and hunger. Though
the rich gave all they had, and thu
Door shared their last crust, they wer'
starving there in the streets In droves
"I1 the stricken city. the German gov
ernor of Warsaw issued a prOclama
ton. All able-bOdied Poles we're bid
den to go to Germany to work. If an.
refused. let no other Pole give him t
eat. not so much as mouthful, unde
penalty Of German military law.
ut was more than the mind cOul'
grasp. To the husband and father o
broken families. the high command
gave this decree: Leave your familie
to starve; If you stay. we shall see tina
you do starve-this to high-strune
sensitive, highly organized people, tfli
from the authorities of nation pro
Tossing civilization and religion to mil
lions of fellow Christians captive an
starving.
General Won Kries, the governor
was kind enough to explain. Candidly
they preferred not quite so much star
vation; 1t might get on the nerves
the German soldiers. But, starvation
being present, 1t must work for Ger
man purpose. Taking advantage o
this wretchedness, the working men
Poland were to be removed; the coun
, try was to be restocked with Germans
It was country Germany needed-ricl
alluvial soil-better suited to German
, expansion than distant possessions.
the Poland that was had to perish, s
much the better for Germany.
TO Make Poland German Province.
"Remove the men, let the young an
weak die, graft German stock on tn
women. See how simple it is: with
crafty smile, General Won Kries con
cluded, ny and by we must give bacl
freedom to Poland. Very good: it vii
reappear as German province
"Slowly, I came to realize that thi
: monstrous, incredible thing was tn
Prussian system, deliberately chose
BY the circle around the all-highes1
and kneaded into the German peOpl
Till it became part Of their mind.
German people are material 70
building the state---Of no other account
Other people are for Gel'many's viii t
!: work upon Humanity. liberty, equality
! the rights of ntherS-all foolish talk
Democracy. an idle dream. The tru
I Prussian lives only for this. that tn
h German state may he mighty ANA great
al "Au the woes il the Long c0un
against Germany are raTt of rle Prus
sian evetc7n. The INVASION - Ra'ciur
RI 20 IF c--7T