The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1918-09-12

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No more graphic description of the
ravages of the German soldiery upon
the civilian population of invaded
countries has been given than is con-
tained in the brief and simple state
ments Of +. c. Walcott, now connected
with the United States food admins
tration, who was assistant to Mr..
Hoover while America was feeding
Belgium, Poland and northern France.
In one of these statements Mr.. Wal
colt says:
Even now find it hard to describe
In comprehensive terms the mind of
official Germany, which dominates and
shapes all German thought and action.
Yet 1t is as hard. as clear-cut, as real
as any material thing. l saw it in
Poland, 1 saw the same thing in Bel
g1um, / heardGof it in Serbia and Rou-
mania. For weeks it was always be-
fore me, always the same. Officers
talked freely, frankly, directly. All
the staff officers hove the same view.
Let me try'to tell it, as General Won
kries told me, in Poland, in the midst
OF a dying nation. Germany is des-
tined to rule the world, or at least a
great part of it. The German people
are SO much human material for build
ing the German state, other people do
not count. All is for the glory and
might of the German state. The lives
of human beings are to be conserved
only If it makes for the sta.,'s ad-
vancement, their lives are to be sacri-
feed If it is to the states advantage.
The state is all, the people are moth
ing.
Conquered people signify little in
the German account. Life, liberty.
happiness, hYnan sentiment, family
ties, grace and generous impulse, these
have no place beside the ope concern,
the greatness of the German state.
Starvation must excite no pity; SYM
patly must not be allowed, if it ham,
oers the main design of promoting
Sermany's ends.
Starvation lis here" said General
7on Kries. "Candidly, we would like
20 soc it relieved; we fear our soldiers
nay be nnfavorably affected by the
hings that they see. But since it is
lere, starvation must serve our pur. |
bose. So we set 1t to work for Ger |
many. BY starvation we can accom-
'lish tn two or three years in East |
'oland more than we have In West
'oaand, which is East Prussia, in the
asst hundred years. With that in
lew, we propose to turn this force tn
ur advantage.
This country is meant for Ger
iany," continued the keeper of stary-
ng Poland. "It is rich alluvial
ountry which Germany has needed
Or some generations. We propose to
alnoVe the able-bodied working Poles
'om this country. 1t leaves it open
)r the inflow Of German working peo-
le ms fast as we can spnre them
hey will occupy 1T and work it."
linen with n cunning smile, Cant
ou see how Hworks out? BY and by
9 SHAH give back freedom to Poland
hen that happens Poland will appear
dramatically rs German province"
In Belgium, General Won Kissing
id me exactly the same thing. If
e relief of Belgium breaks down we
m force the industrial population in
Germany through starvation and L
ionize other Eelgians in Mesopo-
mia where we have planned large
'isation works, Germans will then a
errun Belgium. Then when the war o
over and freedom is given back TO II
'lslum, it will be German Belgium G.
at is restored. Belgium will be a G
'rman province and we have Ant Il
'rp-Which is what we are after" II
That is not all. Removing the men, al
1T the land may be vacant for Ger
IN occupation, that German stock X
" replace Belgians, Poles, Serbaps. Iii
menians, and now Roumanians, Ger ht
ny does more. Women left captive ri
enslaved. Germany makes all "
nner of lust its instrumentality. vi
The other day a friend of mine told
OF man just returned from north a
France. 81 Cal not tell you the de- q
ls," he said, ''man to man. i DOM ag
Mt to repeat what I heard" Some Sc
the things he did tell--shockiog he
tilation and moral murder. He told In
women, by the score, in occupied TT
ritory of northern France, prisoned an
underground dungeons, tethered for mi
use Of their bodies by officers and yo
I. rel
this Is not piece Of the Prussian Sa
TEN, 1t Is the logical product of dis, hir
ard of the rights of others.
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