Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-11-22
E|hMANY's SLAUGHTER
ZOE HERER0s RECALLED
Thousands Of Men. Women and Chill
dren Murdered in 1904 in
West Africa.
SHOWS KuLrUR's THIN VENEER
ssncmy's Conduct in Belgium and
e North France Had No Excuse Of
pc Military Necessity and Can Only
BE Explained in Light of African
MASSACRE. as Wanto.: Cruelty.

n BE Explained in Light of African
& AIs a Massacr. as Wanto.: Cruelty.
Y HY CAPTAIN u. u. VI. ALLAN.
November 2l.-In the early
& &daSs of the war. during Germany :
Is Emarth through belgium, there Was
8 ftSl@idespread INDIGNATION 1t tho excess
AMhSHs which the German soldicry COM
E4NtmItted. Excuses for these acts were
{ Sygheard upon all sides. and even the
] alsEngitsh tprobahly from their instinct
4 Mof chivalry) sought 10 find some pre-
3 lsSexti if not Justification for them. Ii
HS&seemed incredible that such atroCious
4 4 SS3Afcts iof barbarsm should have been
4 aAesom IN, in III" twentieth century
2ESpys So cultivated a nation. There must
kEE8lave sheen some good reason tor them;
b fafsshoWeSer horrible, they must have had
tS2somet military significance. That was
SkStne verdict at the time.
The objects which Germany sought
S{Sto gain by the cruclties perpetcated
HIN Under by her soldiers in belgium and
ESs'Northern France are clear enough"
IzMrote an English author early in 1915.
sssIhesc chlects were certainly OF con
IS$Astdrablc value in a military as well
||SSas in "a political sense =. Ify spread
IXSing death and devastation broadcast
|in III. Belgium the Germans hnored to at
AA& lp secure their communications by
I&4pnttinE tho fear Of death. and worse
|5B than death, into the hearts of the civil
iSt the countrysido fleeing terror-striskcn
ssE oetore their advance, checking and
u
&S$chiefy they desired to set a ruthless
ct-lesson before the eyes of liol-
H The first two of these arguments,
satisfied us at the time. are OH
Nf yiousiy unsound. Lines of communi-
arc no, usually left unguardcd
kSeYen in n friendly country or indeed
VIII q desert-still less in hostile ter
ftory The armies of the entente
fSShave never Vet found 1t necessary to
sTape. burn, murder and bayonct chill
III dren In order 10 secure their lines Of
The second argument
T&is equally fallacious: the hulk of the
sss poulation stayed in their homes. In
%@smost cases the first news Of the Ger
q mans that the Inhabitants OF the Bel
Eg CLAN villages received was the sight of
h#fhe Chlans in their midst. In fact the
5Ssfs sSIermans allowed hut few OF the in
III So. we are reduced to the third hypo-
Sthests, namely that the Belgian afro
cities were committed as an example
n for iHolland-a somewhat far fetched
vi pretext.
YSt even when, after several years
8 uan has been revealed to ali I'll" world
81 there are still some who would try to
sscuse him, Another English writer
,&land. inculcated in the people by their
..&srulers. which induced these crimes.
From this belief in large part" he
SYrites. came the strange brutalitics
ifBand ferocities OF the common people
Mot Germany at the opening OF the
Isswar.''
VT THIN
WHEN SO EASILY RROkEN
ssiI One fact. however. both these writer's
Stshaye overlook ed--or perhaps avoided
M ,h, GiI.liza, ,.3 of peorle. must bo
Ill idown kor the culture OF the Ger
Nh ea5tman nation was thrown To the winds
III a. the mere bidding or those in
SSsuch as one expects only in a primitive
81, race. burst forth unrcstraincd.
N.I toll
Siderable lsh, OH the real German
s 3 $ 6, These facts. concern tho
"a Mereros) by the Germans in 9o4.
%SfsThey are contained in an official re-
81 nort, which consists OF the sworn
Here are a few examples
Some distance heyond liamakiri We
Mitness "whis there ""f 4 G rSia.Es s %ne
der foun "a litiIe baby boy aheu; nine
sss me camp where was The soldiers
sSi2rmea a ring and started throwing the
j8if 1t were a ball. The child was ter
u rihed and hurt. and was CRYING very
sfmuch, After a time thcy got tired OF
this and one of the soldiers fixed his
catch the baby. "'rhe ,:iild was tossed tossed
1sH hn c pr t'WfFds him. and as it
body with the bayonet The child died
BIN a Few minutes, and the incident was
greeted with roars of laughter hy IN"
4 Germans. who seemed 10 thinI, i, was
Ii great joke"
We refused to kill Ierero women
n ana children states another witness
hut the Germans spared none
II oiten. ana especially at Watcrbcrg The |
r. S yGiuinE h ,e women and girls we're
ASloidter ny the German soldiers before
q being killed. Two of my Hottcntots
ian Wint and David Swartbcoi. were
81 invited by the German soldiers ia I'M
rr,
1.-TWO Hotteutots refused. 10 do SO -
" KILLED THOUSANDS or
WOMEN AND CHILDREN
NJ went with the German troops To
r II aHaklrl and beyond. relates mira
I witness They Killed thousands I'M
thousands OF women and children ,lnus
the roadside They hayoncttcd them
and hit them to death Win the h',t,
ends Of their rifles They ,yrrc
iElng exhausted and harmless along
ne ROADS and as tho soldiers passed
blood. Mothers holding babies al ti,ojr
breasts. little boys ANA little girls.
old people too old to fight ANA niJ
h grandmother: none rccTiycd fM.r,.,
They were Killed. All Of Them. ana ~,
ssto Die ana rot on The Noldt for yuliur.s
and wild animals 10 cat Vnn
& charge" 90
Another witness continues The Tor
sS5rible tale We discovered .ipb 80.
Egninc sick lercro Women yyno h',J h." -"
left behind Some OF mem wcrc bJini
81 Nv alter and food had hccn leit wi,i
9lthem. The German soldiers burnt thrn
" alive IN ~" hut in rhfch they wcr.
Flying. Tho U,tiv" soldiers intcry"ncd
d ana tried I" prevent This. brt they
We came across = wounded Uero-o
iyinG In the shade o. a Tree states
German soldier ON natI -
walked up to him and saw ina, he Was
h M"p''u tio asked hin, IL ho fcit
~ Ieei ! am GoIrE 90 die" The Ser
& man man marines 'Fere looking on one
ISL told him Welt" r.u,rk cd ~
ias German. h" keen on diving lac
S nae peiter nav" this also" wan eih.,I
he toopcd down ANA drove ni. b;your,
Into inc BODY OF the PROSTATE lIcr.ro