Williams news., 1918-01-24

HI lAAo AOpOAI O1 0CpbCilDCA 1<-, 1OLts to the secretary of state, Minister Whitlock has much to tell of the pol icy of frightfulness. The following passages refer to the subject of mas SacreS:
 Summary executions took place Cat Dinant) without the least semblance of judgment. The names and number of the victims are not known, but they must be numerous. I have been un- able to obtain precise details in this respect and the number of persons who have fled is unknown. Among the persons who were shot are: MT. De foin, mayor of Dinant; Sasserath, first alderman; Nimmer, aged seven ty: Consul for the Argentine Republic Victor POncelet, who was executed in the presence of his wife and seven children; Wasseige and his two sons Messrs. Gustave and Leon Nicaise, two very old men; Jules Monin and others all shot in the cellar of their brewery; MT. Camille Pistte and son, aged seventeen; Phillippart Piedfort, his wife and daughter; Miss Marsig- ny. During the execution of about forty inhabitants of Dinant the Ger mans placed before the condemned their wives and children. It is thus that Madam Albin who had just given birth to child, three days previously, was brought on mattress by German soldiers to witness the execution of her husband; her cries and supplica- tions were so pressing that her hus- bands life was spared.'
 Forced to Witness Executions.
 "On the 26th of August German sol diers entered various streets (of Lou vain) and ordered the inhabitants of the houses to proceed to the Place de Ia Station, where the bodies of nearly a dozen assassinated persons were ly- ing. Women and children were sepa- rated from the men and forced to re- main on. the Place de Ia Station dur ing the whole day. They had to wit ness the execution of many of their fellow citizens, who were for the most part shot at the side of the square, near the house of MT. Hemaide. The women and children, after having re- mained on the square for more than 15 hours, were allowed to depart. The Gardes CiviQues of Louvain were also taken prisoners and sent to Germany to the camp of Munster, where they were held for several weeks.
 ''On Thursday, August 27, order was given to the inhabitants to leave Lou vain because the city was to be bom- barded. Old men, women, children, the sick, priests, nuns, were driven on the roads like cattle. More than 10,- 900 of the inhabitants were driven as far as Tirlemont, nearly 12 miles from Louvain.
 Infants Shot in Mothers Arms.
 "One of the most sorely tried com munities was that of the little village of Tamines, down in what is known as the Borinage, the coal fields near Charleroi. Tamines is a mining will lage in the Sambre; it is collection of small cottages sheltering about B. 900 inhabitants, mostly all poor labor CTS.
 "The little graveyard in which the
 church stands bears its mute testi- mony to the horror of the event. There are hundreds of new-made graves, each with it's small wooden cross and it's bit of flowers the crosses are so close ly huddled that there is scarcely room to walk between them. The crosses
 are alike and all bear the same date. the sinister date of August p, 1914" 'tBut whether their hands were cut off or not, whether they were impaled on bayonetS or not, children were shot down, by military order, in cold blood. In the awful crime of the Rock of Bay ard, there overlooking the Mouse be- | low Dinant, infants in their mothers | arms were shot down without mercy. The deed, never surpassed in cruelty by any band of savages, is described | by the bishop of Namur himself: "'One scene surpasses in horror all | others; it is the fusillade of the ! Rocher Bayard near Dfnant. It ap- pears to have been ordered by Colonel | Meister. This fusillade made many victims among the nearby parishes, especially those of des Rivages and | Neffe. It caused the death of nearly | 90 persons, without distinction of age | or sex. Among the victims were ba-
 bies in arms, boys and girls, fathers | and mothers of families, even old | men.
 | Dead Children in Pile of Bodies. | "It was there that 12 children under l the age of six perished from the fire | of the executioners, six of them as | they lay in their mothers arms: "'The child Fieyet, three weeks old. | ".Maurice Betems, eleven months | old.
 "'Nelly Pollet, eleven months old.
 "'Gilda Genon, eighteen months old. | "'Gi1da Marchot, two years old.
 "'Clara Struvay, two years and six
 months.
 "'The pile of bodies comprised also many children from six to fourteen | years. Eight large families have en- l tirely disappeared. Four have but one
 survivor. Those men that escaped | doath-and many of whom were rid