The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1918-01-31

days ugo; we think Il our dug to
bring these details to your notice 10y
reproducing tcxtually the declarations
which have been mndc to us:
These DECORATIONS began towards
Faster. The Germans announced that
the inhabitants OF Tuuhniy. Tourcoing,
Lille, etc. were going 80 be- transport.
ed into French districts where their
provisioning would be cn.icr.'
AT night. ut about two o'clock In
the morning, II whole district Of he
was invested by the 'roop7 Of or
cupatiOn. To each hoIS" was distrib.
Itcd Il printed notice, cf rhich We give
herein m cXuct reproduction, prescrv.
ing the style and spelling (Scc dOcu.
mCnt. abuvc.)
1.-THE inhabitants so WI rncd were to
hold themselves ready 10 depart un
hour and II half after the distribution
" the proclamation
Each family. drawn Up outside tho
house, was examined 10y an officer, who
pointed out huphuaard the persons who
were Ia 90. No words can express tho
harburiiy Of this proceeding nor de.
scribe the hcartrending scenes which
occurred young men and girls took
husty farewell of their parcnts-a fare.
we'll hurried by the German soldiers
who were executing the Infamous task
-reioined the group Of those who We're
going, aud found themselves In the
solddlc Of the street, surrounded by
other soldiers with fixed bnyOncts.'
"'TearS az despair on the part of
parents and children so ruthlessly
separated did not soften the hearts Of
the brutal Germans. Sometimes. how
ever, II more kind-heastcd officer yield
I'd 10 too great despair and did no.
choose all the persons whom he should
by the terms OF his Instructions
have separated
Herded Like Cattle.
These girls and lads were taken
In street ears to factories, where they
were numbered and labeled like cnttlo
and grouped to form conveys. In these
factories. they remained L., "a or 3U
hours until a train was ready to re-
move them
1.-The deportation began with the
villages OF Roncy, Hallu'n, etc, then
Tourcoing and Roubaix. In the towns
the Germans proceeded by districts
"'In all about 10000 persons are said
to have been carried of ~ to the pres
INT. This monstrous operation has
taken eight to ten days 20 accomplish.
1.-THE reason given by the German
authorities is n humanitarian CD n
they have put forward the following
pretexts: provisioning is going to
break down in the large towns Ia the
north and their suburbs, whereas In
the Ardennes the feeding Is easy and
cheap
at is known from the young men
and girls, since sem back to their
families for reasons OF health, that In
the department Of the Ardcnnes the
victims are lodged in u terrible man
ner, In disgraceful promiscuity; they
are compelled to work Ia the fields. 1t
Is unnecessary TO say that the inhabi-
tants Of our towns are not trained to
such work. The Germans pay them
l.50 N. But there are complaints OF
insufficient food.
~"Barbarity Of Slave Drivers"
They were very badly received In
the Ardennes. The Germans had told
the Ardennais that these were ''yolun-
teers' who were coming to work. and
the Ardennais proceeded to receive
them with many insults, which only
ceased when the fcrcible deportation
OF which they were the victims became
known
Feeling ran especially high In our
towns. Never has so Ubiquitous n
measure been carried out. The Ger
mans have shown oil the barbarity Of
slave drivers
THE families SO scattered are in
despair and the morale of the whole
population Is gravely affected. Boys
OF fourteen. schoolboys in knicker-
lockers, young girls of fifteen 10 six
ten have been carried of, and the de-
spuiring protests Of their parents failed
10 touch the hearts OF the German Off
GERS. or rather executloners.'
zone last detail: The persons 40
deportcd are allowed TO write home
once II month; that Is to say, even less
often than military prisoners
I I'VE do not wish here to enter Into
the question Of provisioning In the In.
vnded districts others, better quail.
fled than ourselves, give you, ns we
know. frequent information. 1t Is
enough for us TO describe In n few
woods the situation from this aspect
Entire Population in Misery.
"The provisioning il very difficult
food, apart from that supplied Ly tn,
Spanish American committee, Is yer,
scarce and terribly dear. People
are hungry and the provisioning Is In
adequate by AZ least II half our pOpu
latlon is suffering constant prlyutlon,
and is growing noticcably weaker. Tn,
death rate, too, has Increased cunsld
crably.
with all confidence in the sympath,
Of tn, government we venture % al