The Wrangell sentinel., 1918-03-21
WRITTEN RECORD
 OF ATROCITIES
Narlev of German Soldiers Tell ei Murder and PilIage in
 Belgian Cities.
CALLED "DlSGRAcE TO ARMY
No discrimination Made Between ln- nocent and GuIty-tnfants Shot
 in Dead Mothers Arms-Tes- timony of Brand Whitlock.

Very many German soldiers ~ho hare been fdh'cn pr'Soaer had Kept diaries. and ihesc hare been conts- cated by the captors. Many hare bcen published. frcqucntly mith fac simHe reproductions 10 guarantee her authenticitN The to'loming e.rt,ucts. mih Me testimony O. B,und WhiHock. are nude public by Me commitee on public informatloh at Washington:
 Aug. 233 Our men came back and said that at the point where the valley joined the Mouse we could not get any further. aS the villagers were shooting at Us from every house. we shot the whole lot-16 of them. They were drawn up in three ranks; tlle same shot did for three at d time.
 The men bad already shown their brutal instincts: -.
 "The sight of the bodies of ail the inhabitants who had been shot was indeScribable. Every house in the whole village was destroyed. We dragged the villagers enc after an other out of the most unlikely corners, The men were shot as well aS the women and children who were in the convent. since shots had been fired from the convent windows; and We burnt it afterwards.
 "The inhabitants might have es- capped the penalty by handing over the guilty and paying 15,000 francs.
 "The inhabitants fired on our men again. The division took drastic steps 10 stop this, the villages being burnt and the inhabitants being shot. The pretty little village of Cue d'Ossus, however. was apparently set on fire without cause. A cyciist feli off his machine and his rifle went off, He immediately said he hnd been shot at. All the inhabitants were burnt in the houses. hope there will be nc more such horrors.
 "Disgrace to Our Army"
 "At Leppe apparently 200 men were shot. There must have been some in- nocent mcn among them. In future we shall have to hold an inquiry as to their guilt instead of shooting them.
 "In the evening we marched to Muubert-iton,aine Just as we were having our meal the alarm was sound- ed-eteryone is very junlpy.
 "September 3. Still at Rethel, on guard over prisoners. The houses are charming inside. The middle class in France has magnificent furniture. We found stylish pieces everywhere .. Good God Every bit oi furniture broken. mirrors smashed. The vandals themselves could not have done more damage. This place is d disgrace to our army. The in hnIitants who fled could not have tx pectcd, Uf course, that all their goods would have heen left intact after so many troops had passed. But the col umn comm; ntl"rS are responsible for the greater part of the damage, as they could have prevented the footing and destruction. The damage amounts to millions of marks; even the safes have been attacked.
 ''In q solicitors house, ill which, as luck would hay" it, all was in excel lent taste. including Il collection of old lace and Eastern works of art everything was smashed to bits. "I could not resist taking il little i mementO myself here and there. One house was particularly elegant everything in the best taste. The hall was of light oak; found Il splendid raincoat under ihe staircase and q c;,nic.'a for Felix G'rom the diary Of an officer ill the One Hundred Seventy-eighth regiment. Twelfth Sax on cOrps.)
 But his horror apparently was nol shared by the German rOniil;ander Ill chief, as Is evident from the follow ing:
 Order.
 ITO the People of Liege. "The population of Andenne, aftel making a display uf peaceful inten | tiOiIS toward our troops, attacked then in the most trcacheroiis manner. Witl my authorization, the general com maHtling these troops has reduced tht town to ashes and has had 11O persons 1 shot.
 'I bring this fact to the knowledge Of the people of I.iege in order thai they may know what fate to expec should they adopt Il similar attitude.
 "Liege, 22d August, 1914. 1 ..l,IcNI'RAl. NAN RIILI AlVO O