The Springdale news., 1918-08-23

bed, where she lay recovering from the experience of her second confine- ment.
 1t was dark when the Germans came pilaging. When the husband coming into his home, he lifted his wife from her bed and started to carry her down stairs to escape. The servant followed with the in- fant. On the landing he was halted in the dark, and the Germans fired in his direction. By some chance he was not hit, but his wife was killed. Her blood and brain ran down over his clothing onto his hands. He dropped her on the landing and hastily returned upstairs where he found the servant had returned. The little year old girl could not be found and the father with the servant and babe escaped. The next morning the little girl who had hid in closet, came out and finally found her mothers mutilated body. The child lost it's mind, and later was found at her mothers side
 Last Saturday at big horse show here in----I met a gentleman that belongs to the diplomatic corps at--- and is living near-- for the summer He was in-- where he had gone to meet 8 nephew who is in university in England He did not come but that however has nothing 10 do with the story He had gone to a hospital to see about the place. He saw 3 doctor whom he knew, coming out of the operating room and his face was ghastly pale and he showed he was under some strain. He asked the doctor what was the matter. He told him they were operating on a German prisoner,an officer, and 1t was necessary to remove his clothing and they had found a baby's hand in his pocket. cut off and kept as souvenir, The doctor asked him if he wanted to go in and see it, but he said no.
 At the table was Y NJ. C. A. man and publicity man, the latter named Sutton. He takes all kind of nov ing pictures and writes articles about France and the war and our army, all for use in the States to keep the U. s. informed. Among other things which he told Us about was the case of a Belgian boy about 8 or 9 years old Here is his record. The German soldiers castrated him. as shey have done so many boys, to prevent the growth of new nation of Belgians later-thumbs cut off, back burned horribly-miad you now Mir. Sutton has seen this boy and has taken the boys picture as a part of movie film. But this isn't all. The Germans ravished the boys mother and cut off her fuasto so that if she ever did become a mother she could not suckle and nourish her child. The boys father was killed in the first rush of the German army through Belgium.
 Have l told you enough? But l have only started. It is hard to say that one story is worse than the other. for 1t is all so horrible, so atrocious, so beastly, and so flend- ish. that with each instance the heart and soul recol with horror to know that in this age any such things could happen, after the teachings o1 the Christ have held the respect ana allegiance of so many mllhon sous for so many centuries. 1t IS nara u coneieye the depths of infamy and beastial degradation, to winch the German men, both soldiers and officers. have descended in their Wild orqv of rapine. plunder. and murder But one cannot deny facts espee- ially when they stare us so trench antly in the face.
 AsI write, there comes before my minds eye the picture of being in human form-typifying Germany His feet besmirched with unJustlfl- able conquest; His hands dripping with the blood of innocents; Ills mouth dripping with the swlnelsa froth of beastiality; his eyes glowing with the fire of lust; his clothing torn and his body seathed with the wounds of battle; his whole appear anee. that of Hell ihcaruate broken loose upon innocent. Belgium and gasping France:-Trsfpline benta'h his unfeeling feet and .hesalng not at all their cry of snghsh the thou f ,,,onen and children whom