The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1918-03-14

threatened them, give my word OF
honor TO remit TO his majesty the
Emperor william, should the war
come 10 an end without Intentional
damage being caused TO my residence
or to these two communes, the neces-
rary sum 10 complete the amount Of
10000 francs imposed by you upon
Sissonne.
-As a sovereign prince, ! wish TO
deal in this matter with the sovereign
who, during 10 years. called me his
friend and has decorated me with the
Order Of the knight Of the Black
Eagle.
~My conscience and my dignity
place me above fear, as also my per
sonal will shall elevate me above re-
greet; but should you destroy the
Chateau de Marchals. which Is one OF
the centers Of universal science and
charity. should you reserve TO this
archaeological and historical gem the
treatment you have given to the Ca
thedrnl Of Reims-when no reprehen-
sible action has been committed there
tween you and myself
81 tender TO your excellency the ex-
preston Of my high regard.
ALBERT, Sovereign Prince Of Mon
AGO"
Deportations and Forced Labor.
Until the present war the whole CIV
illzed world has boosted ~ Its advance
In humanity. This advance has been
marked In many fields, and In none
had greater progress been made than
In the protection TO be given to the
private citizen in an invaded country.
As far back as 1863, in the "Instruc-
lions for the Government Of Armies
OF the United States In the Field"
the United States declared:
"23. Private citizens are no longer
murdered. enslaved. or carried OF to
distant parts. and the inoffensive In
diyidual Is as little disturbed In his
private relations as the commander
OF the hostile troops can AFFORD TO
grant In the overriding demands OF a
vigorous war.
cpl. The almost universal rule In
remote times was. and continues To be
with barbarous armies. that the pri-
yate individual Of the hostile country
is destined 10 suffer every privation
OF liberty and protection, and every
disruption Of family ties. Protection
was. and still is with uncivilized peo-
pie. the exception"
Reversion to Bsrbarism.
These declarations were made In the
| midst OF our Civil war-one OF the
worlds fiercest conflicts. A half-cen-
fury later. after more than 80 years
| Of progress, the German government
| has gone back to the methods used
| by "barbarous armies" and "unciv-
ilized people" II has deliberately
adopted the policy OF deporting men
| and women. boys and girls, and of
| forcing them 10 work for their cap
tors; Il has even compelled them TO
make arms and munitions for use
against their allies and their own flesh
and blood.
No other act OF the German govern
ment has aroused such horror and de-
testntion throughout the civilized
world. Thousands OF helpless men
and women, boys and girls, have been
enslaved. Families have been broken
up. Girls have been carried on to
work-or worse-in strange land,
and their relatives have not known
where they have been taken, or what
their fate has been.
This system of forced labor and de
portation embraced the whole of Bel
GUM, Poland and the occupied lands
OF France.
WhltIoek's Story OF Horrors
In less moving phrases. but In dead
ly confederation, the continuation of
the report of Minister Whitlock says
1.-THE rage. the terror. and despair
excited by this measure all over Bel
GUM were beyond anything we had
witnessed since the day the Germans
poured into Brussels. The delegates
OF the commission for relief In Bel.
glum, returning to Brussels, told the
most distressing stories OF the scenes
OF cruelty and sorrow attending the
seizures. And daily. hourly almost
since that time appalling stories have
been related by Belgians coming ia
the legation. II Is impossible for US
to verify them. first because II is nee
essary for us to exercise all possible
tact In dealing with the subject al
all. and secondly because there Is nc
means OF communication between the
Occupations-Geblet and the Etappen
Gebiet. Transportation everywhere
In Belgium is difficult. the vicinal
railways scarcely operating any more
because Of the lack OF oil. while al
the horses have been taken. The peo
pie who are forced TO go from one
village 90 another must do so on foot
or In vans drawn by the few missr
able horses that are left. The wagons
OF the breweries. the one institution
that the Germans have scrupulously
respected. are hauled by oxen.
One Of Foulest Deeds In History.
1.-THE well-known tendency Of sensa
tional reports TO exaggerate them
selves. especially In time OF war, and
In a situation like that existing here
| Nth M naxvena mars IN sarva as a daily