The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-01-18
"BARBAR0US AS
SLAVE DRIVERS"
Methods of Exponents of German
"KuItur" in Carrying Out
Deportation Order.
ADD HYPOCRISY TO CRUELTY
Officers of "Modern Attila" Gave At
titude of England as Excuse for
Repeating in France Atroci-
ties Practiced in Belgium.

The course of the German armies
in France was marked NTH the same
brutaEties that characterized the oc-
cup0tiom of Belgium. ample proof
has been produced that the entire
proceedings we're a deliberate part
of the calculated system of fright
| fitness"
| In France the German system of
| forced labor and deportatiOns, with its
| horrors, was the same as in Belgium.
| In this article Is shown the real iden-
tity of German practice in both occu-
pied regions. This can be done from
| the official documents and from a sum-
| mary by Ambassador Gerard. The
narrowing details may be gathered
from the scores of dispositions which
| accompany the note addressed by the
French government to the governments
of the neutral powers July %, 1916.
These are on file in the state depart
ment, and have also been translated.
along with the official documents, in
"The Deportation of Women and
Girls From Lille" New York, Doran.)
German Proclamation at Lille.
"The attitude of England makes the
provisioning of the population more
and more difficult.
ITO reduce the misery, the German
authorities have recently asked for
volunteers to 20 and work in the
country. This offer has not had the
success that was expected.
"In consequence of this the inhab-
itants will be deported by order and
removed into the country. Persons
deported will be sent to the interior
of the occupied territory in France, far
behind the front, where they will be
employed in agricultural labor, and
not on any military work whatever
BY this measure they will be given
the opportunity of providing better
for their subsistence.
an case of necessity, provisions can
be obtained through the German de-
pots. Every person deported will be
allowed to take with him 30 kilo-
grams of baggage (household utensils,
clothes, etc.), which it will be well to
make ready at once.
81 therefore order that no one, I'M
til further orders. shall change his
place of residence. No one may alb
sent himself from his declared legal
residence from 9 p. M. to a. m. Ger
man time), unless he is in possession
of a permit in due form.
"Inasmucb as this is an irrevocable
measure, it Is in the interest of the |
population itself to remain calm and |
obedient.
"COMMANDANT.
lille, April, 1916"
Notice Distributed In Lille.
"All the Inhabitants of the houses,
with the exception of children under
fourteen and their mothers, and also
Of old people, must prepare themselves
for transportation In an hour and a
half's time.
IAN officer will decide definitely
what persons will be taken to the
camps. For this pur-
pose all the inhabitants of the house
must assemble in front of it; in case
IF bad weather they may remain in
he passage. The door of the house
must remain open. All protests will
,e useless. No inmate of the house.
wen those who are not to be trans
ported, may leave the house before
, a. m. German time).
each person will be permitted to
III Of ho |
mes baggage exceeds that weight, 1t
will all be rejected, without further
consideration. Packages must be sep
rat ely made up for each person and
nus. bear an address legibly written
nd firmly affixed. This address must
,nta'n the surname and the Christian
ne and the number of the identity
az 4.
"ETAPPEN-KOMMANDANTUR
lille, April. 1850
eIoisn Address to French President.
To Monsieur Raymond Poincare. :
President of the French Republic, {
Paris.
"Sir: We have the honor to ex-
ress again our most sincere graft {
Ide to YOU for your most kind recep- {
on, few days ago, of the deputa- J
on which went with feelings of legit- /
aate emotion to inform you of the a
eportation of lads and girls, which C
,e German authorities have just car. g
ed out in the invaded districts.
1--WE have collected some details on
10 subject from the lips of an honor Fl
BE and trustworthy person. who sue c
eded i'm leaving Tourcoing about ten a