Carroll County democrat. (Huntingdon, Tenn.) 188?-1971, 1918-01-04

ing that the said sum shall be paid
when the Chateau de Marehais win
be free from the danger Of intentional
destruction.
II am, with great respect your ma
iesty's devoted servant and cousin,
.ALBERT. Prince of Monaco"
Letter Addressed to Won 5uelow.
Monaco, Oct. %, 1914.
'aTo avert from the commune Of
Slssonne and that Of Marchias the rig
orous treatment with which you have
threatened them, give my word OF
honor to remit to his majesty the
Emperor William, should the war.
come to an end without Intentional
damage being caused to my residence
or to these two communes, the neces-
sary sum to complete the amount OF
10000 francs imposed by you upon
Slssonne. I
"As a sovereign prince, I wish 70
deal in this matter with the sovereign
who, during Is years, called me his
friend and has decorated me with the
Order OF the knight Of the Black
Eagle.
my conscience and my dignity
place me above fear. as also my per.
sonal win shall elevate me above re-
gret; but should you destroy the
Chateau de Marehals, which Is one OF
the centers Of universal science ana
charity. should you reserve TO this
archaeological and historical gem the
treatment you have given to the oa-
thedral Of Reims-when no reprehen'
slble action has been committed there
the whole world viii judge De-
tween you and myself.
II tender to your excellency the exT
preston Of my high regard.
ALBERT, Sovereign Prince Of Mon"
AGO"
DeportatIens and Forced Labor.
Until the present war the whole civ.
llixed world has boosted Of Its advance
In humanity. This advance has been
marked In many fields, and In none
had greater progress been made than
In the protection to be given TO the
private citizen In an invaded country.
AS far back as 1868, in the "Instruc-
lions for the Government Of Armies
Of the United States in the Field.
the United States declared:
"2S. Private citizens are no longer
murdered, enslaved. or carried on TO
distant parts, and the inofenslve In
divldual is as little disturbed in his
private relations as the commander
Of the hostile troops can afford 70
grant In the overriding demands OF .
vigorous war.
'24. The almost universal rule IN
remote times was, and continues to %
with barbarous armies, that the pr"
vate individual Of the hostile country
Is destined to suffer every privation
Of liberty and protection, and eyeEy.
disruption Of family ties. Protection
was. and still Ia with uncivillzed pea
pie, the exception"
Reveralsn TO BarbarIsnA. Il
These declarations were made In the
midst Of our Civil war--one Of the
worlds flercest conflicts. A half-cer~
fury later, after more than 30 years
Of progress, the German government
has gone back to the methods used
by 'barbarous armies" and 'unciv-
liked people" II mas deliberately
adopted the policy Of deporting men
and women, boys and girls, and Og
forcing them to work for their cap
tors; II has even compelled them To-
make arms and munitions. I6r Use
against their allies ant their own flesh
md blood.
No otha| act OF the German govern
ment mas aroused such horror and de-
testation throughout the civilized
world. Thousands OF helpless men
and women, boys and girls, have beeh
cnslaved. Families have been broken
ID. Girls have been carried Of to
work--or worse--ln strange land
ana their relatives have not known
where they have been taken, Or what
their fate has been.
WhItloeks Story Of Horrors.
In less moving phrases, but IN dead
" confederation, the continuation Of
the report OF Minister Whitlock says:
sThe rage, the terror, and despair
excited by this measure ell over Bel
gium were beyond anything we had
witnessed since the day the Germans
poured into Brussels. The delegates
81 the commission for relief In Bel.
GUM, returning to Brussels, told the
most distressing stories Of the scenes
Of cruelty and sorrow attending the
seizures. And daily, hourly almost,
since TINT time appalling stories have
been related by Belgians coming 10
the legation. 1t Is impossible for ny
10 verify them. first because II Is nee
essary for US to exercise all possible
tacs Ia dealing with the subject at
all, and secondly because there IL no
means Of communication between the
ebiet and the Etappen-
Geblet. Transportation everywhere
IN Belgium Is difficult, the vicinal
railways scarcely operating any more
because Of the lack OF oil, while al
the horses have been taken. The peO-
BE who are forced to 90 from one
village to another must do so on foot
or ii vans drawn by the few miser-
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