El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-10-08
ALLIES SHOULD EXACT REPRISALS 81
FOR EVERY VILLAGE DESTROYED

THE useless cruel and vindicve destruction of French
cities towns villages and farms by the Germans as
they fail back the blows Of marshal Foch and the
allied armies oa for punishment That punishment should
be eopous and prompt IN its administration as IS posi-
be.
St Quentin one Of the principal industrial cities Of
northern France has been Tecaptured by the allies Rather
they have recovered what St. Quentin Dynamite
fire and systematic lootng have left St. Quentin nothing
but blackened runs.
Cambria another industrial city is about to be taken
by the allies The city has been burning days Be
fore setting fire to It the Huns doubtless carried out their
regular program Of systematic loong taking every single
article from every store which they could posi-
bly, carry and destroying every article left behind
When the allies hold Cambria, they will hold a dead
shell Of city. They VIII find the villages between cities
demolished utterly They viii find the countryside
e every house ruin every implement broken every tree
and vine sawed off, every mine ruined pit This is the
sort Of bsrbarous yet scientific destruction the Germans
vii practice every foot Of their retreat the Rhine
Then they throw up their bloody hands cry "Ka
ersdI" and expect the world to quit.
Every town demolished tortures France and Belgium.
For that the allies have been sparng IN their ar
cry fire much possible. They have known the Ger
would profit that extent, using the best cities for
their strongest points Of defence and for the storage Of i'm
mense supplies Of materials. But It could not be
helped The allies have chosen to Tsk their lives little
in order to protect far possible the lives Of c
villains in the cities and towns and the buildings them
selves
Germany has started on the back track Nov is the
time to stop further Tuthlessness The allies acting IN
concert, should notify the imperial government that the
destruction Of French Belgian city viii Tepara-
ton from Germany equally great The time IS coming
when the allies VIII held German territory; when the al
lies viii dictate to the Germans the Of surrender
Germany must realize this and if told that the al
lies VIII make her pay the price Of her wanton destruction
Il ought to have its effect.
It would be pity 70 lay waste any of the world
than necessaTytO wreck German cities Just because the
Germans wrecked the cities Of Belgium France after
numbering their and boys and Tavishing their girls
and women, but GERMANY MUST PAY THE PRICE
Germany must be told that for every city destroys OF
permits to be destroyed now, it must PAY. Germany has
levied almost impossible tribute upon the citizens cap
tive cities Of France and Belgium merely because she
could; because she held them her bloody grasp Ger
many must be told that when German cities fail into al
Lied hands tribute VIII be levied from her cities in equal
proportion greater than the damage she is doing to the
cities Of Belgium and France. This viii hit the Germans
harder than threat destroy their own cities in reaia
TO SELECT GERMAN CITIES OF EQUAL SIZE OF
THOSE DESTROYED AND FORCE The PEOPLE OF /
THESE CITIES TO REBUILD DESTROYED AND A
RUINED FRENCH OR BELGIAN CITY. Let this word
90 out the plan and policy of the allies and there viii
arise all Germany protest further ruthless de-
struction and despoliation.
When the German people at home realize that they
must pay for the damage their troops are now doing there
VII be protest that nay bring about cessation Of such
warfare. Vandals everywhere, when financially response
be- are made to pay for property destroyed WHY /
The allies VIII be able BY force Of arms
to collect the they expect the Germans to paw Ger
many must be held BY the allied nations Of the world for
years perhaps while the German imperial government
paying the indemnity that must be forced from II for the
runation It has caused to the world.
VIII be Just easy to exact further repsratiou from
the German cities and towns at the time In add