The Lancaster news. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1905-current, 1918-04-26

facturers should be stopped from go.
ing to neutral markets" Accord
ingly, the German administration i'm
Belgium was appealed to, an dit pro-
mulgated "an order stopping inn
portation, transit, and expectation"
OF these goods. Seizure Of Belgian
trade secrets was another feature
of this typically German plan.
The extent to which Belgium has
been denuded of it's wealth, war ma
terials, machinery, means of trans
port and man power under this
iniquitous plan is almost unbelieva-
Bile. "All crude materials indispen
sable for Belgian industries" re-
ported Brand Whitlock. our minister
to Belgium, as early as August 2.
1915, were requisitioned and sent
TO Germany-leather, hides. copper,
WOOL, flax, etc Furthermore, if not
the entire stock, at least the greatest
number possible Of machinery parts
were shipped to Germany, to be
ments, in making munitions which
Belgian factories had refused to pro-
due Belgian draft horses. the best
in the world, were seized and sent IN
Germany to be sold to German farm
ers. long list compiled from the
German official ordinances is given
OF the articles ordered seized in Bal.
Eium. 1t comprises some 800 SEN
arate items, listed under such head
ings as minerals and metals, chemi-
calls, machinery, food, clothing. tex
tiles, household articles, old mate
rial oils and explosives, metal pro-
ducts for industrial establishments.
medical supplies, etc. The articles
range from tungsten steel to ground
Stag. from electric condensers and
conductors to printers slugs and
matrices, from all grains for bread
making to oat straw, from bath tubs
to stair-carpet rods and doorknobs.
from old rags to the skins. horns.
teet, bones and carcasses of horses
calves, goats, rabbits, and dogs.
Nothing apparently is overlooked or
forgotten in this ruthless robbery OF
the quivering victim. 1t is German
efficiency Joined to German unscru-
lousness and disregard of all rights
on the part of those not able to de-
fend themselves.
Other chapters in this publication
which may be obtained free bv writ
ing to Jackson Place WASHINGTON.
ID. C.. are devoted to pillage and ar
son as practically by German officers
and troops; to the deliberate burn
ing of the rich city of Louvain. on
the false charge that the citizens had
hred on German troops: and to the
wanton destruction of houses. or
chards, and every work of man car
ried out last spring in northern
France when Hindenburg was forced
to fall back from the region of the
Somme.
Professor Dana c. Munro, of
Princeton University, is the compil- |
er, assisted by George c. Sellery. of |
the University of Wisconsin, and |
August c. Krey. of the University of |
The pamphlet is part |
two of German War Practices" the |
first part Of which, by the same au-
thors. was issued several months
ago.
I'm some respects the material in |
this part" write the authors in the |
(which deals with the
treatment of conquered territory,
seems at first OF a less brutal and re-
volting character, as injury to prop
arty is always less serious than mur-
der and enslavement Of people. But
when the treatment of conquered
.erritory is studied carefully it is
lear that the system shows itself
1ere in an even more brutal form
because the systematic exploitation
md wanton destruction would ine-
'itably lead to starvation of the
population, especially OF the aged