American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-11-01

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Undoubtedly the kaiser was aware Of
what his soldiers we're doing, and to
defend their conduct he lent a ready
ear to the unfounded charges made
against the Belgians.
81 have already framed a message
which / intend sending to your presi-
dent regarding the use of dumdum
bullets by the Belgians and French"
the kaiser went on. 1--WE have ample
proof to establish this charge not only
in the character Of the wounds suffered
by my soldiers but in the shape Of IN
used cartridges which we found in the
captured forts"
Strangely enough, the kaiser sent
off his protest to President Wilson
about the same day that President
Poincare forwarded a similar protest
based upon the use Of dumdum bullets
by the Germans.
Regarding the violation Of Belgium's
neutrality, the kaiser was able to Of
fer no reasonable argument. The fact
that be was willing TO pay Belgium for
permission to allow his armies TO 20
through that country was apparently
sufficient justification in his eyes for
taking by force what Belgium refused
to sell.
'How foolish of Belgium to have re-
sisted usl' he declared, in this con-
nection. "Had they consented to let
us walk through we would have paid
for everything-everythingl Not a
hair of their heads would have been
touched and Belgium today would be
in the same happy financial condition
that Luxembourg is"
At a subsequent interview we re-
ferred to Belgium again, and the kali
ser alleged that Japan had violated
the neutrality Of China when she sent
troops through Chinese territory to
seize Kiao-Chau.
1T is all right for the allies to do
these things" he commented sarcas-
tically, but when Germany does them
England rises up in righteous indig-
nation. The hypocrites. Why, we
found papers in Brussels which
showed %conclusively that England and
Belgium had a secret agreement by
which in the event Of wal with Ger
many England was to be permitted to
occupy Belgiuml We've got those pa
pers in Berlin. We could have nc
more positive proof against them. The
Belgians were simply England's tools! =
Some of the arguments the kaiser
raised in his discussions with me re
garding the wal were. so weak anC
untenable hat n might well doubi
his sincerity in urging them, but
shall give them for what they ar'
worth.
"They refer to US as the Huns :" tn
kaiser observed bitterly. IF you
/, people could see what the Russian
have done in the Bukowina and east
/, ern Prussia they would know thel
who are the real Huns They de
stroyed everything they could la
their hands on. In n of my shoot
, ing lodges which the Cossacks entere
they even knocked out the teeth of tn
7 boars' heads which hung on the walls
2 With knives they cut out the covers G
my chairs. They had special FIR
D bombs which they threw on peacefr
: villages. These bombs had been col
p structed in peace times and were d.
I signed solely for pillage and destru'
ton.
p Instead of treating their soldier
d as prisoners of war We should haY
' strung them up by the neck-ever
f. n of themi"
: Several prominent Poles, who wei
patients OF mine and whose fine e
d tates in Poland were looted and d
O molished, told me positively that Il
g destruction and de%predations wei
# committed entirely by German troop
/ The Russians had occupied the housI
when they were in possession of tn
section of the country, but it was n
IS until they were driven out by the &c
mans that the acts Of vandalism we
IS committed and they had c%onvinciI
evidence that in every case the &c
IS man soldiers and not the Russial
Fl were responsible.
r The outrages committed by the &c
ID mans in their treatment Of p%risone