The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-05-17
FATE Of BELGIUM
AWAITS NEUTRALS
r,rlF OF GERMAN WARNING lF
THEY JOIN ALLIES IN WAR.
CITE AMOUNT OF BOOTY SElzEO
Punishment Inflicted Upon Stricken
People Astounding.-chiIdfen Fined
Churches and Cathedrais Destroyed
Prisoners Of War Mistreated.

Washington--G German propagandis'S
have flooded Spain with a document
printed in Spanish, warning neutral
nations of the frightfulness they may
expect II they align themselves VITA
the allies In the war. 4 translation
made public by the state department
follows:
Besides an untold amount OF war
mnterial. CAPTURED on the battlefield,
the Germans have taken possession
Of inculculable booty in France nnd
Belgium, including:
High grade watches, All; average
watches. 5,OlG; underwear, 1903;
embroideries ana womenS haadker
chiefs. 1912; umbrellas and parasols.
8,7O5: silver spoons. 1876; bottles X
champagne 5230oo.
These figures show large in
crease over those of the campaign
against France IN lS70-71.
in Belgium, besides many art
treasures. they have confscated Ola
paintings valued at 100000 peseteS.
"Due 10 the treachcry OF Cardinal
MERCER and other priests, who dli
their utmost to stir the priests against
the good-heartcd German soldiers.
they We're forced to teach severe
lesson to the Belgian and French
Catholics.
"Cathedrals destroyed, 4 rendered
unserviceable, S. churches destroyed.
27; rendered unSeryiceable, "a. To-
tai. T2.
an Poland also. large number II
churches have been destroyed for
military reasons The figures cou-
corning these have not yet been pub
lished
''As result of the stupid stubborn
ness of the Belgian people In con
tinuing the struggle after their bloody
and final defeat on the battlefield, the
German officers were forced Ggains.
their will to impose puniShments on
many rich individuals and wealthy
cities.
This has contributed the following
amounts to German treasury:
'Punishments. S7,0OO,OO0 peseta.,
security, 1900, 800 pesetas; reprisals,
l5,750,OO0 pesetaS: forced contribu
tions, 4,320,S50 pesetas. Total, l2o,-
OIL $50 pesetas.
This amount includes fine Of
10000 pesetas imposed on the Alsa-
tian children who insist on speaking
the French language and refuse 10,
study the beautiful German iangnage.
The statistics are most useful warn
Ing to neutral countries
"If there are still any thinking OF
siding with the allies, let them take
warning from the fate Of tho others.
In connection with claims Of the ex-
tent of territory occupied by German
troops the following foot note ap-
pears:
when it is held that the Germans
have occupied no English territory
and that on the contrary they have
lost all their African colonies amount
ing to some three million square kilO-
meters, 1t must be remembered that
the English, according to the declara-
ton OF their ministers, are not intend
Ing to secure any extension of the
British empire, that they have enter
ed the struggle with only the aim Of
helping the Belgians.
THAT Is 10 say, the English have
practically pledged themselves to re-
turn the German colonies after The
war In exchange for the evacuation
and indemnification Of Belgium. The
Germans, therefore, are to recover all
that they have lost In Africa.
More than 10000 British have been
made prisoners. Although 70 these fig-
ures the English oppose 124,SO6 Ger
man prisoners taken by them on tho
western front, II must be remembered
ths English treat prisoners with not
able kindness (blandura notoria),
Will. the regime imposed on the Eng
hsn prisoners by the Germans Is one
OF extreme rigor; so that the Germans.
with a small number Of prisoners, have
secured much superior moral effect.
Besides, to the 2,264 officers and 81 ,325
soldiers must he added the several
thousand English prisoners that have
died In consequence OF disease, scanty
food and other accidents in German
concentration camps.
THE fgures refer to the total prior
to the drive in Picardy and Flanders"