The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-09-05

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+. 9. walcott, q member Of the
United States food administration, and
during the time America was feeding
the civilian populations Of Belgium. !
Serbia and northern France an assist
ant Of Mr.. Hoover In these invaded
countries. has pictured In o graphic
way the conditions he found among
the people It was his duty to help.
After describing the terrible condi.
lions In Poland In 1910. the millions
that were dying Of starvation, the
hundreds Of thousands Of defenseless
people that had been ruthlessly cut
down BY the sword Of the German con-
Quer0r, he says:
In that situation, the German COM
mander issued proclamation. Every
able-bodied Pole was hidden to Ger.
many to work. II any refused, let no
other Pole give him to eat, not so
much rs mouthful, under penalty of
German military law.
This Is the choice the German gov
eminent gives to the conquered Pole.
to the husband and father Of q starv-
ing family: Leave your family or die
or survive as the case may be. Leave
your country which Is destroyed, to
work in Germany for its further de-
struction. II you are obstinate, we
shall see that you surely starve.
Staying with his folk, he is doomed
and they are not saved; the father and
husband can do nothing for them, he
only adds to their risk and suffering.
Leaving them, he will be cut Off from
his family, they may never hear from
him again nor he from them. Ger
many will set him to work that Ger.
man workman may be released to fight
against his own land and people. He
shall be lodged in barracks, behind
barbed wire entanglements, under
armed guard. He shall sleep ON the
bare ground with a single thin blan-
ket. He shall be scantily fed and his
earnings shall be taken from him to
pay for his food.
That Is the choice which the Ger.
man government offers to proud.
sensitive. higll-strung people. Death
Z or slavery.
When Pole give me that proclama-
ton, was boiling. But had to re-
J strain myself. was practically the
only foreign civilian In the country
| and wanted to get food to the people.
! That was what was there for and !
must not for any cause jeopardize the
undertaking. I asked Governor Gen.
eral Won Beseler. "Can this be truef
"Really, I cannot say" he replied
II have signed 80 many proclamations
ask General Won Kries."
80 asked General Won Kries. @0en-
eral. this 10 q civilised people. Can
this 10 trusT
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air OF adding. Why mott I.
| I dared not trust myself to speak
| I turned to 20. "Wait" he said. And
he explained to me how Germany
o0acial Germany. regards The state o.
subject peoples.
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condition In America - Mr.. Walcott
has DESCRIBED % existing In Hun-rid
den Poland, and yet that u just whai
would exist should our boys, and thu
boys Of our allies, now nshung u
France fail to defeat the soldiers q
this murder empire. This fair coun
try Of ours would be made Into Q Ger
man province; our people would *
the slaves Of the Junkers Of Germany
subject to the bsastly whims Of tn
ofacers Of the German army. In y
war In which America has ever "a
gagged have the stakes been 20 grsa
a. In this present conflict. Should w
By any chance, lose; should the Huz
By any chance. win; our liberties. on
happiness, everything Americans hol'
doae. would b lost.