The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-01-18


had occasion TO observe that the non.
trails show more sympathy for Bei-
GUM than FOR any other helligcreut"
Old Men and Boys Taken.
The news dispatches ind.>aue thu;
the deportation and forced lnhor ot
Belgian@ still continue. In q dispntch
from Harre tNew York Evening Post.
September - 1870 IL is stated THE
remorsl Of the civilian population Of
s~S ium sen,innes, according to ad-
''ese received here. Tho town Of Ron.
ier-. Immediately behind the battle
line IN Flanders. has been evacuated
completely. 0stend Is being emptiei
| gradually, snd tive thousand persons
| tlres'y have been sent from Cuurfrai :"
| N smother dispatch from llHvre
| washington Post September "a l9lO
! 7 IA SfHicd that the German military
| authorizes az ErugCs. Erlgium. arr
| 'onScr,runs forcihly all The boys and
men 81 Tint city between the ages Of
| '"ur'''u md sixty 60 work IN munltiCn
factories nnd ShipyarlS. The rich nod
poor Shopscepers md workmen, al
are being taken, SIly the school teach,
ers. doctors, and priests escaping
German ofncer Rebuked Men.
tn" following order ~ the Day
shows how the town Of Ilur escaped
he tate Of SO many Bclgum and
French towns. Drunken German sol
dierS were frightened and began Ia
shoot men and burn houses The
commanding officer condemned this be
cause II was not done by his order and
hecnuSe two German soldiers were
wounded. II is evident that massaCrer
and arson were permitted only when
commanded by the officers.
LAST night shooting aNfray took
place. There is no evidence that this
Inhabitants of the towns had any arm,
in their houses, nor is there evidence
that the people took part In the shoot.
ing on the contrary, II seems that the
soldiers were under the influence Of
alcohol. and began 20 shoot In Il sense
less fear OF n hostile attack.
'lhe behavior of the soldiers during
The night, with very few exceptions
makes n scundalous impression.
at is highly deplOruhle when officers
or noncpmmi SSioned officers set houses
"n fire without permission or orGer ot
the commanding, or, as The case may
he, The senior officer or when by their
attitude they encourage the rank and
file To burn and plumber.
"Th2 miserable behavior Of the men
""1sed noncommisSioned officer aud
riyate To be seriously wounded by
German bullets.
MAJOR Won BASSEWlTZ."
Report Of Minister Whitlock.
"Onc interesting result of the depor-
'atiOns remains 10 he noted. result
hat once more places in relief the
German capacity for hmndering, al
most ms great rs the German cnpncity
FOR cruelty. Until the dcportations
we're begun there was no intense ha-
red on the part Of the lower classes
!. o, the workingmeD and the peasants
The old Germans Of the Landsturm
had been quartered In Flemish homos:
hey and the inmates spoke nearly the
same language; they got along fairly
veil: they helped the women with the
york, the poor and the humble having
none Of those hatrcds OF patriotism
hat are among the privileges "f the
upper classes. II Is conceivable that
he Flemish population might have
'Eisted under German rule; II was
Teut0nic in It's origin and anti French
rlways. Eut now the Germans have
changed all that.
"They have dealt n mortal blow To
@ny prospect they may ever have had
Of being tolerated by the population
NJ Flanders; in tearing away from
nearly every humble home In the land
husband and q father OF son and
brother they have lighted n fire OF
hatred that win never go ont: they
have brought home to every heart in
he land, in q way that viii Impress
its horror indeiibly on the memory OF
three generations. realization of
what German methods mean. not. az
with the early atrocities, In the heat
nf passion and the first lust Of war
hut by one OF those deeds that make
one despair OF the future OF the hu-
mnn race. n deed coldly planned. studi-
ouSly maturcd, and deliberately and
systematically executed deed so
cruel that German soldiers are said
10 have wept in its execution, and so
monstrous that even German officers
are now snid 10 be- ashamed.
"WHITLOCK %
Mr. Hoover's Conclusions.
Mr HOOver's mature conclusions on