Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-04-12


Washington, y. c.-"Et a permln-
sihle 10 destroy private proparty. 20
devaEtate systematically evacuated
regions. 10 terr0ixe the civil popuia-
ton OF Invaded districts. TO deport
people for compulsory service An the
enemy country, thereby releasing its
own men Tor the army. TO compel
them TO aid the enemy in the con-
structicn OF fortiheations. 10 dig
trenches. TO serve as guides. and even
TO furnish information regarding
their own army"
The teaching OF the ofleial German
War Manual Is thus summarized in a
booklet issued by the Government
through the Committee on Public In
formation. Washington, ID. c. The
title of this booklet In The German
War Code" II Is one Of d series of
war information booklets, and q copy
will be sent free to anyone who will
address the Department Of Distribu-
ton. 5 Jackson Place. Washington.
ID. c.
The authors OF ''The German War
Code" are Professors @. w. Scott, for
merly Of Columbia University. and ]
w. Garner OF the University of Illi-
notB. In interesting fashion they an.
alyze the Official. German War Manu-
al with ika1 sneara at the "sickly SEN
timentally", OF all rules OF war dictat-
ed by cfffvalry. honor and generosity
to the enemy. and they contrast II
with the war manuals OF Great Brit
ain, France and the United States.
which are declared to be ~ths very
opposite of the German in the law
which their governments have laid
down for their armies@ to- observe In
their dealings with the enemy"
The German War Manual-was pre-
pared by the German General Staff
and was first issued In 1902. 1T
would SEEM" says Professors Scott
and Garner, from the way IN which
most OF the Hague provisions are
denounced. ridiculed and sneered at,
that the real reason for issuing re-
vfsed instructions was to counteract
any influence which these provisions
might have been expected to have
upon German military. officers.
through Germany'B having ratified
the Hague's treaties" The German
War manual In shown to be the text
book OF that philosophy which has
expressed itself in the form OF
'frightfulness'' In Belgium, Poland,
Servia, Armenia and wherever Ger
man officers have held sway" This
booklet shows that the brutality,
ruthlessness, terrorism and violence
of the German forces have been cold
bloodedlF planned for yeafw by the
German military authorities. It shows
that II was the Wholesale violation
by Germany of the most sacred stan.
dards of human society that caused
our Government to enter the war.
What the effect OF such teachings
and such practices must be upon the
rest OF the world 10 indicated by the
authors OF this pamphlet as follows
Made in their Germany ambition
10 win, the German rulers have for
gotten that the German nation must
live and do business with the other
peoples Of the world after this war is
over. Though International Law
lacks the administrative means to
Judge and punish violations, of its
better established rules, Il III, like all
laws and customs. supported by 8
public opinion which never fails &c
manifest In numerous ways its detes.
tatiOn and horror for those who ia.
GRAVITY misconduct themselves. For
years the, German Government and
Individual Germans in their inter
course with foreign people will DC
made to feel the suspicion and dis.