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New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Fleeing Huns Gas
Helpless Belgians,
Bombard Villages
Eyewitness Says Boches
Are Leaving Horrible
Trail of Devastation
Not a Church Spared
Many Women and Children
Victims Of Death-Spreading
Fumes, Legation Asserts

WASHINGTON, Nov 6.-German
forces in their retreat from Belgium
are bombarding defenceless towns,
using gas shells and devastating the
countryside, according to an eye-wit-
ness account made public to-day by the
Belgian Legation.
"The Belgian government has been in
formed" said the statement, "by re-
liable eyewitness, who follows closely
the operations at the Belgian front,
that at the very moment the German
government announced her protest
against inhuman acts and while Ger
many offered to stop aerial lombard
ment in the interest of the civil popula-
Ntlon of the occupied territory Germans
bombarded the villages and towns they
were obliged to abandon during their
retreat: They have used gas shells
especially for this purpose.
"Heartrending scenes have occurred.
The unfortunate populati- N had no gas
masks or other means Of protection
against these death-spreading fumes. A
Belgian soldier entering Wyngheme, his
home town, found his wife dying and
his little daughter dead, victims of
poison gas, ard his home a heap of
ruins. The country all around Ghent.
the rich and beautiful cultivated fields
and pastures, the picturesque villages
of Hansbeke, Landeghem, Nevele.
Laethem, ST. Martin and Tronchiennes,
present horrible sight of devastation
and havoc. Not a. church was spared
from destruction.
Among the civilian population hid
ing in. the cellars there have been a
M II he tn-a ~
seven in the village of Hansbeke alone.
portion Of the population who had
fed from their homes during the fight
ing and bombardment found mere ruins
and debris on theiT return. Trees had
been cut down, houses ransacked, furni-
ture smashed to pieces and fields devas-
tated
From these facts one may appreciate
how hypocritical are the humanitarian
propositions and Drotestations of the
German government"
The legation also made public capt
ured order of Bavarian division COM
mander as further evidence that the
Germans are robbing and looting Bel
GUM. The order says:
"Regrettable as is the situation of
the Belgian populace, the question of
supplies for our troops, heavily en-
gagged at the front, must remain for us
Of paramount Importance. For this
reason the last draft horse, the last
( vehicle, must be requisitioned and used
to the greatest advantage.
Commanders Of the various units
and men must take into account that
the attitude of the population toward
US has been completely modified. Since
the situation has been altered, one
must not expect to find in the Belgians
tho same docility that has character
ized them through the past yesrs Of
our warfare. They must be considered
state with which We arc at war. There
fore. it is particularly forbidden to
assist the civilian population in any
way; military interests alone should
lie considered The products OF the
country must be utilized solely in our
own interestn
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
American Mission
Arrives i'm Persia

The American Committee for Relief
in the Near East has established a
cnain q OF relief stations between Bagdad
and Teheran, according to cable mes.
sage announcing the arrival in the
latter city of DR.; Harry Pratt Judson,
received here yesterday by the American
Committee for Armenian and Syrian
Relief. 40 II
A member of tho commission has been
lett in charge of the work in each
town. said the message. which added
! 1haa ono ooo conditions . arc desperate, with
l'vvG,oVo ',.; persons in advanced stages of
destltut,on in Persia alone, where more
than s3,oo0,ooo has been cabled for
.sas Work among the refugees. These suf-
ferers throughout the Near East. Il is
estimated. number a950,0O0, only a35.
ogv ';h, J., Of whom arc Immediately acces-
With DR.. Judson, his cable message
stated. arc Mr.. and Mrs. A. v ~
Jackson, of Columbia University:
Maurice MAJ Wertheim. son-in-law Of for TO-
mer Ambassador Henry Morrenthau
and DIR. Wilber r. Post.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
u. S. Will Protect
Rights of Rurnania
AT Peace Meetings
Lansing Sends Statement
of Sympathy to Ruler
of Small Nation

WASHINGTON, Nov 6.-The United
States government to day promised to
exert its influence IN behalf of
Rumania in Its effort to secure Justice.
political and territorial rights at the
final peace conference.
Rumania always has hoped for a
reunion with its people of Transyl-
vania, held within the boundaries Of
the Austro- Hungarian empire. Tho
assurance oil sympathy and support
from the United States was given in
message from Secretary Lansing to
the American Legation at Jassy, cabled
for transmission to the Rumanian
government.
Lansing Sends Message
The message follows:
The government Of the United
States has constantly had in mind the
future welfare and integrity Of
Rumania as free and Independent
country and prior to the existence Of
a state of war between the United
States and Austria Hungary a message
Of sympathy and appreciation was sent
by the President to the King of
Rumania.
Conditions have changed since that
time. and the President accordpcly
desires me to Inform you that the
government Cf the United States is
not unmindful of the aspirations Of
the Rumanian people without as well
as within the boundaries of the king
dom. 1t has witnessed their struggles
and suffering and sacrifices in the
cause of freedom from their enemies
and their oppressors. With the spirit
of national unity and the aspirations
of the Rumanians everywhere the gov.
crnment of the United States deeply
sympathizcs and will not neglect al
the proper time to exert its influence
that the just political and territorial
rights of the Rumanian people may be
obtained and made secure from al!
foreign aggression"
Was Answer to Plea
= Several days ago Captain Vasile
Stoica president of the Rumanian Ma
ticnal Leagua in the United States and
captain in the Rumanian Legion. now
fighting in France, presented to Secre
tary Lansing Il memorandum scttins
forth the national aspirations of hi,
country in principle without regart
to boundaries. To-day's action by Mr.
! Lansing follows study of th;.
mem morandum.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07

requirements. The result would be
that the home population would be
subjected, if there were no control, to
a reign of excessive prices and short
supplies, just as it was when the United
Ststes and Allied governments were
bidding against each other and against
civilian consumers.
So it is felt that, whether the War
Industries Board and other boards that
participated in converting the country
to war manufacturing basis are re-
tanned. and their lease of power length
ened to deal with the post-bellum situa-
ton, or whether new agencies be Gre
ated, period of governmental adjust
ment is inevitable, even after the war
is officially proclaimed to be at an end.
The $50,000,000 War minerals pro-
duction bill, which :,.aAme law about
month ago, will ANY be found Of
great assistance in ststlizing the min
eral industries outside of the realm Of
the major metals, as its authority can
be invoked for two years after the war
This law will be administered by the
Department of the Interior, in close
association with the War Industries
Board. The President has not yet made
an order on the subje4, but it has been
decided to have the Department Of the
Interior administer it.
End Surprise to Many
1t must be admitted that the war
has come to what appears to be it's end
so suddenly that it has caught most
Of the war agencies without any CO.
herent plans for undoing their work.
This seems to be true at 1east Of the
War Industries Board, which especially
deprecated all advance discussion of
preparedness for peace, and argued
that to prepare for peace was to cease
to fight we'll. Mr.. Baruch has reso
lutely. maintained that in the midst Of
war there is nothing but weakness in
preparing for peace.
In a general way there has been an
extensive preparation for handling
after-war problems by those agencies
that knew that they had definite work
TO do. The War Department had to
begin to think Of rehabilitation almost
as soon as it had got an army into en-
istence, as it had to consider what
later use it could make Of its barracks,
camps and cantonments when it was
building them.
The.Council of National Defence has
collected an immense amount Of data
regarding readjustment and reconstruc-
tion plans by all governmental depart
ments and agencies, as we'll as by
auxiliary organizations, but has not
sought to formulate any general
scheme Or to make any suggestions
1t is content to act as clearing house
Of information.
Heretofore it he's not said much
about this work of surveying what is
being done aud is planned to be done,
for fear it might be construed as sort
view that gives weight to Mr.. Baruch's
idea that to plan peace when the nation
is actually waging war is to delay peace
by delaying victory.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07

they believed the battle was one of
the greatest feats of arms the war had
produced. The men fought like
maniacs. it is said.
Casualties were heavy, but gaps in
the ranks were filled from replacement
units and the regiment forged ahead
and has been engaged in other spirited d
actions, notably in the vicinity of lie
Catelet, where Company K put on a
show of its own, achieving success.
though not without cost.
In the fighting near Cambria the
regiment encountered on a consider
able scale for the first time the battle
field thickness of the Hun. On one
occasion the Germans had retired so
hastily that they left their dead on
the field. A burial squad was detailed
from the headquarters company of the
10th and set about interrlng the Ger
mans bodies.
Retaliation for Trickery
AS the first gray-clad body was lifted
there was an explosion which dissi-
pated the body completely and killed
or injured those OF the burial detail
who were handling it. Explosives had
been attached to the body, which were
detonated When it was lifted. Orders
"SAS .oouCu iiliI.euldtely Dv tnc reSl-
mental commander that in the future
German prisoners should be detailed d
to bury the German dead.
AS the result Of sharp skirmish
with party of sixty Germans ON an
other occasion the men Of the 1O7th
had reduced the opposing force to four,
when twelve men ran out from the
German lines wearing Red Cross in
sigma and bearing six strctchers be-
tween them. Recognizing the apparent
mission of mercy, the Americans ceased
firing. The stretcher men had an
preached close TO the Allied line when
one OF them stumbled and fell. disclos-
ing = machine gun hidden in the
stretcher he was carrying.
After the first gasp of astonishment
and horror the New York men opened
lire and cleaned up every living thing
in sight.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
u. S. Fliers Hold Foe
At Bay All Night
Forced Down, They Use Air
plane Guns Until Res
cuers Come

WITH THE STERICAN ARMY
NORTHWEST OF yERDUN, Nov. 6
(By The Associated Press) $3.50 D.
na.).-A daring exploit by two Ameri-
can aerial observers. Lieutenant Will
lam Erwin. of Chicago, and Lieutenant
bocum. the former the only Amer
lean observation ace, was revealed to-
day, when the advancing infantry came
upon them holding off Germans with
the machine guns of their airpiane
The aviators and their machines were
rescued.
Erwin and Bocum few over Sedan yes
terday and fired on the troops there
They were forced to land on the Ger
man side of the line, owing to engine
trouble. The landing was made near
two machine gun nests, which the
American airmen silenced. Then they
fought off their would-be captors
throughout the night, and were still
defending themselves tenaciously near
Stenay. when the infantry advanced
and found them.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
New Shipyard Record
Output for October ~ Vessels
of 398.1OO Tons

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-American
shipyards again established new rec
ord in October by delivering seventy
seven ships Of 398,1oO deadweight sons.
The Shipping Board also received dur
ing the month two ships of l7,S0S tons
built for its account in Japan.
October deliveries bring the total Of
completed ships since August 80, 1917
when the first was delivered to the
Shipping Board, up to 4s7 vessels of
2,793,510 deadweight tons. OF these
2,386,S36 tons have been delivered in
the present year
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Arnistice Terms
Being Fulfilled
Rapidly by Austria
Italians Are Occupying
Territory to Guarantee
Complete Victory

ROME, Nov G.-The conditions of the
armistice between the Entente nations
and Austria are being carried out with
out delay. Italian troops have begun to
occupy the territory which will be held
as a guarantee that the clauses to the
agreement will be observed
A Jugo-Slav commission arrived at
Venice to-day, accompanied by Admiral
Marzolo, Of the Italian navy. 1t pro-
ceded to Padua, where it was received
by General Diaz, commander in chief
of the Italian armies.
The Ministry of Marine announced
that Italian naval units occupied the
ports of Dulcigno aud Antivari, Mon
tenegro, on Monday.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
New Tonnage Exceeds
Losses of Quarter
Gain of Nearly Half Million
Gross Tons Over All
SinkinQs

LONDON Nov. 6.-The Admiralty
announces that the output of world
tonnage in the last quarter exceeded
the losses from all causes by nearly
half million gross tons.
The United Kingdom built new ship
ping to the amount of 41l,395 tons,
the other allies and neutrals 972, 2,7S5
tons. The tonnage Of merchant vessels
completed in the United Kingdom and
entered into service in October was
136,l0G.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Want War Boards
Continued After War
For Readjiustn1ents

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6.-Chairman
Baruch, Of the War Industries Board,
intimated to-day that Congress will be
asked to continue several of the spe-
cially created Federal war bureaus af-
ter peace comes, so they may assist in
economic readjustments
A special committee, composed of Mr..
Baruch, Chairman Mccormick, of the
War Trade Board, Food Administrator
Hoover, Fuel Administrator Garfield
and Chairman Hurley. of the Shipping
Board, now is considering the matter.
present laws would automatically 20
out of existence with the proclamation
OF peace include the War Industries
Board, the fuel administration and pos
sibly the War Trade Board.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Germans Suddenly Are
Merciful to Civilians
As Allies Driue Ahead

WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Nov. 6 (By The Associated
Press).--In q wireless message yes
terday, addressed to the French and
American commanders. the Germans
reminded the Allies that there we're
many civilians in the villages north Of
the Franco-Amcrican front and sug-
gested that the artillcrymen be mott
fed to this effect. None of the viii
lagos was named, however.
The message was signed by the Ger
man field commander.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Spanish Cities Make
Wilson Honorary Citizen

MADRID. Nov. A.-President Wilson
has been made an honorary citizen of
Barcelona, Cartagena, Cadiz and Tor
tosa. These and other cities in Spain
are naming streets or public squares
after the American President.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Caillaux's Lawyer
Dies Before His Trial

PARIS, Nov. 6.-pascal Ceccaldi. in
innate friend and legal representative
of former Premier Caillaux, who is
awaiting trial on charges of communi-
eating with the enemy, is dead in
Paris. He was Deputy for the De-
partment Of the Aisne, and for many
years was one of the leading Radical
Socialists in the Chamber of Deputies.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Nor.e Lose Six More Ships

LONDON, Nov. 6.-The Norwegian
Legation here announces that during
October Norway lost six vessels and
thirty-four sailors through causes due
to the war. The ships aggregated 7,s27
tons.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07

soldiers upon prisoners. some of whom
have been driven insane.
Serbian and Rumanian prisoners
were badly miStreated. and in one in
stance Greek Was hung up by the feet
and burned. MANY narrowing reports
are told by men who have been fer
some time inside the Bulgarian lines.
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07
Bulgars Hang Greek by
Feet, Then Burned Him

ATHENS, Nov. (By The Associated
Press british prisoners returning
from Bulgaria say that terrible tort
ures were nractised by the Bulgarian
New-York tribune., 1918-11-07

A recuperative die, IN innuenza.
Horlick's Mated Milk. Very diEestiple.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-05-10
Tcit / Scs Mtpincs nhpit.

bar / les Moines eiort itore 5or-
b~erebeIier iii en- Set for ire al De
Soma. Gutter, Der ira Teribines
Irn6 / 6ranfrig er poo en- fort
SerieubfIiigt beroper, men Soften
bIeu ebeIagt berpeb, ot DC ire lPGnb
if Srbre ON eiebIiffclig Of rappor-
tere / Chicago. Grbren por ubfteot
bircfte ira Sriosoeportemcnct /
@aihingiort, o. @uperner @orbing
tcIeqroiercbe bcrneb for of ifnfie
Solootcrne lloirtteIic iii oper Sire.
oog, 90 Soften ifuIbe hare funbet
Stco, men biSic mootte reiie for
noaet Spor mobtoges. Solootcrne
err Serqcont Snen Salpfins, aorpo.
raj MerIe Sfinncr % Nfcniq 9I.
Bert Montgomern. Ser off Rpgter
ON. of sc ale piIbe bIine ien6t iii
Sort Mener, Girginia, for at biiton
mc6 SnbeoeIIer al Sc onerifonifc
SoIootcr. &c nnr reiit ira Chicago
poo 80 SoqcS Permission oa Sno-
faIbeI'en fom bcrior no9et upentet
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-05-10
Wor0 0afota.

6eftige StDrme. Sra SoQep mel
oes, at flere beitige Storme feieoe
ben oper bette Strsg iibite Manoae,
% at life iaa faa llbbusbpeninger
soelaeoes. Saa plot ptocs er ingen
Wenneifer fommet tilifaoe. Som ct
Grempel pao Iinoens Seitigbeb
iortaltes Ser, of flere Yerioner, Der
fierte nleo Iutomobil, maatte itanie
lin Waifin NOR Wsobaa, frpbe no
al ben oa lp9ge Jig flooe paa War-
fen, inotil Stormen bar oper.
3iolisere 8npernsr / Tranfris.
Sra &aQep Gitp meloes, of mon Der
Err unoerrettet ON Sberit Sranf
@bites Infomit til Sranfrig. DIR.
@bite, Der for life ioa mango Iar
iiben bar Hortb Safotas 8uperner,
blep al @uperner Sra5ier opfororet
til at TITLE Stoten5 anbet &egimert,
% BEN forbenpprenoe 8uperner
forloo Itrnr i'm @anf % andre no
itrafte observation-disclosures Ter, it'll
lenbe iig belt iii Statens % Sun.
oetS Sieneite.
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Zen nGite llbrpfnine al Nortb 10
fotas uoifrepne MGno. benne Gang
/ ct Gntal 1890, pil bespnoe ben
25be Wai, men iitebetior iom ier
at gaa til Camp Googc, Soma, len
oes oe MI til Camp Selpis, Imeri-
an Safe, @aib. Scnnc lloifrip-
ming piI life bercrc Gonntnerne
@urleieb, GooaIier, Sicfcn, Sipioe,
Soiter, 8olben %oller, @rarr0 Sorts.
Holette, @arb og @eqs, ga Ser ira
bisIe er itiqet ct tilitrpffelig Irrtal
Wrl,o pes Sperpning.
On Yrppe for Sraeturs. On al
De melt intereSiante Trpper, npgen.
iinbe aibolot / giprtb Safota, pil
oen n9rmeite Sremtib iinbe Ste>
peo @isnlnrcf, ibet Statcns Sor'
iporsfommisiion bar inobuot %
fcrifieIise Sabrifanier al minbre
Tractors til Of beltage / Ell Epil
menem bisie Naaifiner. Ter er tale
ON, at SoriparSfommisiionen ifal
inofisbe 200 q 800 az bisie Srac.
tors for of hielpe til meo Snobc't'
ninaen % eiterpaa at pleie % oe
itsrit ml,liae Iiboer FOR n9ite Iar
% Spprgsmoalct bIiuer iaa, bpilf(
al bisic Naifiner er beoIt ififfeot
berior. Wau bar cnonu fife Iolt
ben iinonciele anube peSrcrenot
SpsresmaaIet, men @ilperner Sra
,ier bar foreiIaaet, at hpert Gorntr
interesierer iie for Tlater o. ioal
iubifriberet Ell bis Sum I'll at be
tale for bennc ~Slaabe" az Srac
tors. Sarmerc oper belle Staten bal
ubtaIt Tia | SSuper al Hianen.
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-05-10
@iScomTtt.
NJ GSite nj 9ernbriaaScn

Dc iibite at SernbrisaSen. Cub
picf aribs 9ocfman, ben enc al Dc
TO eneite eienlepenSe 0feolemmer al
aompani 9 al ben Ira Sorserfri'
aen ioa bersmte Sernbrieaoe, er
Sirsoas aieaaet peo Gsoen / Sna'
Iaifa. San bIep II Iar sammel,
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1918-05-10
Sernbanetua itanIet at SnIefter.

SernbanetOs itaniet nf Snieftcr.
ct @oostoe paa gurlineton.Saren
bleo Sirsoag itaniet nPr Stocfbolm
og 9iort iulOitpnoig bieIpeIsIt oeo
Ell Wasie imad Sniefter, Ser freb
langs Sfinnerne. Otter bpert iom
De imaa Spr f~nuites ulloer SIN.
lene, bannebe De Ell ilibrig WtoSie,
Der pirfebe, iom ON Sfinnerne oar
inurt meo @reniGbe, og 2ofomoti.
bets Siul ipeipeoe runbt uben at
bringe Soget al Sleffeit. Ter
maatte foretages Ell omfattenbe
&engioring, for 6arten fllnoe sicn'
optages.
Sefienbt IrbeiSerleber bpb.
Ibolpb Nellsneis, Der / oper 10 Iar
bar Sefret9r for Sen tioligcre
Sfonbinapiife grbeiberforenine, er
aigaaet peo Seoen / gnu Claire,
SO Iar eammel. San bar fcot /
Soler, Nor9e, % fom beroper |
1878 og til Can Claire TO Iar ie.
mere. San arbeibeoe Ell Sio for
Observation-Disclosures / minneapolis og
Chicago, begpnote iaa 5anoelsior.
refining / Snoeperbence og Gilsiea,
@is., oen ban orep inotil ban |
1907 bleu palgt til Sefretpr for
opennuunte ifanoinapilfe Irbeioer-
organization.
Manse Gutter fra 5ono on Sac
%ianret. Sfelge Spgaper mootaget |
1Sono on Sac er life minore enc
SO al De Gutter, Ser tilberte bet
tioliaere aompani 6 al beltne Sp,
blepet iaareoe unber &anlpene /
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Smitb, Der for nogle faa Ior iioen
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missioner for ofientlige 9lrbeioer. /
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mobilfiorere poaItaar, of De er lige.
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fan iGttes iitano. Ger err blanbt
Observation-Disclosures blepen meset
Riit ONT at iaa 8aberue uuoerfaitet
bennc Ilfebebanoling.