El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-05-11

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N Latzko. a high ranking officer in
The Austrian army. has written a
book and in that book he indicts Ger
man and Austrian militarism in the
most vehement manner yet penned by
a Hun The very fact that Austria
has permitted the publication and cir
culation Of such a book. ACCUSING
GERMANY OF THE BLACKLIST
CRIMES THAT WE'RE EVER COM
MITTED By A NATION, Is IN IT.
SELF SIGNIFICANT. The book has
already been suppressed in Germany
under the threat OF seVerest penal
ties; the few copies that had found
their way into the Hunland were
seized and their owners received sen
fences varying from two 10 five
years.
In one place in the book Andreas
Latzko quotes Capt. Alarschner's own
words whose kind heart shrank
from sending his men 10 certain
death" Capt. Marschner suffered
heavily the ridicule Of Lieut. Weix-
Ter. his 20 year old subordinate.
WEILLER WAS TYPICAL Hun.
AND CONSEQU ENTLF HAD No
OTHER THOUGHT THAN MEDALS,
IRON CROSSES AND PROMOTIONS
HE MUST WIN. HE DROVE HIS
MEN LIKE A BUTCHER DRIVES
HIS CATTLE To THE ABATrOIR,
AND YET THE COMPASSIONATE
CAPTAIN AND THE BRUTAL LIEU
TENANT MET THE SAME FATE
Audreas LarZkO, the Austrian off,
Ger calls his book Men in War"
From the opening sentence 10 the
very last word Andreas LarZko ac-
cuses Germany and Austria as the in
spirer Of a peculiarly savage sort Of
q
peace loving people 70 hopeless sub
Young officer DevH.
Here are some OF his own words
The company rested for half an
hour at the edge OF the woods Then
Capt Marschner gave the command
to start He was pale in spite OF the
killing heat. and he turned his eyes
aside when he gave Lieut. WeiLler
Instructions that in ten minutes every
man should be ready for the march
without fail
He had really forced his own hand
in giving the order. For now. he
knew very well. there could be no
delay Whenever he let WeiLler loose
on the privates everything went like
cloCkwOrk. They trembled before this
lad OF barely 20 as though he were
the devil incarnate.
The sun beat down murderously
on the steep. treeless declivity. The
sound OF shells bursting off at a dis
lance. OF tattooing machine guns and
roaring artillery on their own side
was now mingled with the bowling
sound OF shots whizZing through the
air and ceming closer and closer.
And still the TOP OF the ridge had
not been reached The captain felt
his breath fail him, stopped and raised
his hand.
Driving Father to Death.
Full Of compassion. he looked upon
the BLUSH red faces streaming with
sweat, and gave a start when he saw
Lieut. WeiXler approaching in long
strides
With your permission, captain
he heard him rasp out, I'm going over
20 the left wing. a couple of fellows
there that don't please me at all. Es-
peciaIy SimmeI. the red haired dog.
He's pulling his head in when a
shrapnel bursts over there
"lfaschner was silent The red
haired dog-Simmel2 Wasn't that the
red haired end man in the second
line. the paper hanger and uphols-
terer who had carried that exquisite
little girl in his arms up 20 the last
moment-unul WeiNler had brutally
driven him off TO the train2 It
seemed TO the captain as though he
could stil see the children's aston
ished upward look at the mighty man
who could scold their own father.
WeIKIer's Taunt.
Let him be, he'll set used 70 IL
by and by the captain said mildly
He's got his children on his mind
and isn't in a hurry to make orphans
of them The men can't be all heroes.
II they just do their duty
-WeiXler's face became rigid His
narrow lips frightened into that hard.
contemptuous expression which the
captain felt each time like the blow
Of a whip.
Hes not supposed to think OF
his br1ts now. but Of mis- oath TO the
flag. Of the oath he swore TO his ma
jesty. his commandcrinchief You Just
told them so Yourself captain
Yes. yes. I know I did" Capt.
Marschner nodded absent mindedlv
and let himself slide down slowly on
the grass IL was not surprising that
this boy spoke as he did. but what
was surprising was that p years
ago when he himself had come from
the military academy all aglow with
enthusiasm. the phrases oath to the
nag, his majesty and commanderin-
chief had seemed to him. too, to be
the substance Of all things.
Going Into Hell.
"Marschner looked round him in
voluntarily Behind him the green
slope descended steeply TO the little
woods In which the baggage had
been left Farther behind the white
highroad CLEANED like river
framed in colored meadows.
"A short turn and the greenness
vanished.
"All life succumbed. as though
rOared down By caunons BY the howl
ing and pounding that hammered in
the valley like the puisating OF a
colossal fever. Shell hole upon she'll
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