Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1918-01-25

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trails show more sympathy for Bel
gium than for any other belligerent."
Old Men and Boys Taken.
The news dispatches indicate that
the deportation and forced labor OF
Belgians still continue. In dispatch
from Havre (New York Evening Post
September 10, 1910 II is stated 'The
removal of the civilian population Of
Belgium continues. according to nd-
Vices received here. The town of Rou-
lers, Immediately behind the battle
line In Flanders. has been evacuated
completely. Ostend is being emptied
gradually, and two thousand persons
already have been sent from Courtrai."
In another dispatch from Hayre
| Washington Post. September "a, 191D
Il II stated that ''the German military
authorities at Bruges. Belgium, are
conscripting forcibly all the boys and
men OF that city between the ages OF
fourteen and sixty to work in munition
factories and shipyards. The rich and
poor shopkeepers and workmen, all
are being taken. only the school teach
ers, doctors, and priests escaping"
German Officer Rebuked Men.
The following "Order of the Day"
shows how the town of Huy escaped
the fate Of so many Belgium and
French towns. Drunken German sol
diers were frightened and began to
shoot men and burn houses The
commanding officer condemned this be-
cause It was not done by his order and
because two German soldiers were
wounded. II is evident that massacres
and arson were permitted only when
commanded by the officers.
Last night shooting ARRAY took
place. There is no evidence that the
Inhabitants Of the towns had any arms
In their houses, nor q there evidence
that the people took part in the shoot
ing; on the contrary, 1t seems that the
soldiers were under the influence OF
alcohol, and began to shoot In sense
less fear of a hostile attack.
"rhe behavior of the soldiers during |
the night, with very ew exceptions, |
makes a scandalous Impression.
1T Is highly deplorable when officers
or noncommissioned officers set houses
on fire without permission or order OF
the commanding. or, as the case may
be, the senior officer, or when by their
attitude they encourage the ranb and
file 10 burn and Dlunder.
'rhe miserable behavior of the men
caused a nOncommissloned officer and
private TO be seriously wounded by
German bullets.
MAJOR Won BASSEWITZ."
Report OF Minister Whltlock.
One interesting result OF the depor-
tations remains to be noted, result
that once more places in relief the
German capacity for laundering, al
most as great as the German capacity
for cruelty. Until the deportations
were begun there was no intense ha-
tired on the part OF the lower classes,
. e., the workingmen and the peasants.
The old Germans of the Landsturm
iad been quartered in Flemish homes
hey and the inmates spoke nearly the
'ame language; they got along fairly
we'll they helped the women with the
work, the poor and the humble having
zone of those hatreds of patriotism
hat are among the privileges of the
upper classes. IL is conceivable that /,
he Flemish population might have
xlsted under German rule; II was
'eutonic In It's origin and anti-French
hanged all that.
They have. dealt mortal blow to g
ny prospect they may ever have had Il
Z being liberated by the population q
( Flanders I'm tearing away from 1
early every humble home In the land l
husband and father or son and 5
rother they have lighted a fire of
aired that VIII never go out; they o
ave brought home to every heart In C
he land. In way that will impress 5
9 horror indelibly on the memory OF q
iree generations realization OF n
hat German methods mean. not. as y,
it'll the early atrocities. In the heat
( passion and the first lust of war, :,
nt Ly one OF those deeds that make :
ne despair of the future of the hui =
an raee. deed coldly planned. studl- >
lsly matured. and deliberately and =
executed. deed so d
'uel that German soldiers are said W
have wept in its execution, and so II
that even German officers
70 now sald 10 be ashamed. hI
"wHITLOCK." ~
Mr. Hoover's Conclusions. =
Mr.. HoOver's mature conclusions on -
e German practices ia Belgium, ~
hich he wrote for the pamphlet Is !,
led by the committee on public In -
rmation. reinforce the detailed evil
nee alresiy pre5ented; 81
September. 1917. n,
l have been often called upon for Oh
atement OF my observation OF Ger III
nm rule in Belgium and northern to
rance. VI
have neither the desire nor the :,
leouate psn to picture the scenes