Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-01-13
What America Is Fighting against
sy NEWELL oWIGHT HILLIs 3. 3.

Eiith CavelL hundreds or women and
children on the Lusitauia. the rape Of
Belgium. the assassination Cf northern
FronSe. were the outer exhibition in
deeds of the inner philosophy OF force
In effect this German philosophy
has dehumaniEed German otticers. and
men. Pulling out of his pocket his
iron token that exhibits Deity as
destroying soldier. the German officer
and private reads the words beneath:
'SmiJe your enemy dead The nay of
Judgment viii no, ask yOu for your
reasons" Having. therefore. fuu lib
erty TO loot. these German became as
Wild beasts. The plan has BEEN
Brussels in one week, Paris in two
weeks; London in two months. and
then two pockets filled with lings.
bracelets and watches. from Paris or
Nancy. Tor the swecthe0rts az home
When the German army I'm Lorraine
was defeated by ore-half It's number.
Il fen uOrthwSrd. passing through
french towns, and villages where
there were no FrenChmen. no guns.
and where no shots were fired.
Documents in Evidence
During July and August I went from
one ruined town to another. talking
with the women and The children.
comparing the photographs and the
tuh official records made az the time
with the statements OF the poor.
wretched survivors who lived IN eel
lars where once there had been beau
tiful houses. orchards. vineyards. but
now was only deSolation, In Gerbeyil-
Ter. staining beside their graves. I
studied the photograph Of the bodies
Of Is cid men whom the Germans
lined up and shot because there were
no yOung soldiers 20 Kill. heard the
detailed story Of woman whose son
WAS first hung 70 a pear tree in the
garden. and who. when the officer and
soldier had left him and were busy
setting fire 20 the next house. cut the
rope and revived the Strangied youth
only To find the soldiers had returned.
While the officer held her hands es.
hind her hack, his assistant poured pc
uOl on the sons head and clothes. set
fire 70 him. ana as he staggered about.
a flaming torch. they Shrieked with
laughter. When they had burned al
the houses and retreated. the next
morning the project OF Lorraine
reached that GethSemane and photo
graphed the bodies Of SO aged men
lying as they tell. the bodies OF women
stripped and az last slain. Tn the
next village stood the ruined SQUARE
belfry into which the Germans had
lifted machine guns. then forced every
woman and child. S75 in number. into
the little church. and notified the
French soldiers that II they fred upOn
the machine suns they would Kill
their own women and children. After
several days OF hunger ana thirst. AT
midnight these brave women slipped
n little boy through the church win
dow, and babe their husbands fire
upon the Germans in the belfry. saving
they preferred death to the 5ndigniues
they were suffering. And 50 these
srenchmen turned their guns aud in
hiow'ng the machine guR cut o. the
helfry killed 20 Of their own wives and
children. Proof overv helm.ng. There
are records Of more than 1000 individ-
ual atrocities that 20 with the Original
photographs. affidavits and documents
resting in the archives Of France
against the day OF reckoning. What
is more important sin there are the
letters taken from the bodies Of dead
German soldiers with their diaries.
Our Of the large number. note these:
Photographs OF the dead bodies OF
aged priests. some OF whom were dead
because they had been staked down
and used as lavaJory until they per
ished- Dead girls. with breasts cut
oft-and for this reason: eevry Ger
man soldier Is examined Tor syphilis
ny the surgeon Of the regiment and
only the healthy ones receive the card
giving access 20 the camp women. IL