The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-08-27

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
No more graphic dsscrsptioa Of the
ravagss d ~ 0sruan soldlsey upon
the civilian pop1lstioA Ct Invaded
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taioe6 - ~ beeee and Geinpso oeAts.
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Hvsa .ew nd n hard 10 desessbs
h cs0trshsnslbis tssus - Died e
S0elal 0Vnany. whaeA 0snlnatss 80
shapes IN German thought end action.
Yet Il u % hard. - cisar-cut. % real
- any material thing. I saw Il In
Poland. I saw the same thing In Bel
stun. heard Of It In Serbia and RON
mania. For weeks It was always be-
fore me, always the same. Omcers
talked freely. frankly. directly. All
the stan ofiicers have the same view.
Let me try to tell It. AZ General Won
Kries told me. In Poland, In the midst
Of dying nation. Germany Is des-
tined to rule the world, or at least q
great part Of It. The German people
are 20 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 II 1t makes for the sta. IS ad-
-yancement. their lives are to be sacri-
feed II 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, human sentiment. family
ties, grace and generous impulse. these
have no place beside the one concern,
the greatness Of the German state.
Starvation must excite no pity; sym.
patty must not be allowed. II It ham,
pers the main design Of promoting
0srmany's ends.
Starvation 70 here" said General
Won kriss. "Candidly. We would like
70 ~ Il relieved: No fear our soldiers
may b unfavorably affected BY the
things that they -. But since Il u
here. starvatioa must serve our pux.
poss. % ~ ~ Il 70 work for Ger.
many. ~ starvatioa w can accom-
plisA n Two o. three ysafs In East
Poland more than W have In West
PolaA1. which u Dase Prussia. In he
lsst Aun0rsA years. Win hat IN
visw. We peopess; ~ t1sa this fseee b
our advantaSA
This country y meant for Ger.
Many" eontlnued The ksspse Of staxv.
NJ Poland TT u . rich alluvial
couAGxy which Germany has needed
eoe some gsnssations. We proposs b
remove the able-bodisd working Poles
from this country. n leaves Il open
for the inAow Of German working pso-
pie % fast - We can spare them.
They will occupy II and work Il"
Then with Q cunning smile, Cant
you go how Il works out? BY and BY
" shall give back freedom to Poland.
When that happens Poland will appear
Automatically 40 . German PROVINCE"
Ip Belgium. General Won Bissing
told me exactly the same thing. IF
the relief Of Belgium breaks down W
can force the industrial population In
to Germany through starvation and
COLOMBO other Belgians In Mes6po-
tamia where we have planned large
irrigation works; Germans will then
overrrn Belgium. Then when the war
Ii over and freedom 10 given back to
Belgium, It will be q German Belgium
chat Is restored. Belgium will be q
German province and we have Ant.
werp-which Is what we are after"
That Is not all. Removing the men.
that the land may be vacant for Ger
man occupation, that German stock
may replace Bslgians. Poles. Serbians,
Armenians, and now Roumanlans. Ger
many docs more. Women left captive
are enslAved. Germany makes all
manner Of lust Its fundamentally.
The other day friend Of mine told
mo Of q man Just returned from north.
efn France II cannot tell you the de-
tajls," he said, ~man 4 man, I don't
want to repeat what I heard,h Some
Of the things he did tsll-shocking
mutilation and moral murder. He told
Of women. by the score, In occupied
tsrritory Of northern France. prisoned
In underground dungeons, tsthered for
the uss Of their bodies b. oflicers and
men,
Il this II not piece Of the Prussian
system, II II the logical product Of dis
regard OF the rights Of others.
Germany has limited the amount
that Orisnnera ma 70 s,ond ~ AK I. su~>l,