The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-02

myself ana another leading them 0OWI
the cObblestOnes of the street and Ou
where the riOting would be less thar
in the great city, with the soldiers or
each side, with bayonets fixed, with
| the women held back.
''The degradation Of it T. The degra
! dation Of 1t as they walked into this
great market square, where the pens
! We're erected, exactly as If they were
cattle-all the great men Of that prov.
! ince-the lawyers, the statesmen, the
/ heads Of the trades, the men that had
made the capital Of Hainaut glorious
during the last 20 years.
'There they We're collected; no ques-
ton Of who they were, whether they
. were busy or what they were doing,
or what their position in life. Go to
the right! Go to the left! Go to the
right! So they were turned to the
one side or the other.
'Trains were standing there ready,
steaming, to take them to Germany.
You saw on the one side the one
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A hasty embrace and they were sepa-
rated and gone.
"YOu saw the women In hundreds,
with bundles in their hands, beseech-
ing to be permitted to approach the
trains, to give their men the last that
they had in life between themselves
and starvatiOn-a small bundle Of
clothing to keep them warm on their
way to Germany. You saw women ap-
proach with a bundle that had been
purchased by the sale of the last
Of their household effects. Not
one was allowed to approach to give
her man the warm pair Of stockings or
the warm jacket, SO there might be
some chance Of his reaching there. OF
they went John 81. Gade, in the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine, May.
1917.
The Belgian women sent touching
appeal to Minister Whitlock:
Appeal Of Belgian Women.
Brussels, Nov. Is, 1916. 46 Rue de la
Madeleine.
"His Excellency, Mr.. Brand Whitlock,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary Of the United States
of America.
"Mr. Minister:
From the depths Of our we'll of
misery our supplication rises to you.
I'm addressing ourselves to you, we
denounce to your government. as well
as to our sisters, the women of the
nation which you represent in our
midst, the criminal abuse of force Of
which our unhappy and defenseless
people is a victim.
"Since the beginning Of this afro
cious war We have looked on impotent-
ly and with our hearts torn with every
sorrow at terrible events which put
civilization back into the ages Of the
barbarian hordes.
"Mr. Minister, the crime which is
now being committed under your eyes,
namely, the deportation Of thousands
Of men compelled to work on enemy
soil against the interests Of their coun-
try, cannot find any shadow Of excuse
on the ground of military necessity, for
1t constitutes a violation by force Of q
sacred right of human conscience.
Called "Monstrous Extremity.
Whatever may be the motive, it
cannot be admitted that citizens may
be compelled to work directly or indi-
rectly for the enemy against their
brothers who are fighting.
THE convention Of The Hague has
consecrated this principle.
Nevertheless, the occupying power
is forcing thousands OF men to this
monstrous extremity, which is con-
trary to morals and international law,
both these men who have already been
taken to Germany and those who to-
morrow win undergo the same fate,
Il from the outside, from neutral Eu-
rope and the United States, no help Il
offered.
"Oh! The Belgian women have also
known how to carry out their duty in
the hour Of danger: they have not
weakened the courage Of the soldiers
Of honor by their tearA
'They have bravely given to thar
country those whom they loved.
The blood Of mothers Il flowing on tho