The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-08-01


mad occasion 10 observe that the nca-
trails show more sympathy for Bel
5ium than for any OH r helli"orent."
Old Men and Boys Taken.
The news dispatches indicate thar
the deportation and forced iahur al
Belgians still continue. in Il dispatch
| from Havre tNew York Evening Post.
September j.. 1910 ii is stated The
removal Of the civilian population a
Belgium continues. according To nd-
vices received here. The town 81 it"u-
lers, Immediately behind the battle
line in Flanders. has been evacuated
completely. Ostend Is being enpiied
gradually, and two thousand persons
already have been sent from Courlrai.'
In another dispatch from IIavre
Washington Post, September II, i9iIl
il is stated that "thc German militar.
authorities at BruEcs, Belgium. ARE
conScripting forcihly all the buys HnG
men of that city between The ages Of
fourteen and sixty to work in lnunitl i
factories and shipyards The rich iHG
poor ShopkcrpcrS and workmcn. III
are being taken. only the school teach
ers, doctors. and priests escaping"
German Officer Rebuked Men.
fhe following Order Of the Day
shows how tho town Of IIuy escape!
the fate of SO many Belgium and
French towns. pruntcu German sal-
diers were frightened and began ="
shoot men and burn houses. TIL,
commanding officer condemned This h.
cause ii WAS not done by his order HiG
because two German soldiers Wei'r
wounded. 1t Is evident that mas.'acr $
and arson We're permitted only when
commanded hy the officers.
Last night shooting ARRAY tool
place. There is no evidence that tn
Inhabitants of the towns had any arm"
In their houses. nor X there rvidencr
that the people took part in the shoot
| ing: on the contrary, il seems that thu
soldiers We're under the influence .:
alcohol, and began To shoot in scnS,-
less fear of hostile attack.
"The behavior Of the soldiers durin-
the night, with very few exceptions.
makes Il scandalouS impression.
at is highly doplorable VIII Il officer.
or noncommssioned officers set house;
on fire without permission or order q:
the commanding, or, rs the case may
be, the senior officer, or when by their
attitude they encourage the rank ant
file TO burn and plumber.
1.-THE miserable behavior of The mcr
caused neHcommissioned officer ami
n private to be seriously wounded by
German bullets.
MAJOR Won BASSEWITZ."
Report of Minister Whit!ock.
zone into sting result of the depor-
itations reHa.ns to he noted, Il result
that once more places in relief the
German capacity for laundering, al
most as great as the German capacity
for cruelty. Until the denortations
were begun there was no intense ha-
tired on the part of the lower classes,
]. e., the workingnen and the peasants.
The old Germans of the Iandsturm
had been qfIarterel In Flemish homes :;
they and the inmates spoke nearly the
same language; they got along fairly
well; they helped the women with the
work. the poor and tho humble having
none of those hatreds of patriotism
that are among the privileges Of the
upper classes. II Is conceivable that
the Flemish population might have
existed under German rule; it WIS
in, np,r; IN =,
always. But now the Germans have
changed all that
''They have dealt mortal blow 10
any prospect they may ever hive had
of being tolerated by The population
of Flanders; in tearing away from
nearly every humble home in the land
a husband and father or a son and
brother they have lighted II fire Of
hatred that will never 20 out; they
| have brought home to every heart In
the land in Il way that will impress
| its horror indelibiy on the memory of
| three generations. realization Of
what German methods mean. not. 2s
| with the early atrocities. In the heat
of passion and the first lust of war,
but by one of those deeds that make
one despair of the future Of the hui
man race deed coldly planned, studi-
ously maturad. and deliberately and
Systematically executed, deed so
cruel that German soldiers are said
to have wept in its execution, and so
monstrous that even German officers
are now said to be ashamed.
"WHITLOCK."
| Mr.. Hoover's Conclusions.
| Mr.. Hoover's mature conclusions on
! the German practices in Belgium
which he wrote for the pamphlet is-
sued by the committee on public in
formation. reinforce the detailed evil
dence already presented:
September 1917.
I have been often called upon for IA
statement of my observation of Ger
man rule In Belgium and northern
| France.
I have neither the desire nor the
adequate pen to picture the scores
which have heated my blood through
| the two and Il half years that | have