Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1918-01-13

the syphiiitic German CouJaminateS
the camp woman. his disease Is hand
ed On 20 his brother soldier. and this
means he viii be shot This Syphiitic
soldier. therefore. finds his only
chance with the captured French girls.
but. having contaminated q girl. he
fears that she in turn viii Contaminate
the next German soldier. and. there
fore he mutilGtes her body to warn
away Germans. The girls life weighs
nothing against German soldiers
lust OF the possibility OF the hrute's
handing his contamination to the next
soldier. Take these extracts from AZ
fidavits on file with a French official:
In retreating from Malines eight
drunken soldiers were marching
thrOuCh the street. A little child OF
two years came out and a soldier
skewered the child on his bayOnet.
and carried il away while his com
radoS Ssng-n. 10. A..
Withdrawing from Hofstade. in
addition 20 other atrocities. the Ger
mans cut off both hands OF a hoy Of
sixteen. Al the inquest affidavits were
taken from - Witnesses who saw the
boy before he died or Just afterwards
/. Passing through Hecht. in ad-
ditiOn 90 the young women whom they
mudlated and killed. affidavits were
taken and the photographs Of a child
three years old nailed % door by
is hands and feet.-D. l0o-S.~
Give No Quarter
These records could be multiplied
by thousands Upon the retreat nom
one city alone inQuestS were held upOn
the bodies Of over 500 victims. inelud-
ing very aged men and women. and
babes unborn. removed by the bayOnet
from their mothers. u is the logical
result Of the charge of the kaiser 10
his army; Give no quarter and take
no prisoners. Let al who fall into
your hands be AZ your Mercy The
general staff Of the German army pub
liShed a manual several years before
they began this war. They explicitly
charged their soldiers 20 break the
win of the enemy by cruelty. Witness
this Injunction TO atrOcity tp0ge IS OF
the War MANUAL; BY sleeping him
self in military history. an officer will
be able 70 guard himself against eN-
CesSive humanitarianiSm. Il viii teach
him that certain seventies are indiS-
penS0hle 20 war. Humanitarian claims.
such IS the protection Of men and
their goods. can only be taken into
consideration in SO tar as the nature
and object Of the war permit" There
fore. each German soldier was given n
token. large as a silver dollar. bidding
the soldier, strike him dead. The
Day of Judgment will ask no cues
tons
For 4o wears the two great enemies
Of farms and towns and cities have
been fire, flcOd and earthquake. But
nothing is adequate 70 explain or de-
scribe the desolatiOn. the devastation.
Of France upon the retreat OF the Ger
mans. About 80 miles north OF Paris
one enters the ruined region. Then
hour after hour passes. while with
slow movement and breaking heart
one journeys Ice miles 20 the north
ami EiglagS rs miles south again.
through that black country Of deSola-
ton. Gone are all the beautiful
hridgeS-they have been dynamited
Gone are al the lovely and majestic
thirteenth century churches. Gone are
al the galleries. for every city Of 5000
people in France has its quarterly eNhi-
bition Of paintings sent out from Paris.
and some Of the finest art treasures
in the world have persisted. The land
has been put back 60 where il was
when Julius Caesar described &c sO0o
years aga wild land. and waste
srowing up with thOrnS and thiStleS.
a Specimen Crime
One ri the historic chateauN Is that
Of AvricOurt, rich in noble asSOcis-
tionS- lt was one % the buildings
specially covered by a clause in the
International agreement between Eng