The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-27
German System ReCkoRed on Starvation of People to Pro-
 mote Imperial Ends.
WON KRIES REVEALED PLOT
Country, After Population Had Been Systematically Done to Death Wac
 to Be Restoeked by Settlers
 From Germany. ..l

cupatioa gdS GS great Gs that 'n 6e'- oi..1n and FrGaes. The entire heart Iessnsss Which characterized the kat- ssr,s high officers is Ws|! shOW" !" a statement by Ar. VernO" Kellogg. prepared for c pamphlet issued 0y the committee on pubkc '"forma- ton, Which Wc copy.
 The systematic exploitation or hu- man misery by the German anthoriues in Poland followed the general plan laid down by the kaiser's orders. In order to prove the identity Of proceed ure It will be enough to present the detailed report prepared specially for pamphlet issued by the committee on public information and written by Mr. Frederic c. Walcott A fuller ana lh some ways more touching treatment Is given in hls article, Devastated Poland" in the National Geographlc Magazine for May, 1917.
 September 1917.
 "Poland-Russian POland-is per ishIng. And the German high con- mand, imbued with the Prussian sys- tem, is coolly reckoning on the neces- sities of a starving people to promote It's imperial ends.
 West Poland, which has been Prus- sian territory more than hundred years, Is a disappointment to Ger many: It's people ohs!inately remain Poles. This time they propose swifter measures. In two or three years by grace of starvation and frighttulness, they calculate East Poland will be thoroughly made over into German province.
 "In the great Hindenburg drive one ! wear ago, the country was completely devastated by the retreatinG Russian army and the oncomlng Germans. A million people were driven from their homes. Half of them periShed by the roadside. For miles and miles, when l saw the country, the way was filtered with mudsoaked garments md bones l picked clean by the crOws-though the ! larger bones had been gathered by the | thrifty Germans to be ground Into fel 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 death.
 Deliberate Policy of Starvation.
 "Warssw, which had not been de- stroyed-once a proud city of million people-was utterly stricken. Poor folks by thousands aned the streets, leaning against the buildings, shiverIng in snow and rain, too weak to lift a hand, dying of cold and hunger. Though the rich gave all they had, and the poor shared their last crust they were starving there la the streets In droves.
 Tn the stricken city, the German gov. ton. Ali able-bodied Poles were bid den to go to Germany to work. If any refused, let no other Pole give him to eat. not SO much as a mouthful, under penalty of German military law.
 -"It was more than the mind could grasp. To the husband and father of broken families, the high command gave this decree: Leave your families to starVe; If you stay, we shall see that you do starve-thls to high-strung. sensitive, highly organized people, this from the authorities of q nation pro fessing civilization and religion to mil Hons of fellow Christians captive and starving e ,'igi.. .-.,.
 General vou Kries, the governor, was kind enough to explain. Candldly, they preferred not Quiterso much star vation; lt might get on the nerves of the German soldiers. But. starvation being present, IL must work for Ger man purpose. Taking advantage of this wretchedness, the working men Of Poland were to be removed; the cOun- 1 try was to be reStocked with Germans. It was country Germany needed-rich alluvial sOll-better suited to German expansion than distant possessions. If the Poland that was had to perish, so much the better for Germany.
 To Make Poland German Province.
 Remove the ReR, let the young and weak die. graft German stock on the women. See how simple II Is: with crafty smile, General von Krles con cluded, By and by we must give back freedom to Poland. Very good; 1t will reappeaF as g German province,'
 Slowly, I came ta realise that this monstPous, incredible thing was the Prussian system, deliberately chosen by the circle around the ell-hIghest, and kpeaded into the German people till 1t became part of their mind,
 German people are material for building the state-of no other account, Other people are for GcrmanyS will to work upon. Humanity, liberty, equality, the rights of otherE--Rll foolish talk. Democracy, an Idle dream, The true PrussIan lives only for this, that the German state may be mighty and great.