Condon globe. (Condon, Gilliam Co., Or.) 189?-1919, 1918-08-30

kEClIll<l.M Amerieh Whsioeo
ing Belgium. Po
land and Northern France. In one ot
these statements Mr.. Walcott says:
Even now ] hnd II hard to describe
In comprehensible terms the mind oi
o1icial Germany. which dominates and
shapes all German thought and action,
Yet II Is as hard. as clear.cut. az real
a. any material thing. saw II In
Poland, ! saw the same thing In Bel.
sinm. heard OF II In Serbia and Rou.
mania. For weeks Il was always be.
fore me. always the same. Oficers
talked freely, frankly. directly. All
the stan officers have the same view.
Let me try 20 tell Il. as General Won
Kries told me, In Poland. In the midst
OF q dying nation. Germany In des.
tined to rule the world, or at least a
great part Of II. The German people
are 80 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 II makes for the stat - ad.
vancement, their lives are TO be sacri-
fced X II 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.
pathy must not be allowed. II II ham,
pers the main design of promoting
Germany's ends.
starvation is here" said General
von Krles. "Candidly, we would like
to see Il relieved; we fear our soldiers
may be unfavorably affected by the
things that they see. But since II Is
here. starvation must serve our pur-
pose. So we set It to work for Ger
many. BY starvation we can accom-.
pllsh In two or three years in East
Poland more than we have In West
Poland, which Is East Prussia. in the
last hundred years. With that In
view, we propose to turn this force to
our advantage.
"rhis country Is meant for Ger
many" continued the keeper of starv-
ing Poland. SIT Is a rich alluvial
country which Germany has needed
for some generations. We propose to
remove the abie-bodied working Poles
from this country. II leaves It open
for the inflow Of German working peo.
pie as fast as we can spare them.
They will occupy It and work It."
Then with a cunning smile, Cant
you see how 1t works out7 BY and by
we shall give back freedom to Poland.
When that happens Poland will appear
automatically as German province"
In Belgium, General Won Bisslng
told me exactly the same thing. "rf
the relief Of Belgium breaks down we
can force the industrial population In
to Germany through starvation and
colonize other Belgians In Mesopo-
tamla where we have planned large
irrigation works; Germans will then
overrun Belgium. Then when the war
is over and freedom is given back to
Belgium, 1t will be a German Belgium
that Is restored. Belgium win 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 Belglahs, Poles, Serbians,
Armenians, and now Roumanians. Ger
many does more. Women left captive
are enslaved. Germany makes all
manner of lust its instrumentality.
The other day friend Of mine told
me Of man just returned from north
ern France. IT cannot tell you the de-
tails" he said, 'man to man, ] don't
want to repeat what heard" Some
OF the things he did tell--shocking
mutllation and moral murder, He told
of women, by the score, In occupied
territory of northern France, prisoned
In underground dungeons, tethered for
the use Of their bodies by officers and
men. H -