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No more graphic description Of the
ravsges Of the German soldiesy upon
the civilian population Of invaded
countries has been given than II con-
tained IN this brief and simple state
ments Of r. @. walcott, now connected
with the United States food admins
tration, who was assistant TO Mr..
Hoover while America was feeding
Belgium Poland and northern France.
In one Of these statements Mr.. Wal
eott says:
Even now find II hard to describe
IN comprehensibIe terms the mind Of
efncisl Germany. which dominates and
shapes al German thought and action.
Yet II IL a. hard. as cIear-cut. AZ real
% any material thing. saw II In
Poland. saw the same thing In Bel
uum. heard Of II In Serbia and Rou-
mania. For weeks II was always be-
fore me. always the same. O6icers
talked freely. frankly. directly. Al,
the staff officers have the same view.
Let me try to tell II. as General Won
Kries told me. In Poland. In the midst
Of dying nation. Germany IL des-
tined to rule the world. or at least q
great part of II. The German people
are 70 much human material for build
Ing the German stnte. other people do
not count. All Is for the glory and
might OF the German state. The lives
OF human beings are to be conserved
only II II makes for the sta. n ad-
vnncemcnt, their lives nre to be sacri-
feed II II In 10 The states advantage.
The state il all, the people are moth
ing.
Conquered people signify little In
the German account. Life. liberty.
happiness. human sentiment. family
ties, grace and generous iInprlse. these
hnve no place beside the one concern.
the greatness Of the German state.
Starvation must excite no pity; SYM
pathy must not be allowed, II II ham,
pers the main design Of promoting
Cermany's ends.
starvation is here" said General
Won Kries. "Candidly. we wc.id like
70 see II relieved; we fear our soldiers
may be unfavorably affected by the
things TINT they see. But since II d
here. starvation must serve our pur
pose. So we set II to work for Ger
many. BY starvation we can accom-
pllsh in two or three years In East
Poland more than we haye In west
Poland. which Is East Prussia. In the
last hundred years. With that In
view. we propose to turn this force te
our advantage.
"This country Is meant for Ger
many" continued the keeper Of starv
Ing Poland. 1T is rich alluvial
country which Germany has needed
for some generations. We propose q
remove the able-bodled working Poles
from this country. II leaves It oper
for the inflow Of German working peo
pie a. fast a. we can spare them
They will occupy II and work It"
Then with . cunning smile. S.n'i
you see how It works outi BY and b,
we shall give back freedom to Poland
When that happens Poland viii appeal
automatically a. . German provlnce.'
IN Belgium, General Won Bissini
told me exactly the same thing. III
the relief Of Belgium breaks down W
can force the ihduatrial population In
to Germany through starvation and
colonixs other Belgians in Mesopo
tamia where We have planned largl
irrigation works: Germans win theI
overrun Belgium. Then when the wal
Il over and freedom is given back b
Belgium, II viii be German Belgium
that IL restored. Belgium win BE-
German province and We have Ant
werp-whlch 10 what wa are after"
That Ia not all. Removing the men