Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1918-01-17


made by the German auth 1tle4 ~ 81
tober 20, 1915 (rsquisition e . ~ IL
workmen to be drawn up u ri
nicipality} sss : -. ss.
1.-THE municipal council resoavSG
maintain its attitude Of refusal.
ut further feels It it's duty to SlacQs
on record the following:
The city Of Journal Is preparS1t ~
submit unreservedlysto all the e1Igsn
cies authorized by the laws and Gus
toms of war. Its sincerity cannot b.
questioned. For more than two years
1t has submitted to the German bccu.
patton, during which time 1t has lodgs6
and lived at close quarters with the
German troops, yet 1t has displayed
perfect cOmp0sure and has refralAed
from any act Of hostility, previna
thereby that 1t is animated BY nd idle
spirit Of bravado.
I'm his declaration dated Septembek
2, 1914, the German governor general
of Belgium declared: I ask none to
repounce his patriotic sentimental
The city Of Journal reposes con.
fidence in this decoration, which dt Ii
bound to consider as the sentiment Of
the German emperor, in whose name
the governor general was speaking. n
accepting the inspiration Of honor and.
patriotism, the city is loyal to funds.
mental duty, the holiness Of which
must be apparent to any German On.
Ger.
1.-THE city is confident that The
straightforwardness and clearnem o.
this attitude. will prevent any misun.
Outstanding arising between itself and
the German army Is.
Answer 10 Lecture and Fine.
Journal, 23rd October, 1915.
"In permitting itself, through the
medium of municipal resolutions, to
oppose the orders of the German mill
tary authorities in the occupied ter
ritory, the city is guilty of an unexam. i
pied arrogance and of a complete mis- 4
understanding Of the situation created
by the state Of war ii
"The clear and simple situation. 10
In reality the following:
"The military authorities order tine
city to obey. Otherwise the city must
bear the heavy consequences, as I,have
pointed out in my previous explana-
tons.
1.-THE general commanding the army
has inflicted on the city-oh account
| OF its refusal, up to date, to furnish
the lists demanded punitive cUn.e
tributiOn of 200 600 marks, which must
be paid within the next six days, be-
ginning with today. The general also
adds that until such time as all the
lists demanded are In his hands, f0r.l
every day in arrears, beginning wit( 1
December 81, 1916, sum Of 20,OCS
marks will be paid by the city. - )
HOPPER, Major General,
"Etappen-Komman
| The Commission Syndicate Of Bel.
gian workingmen also attempted to In.
duce the German authorities to abap.
don their terrible plans.
Recited Wrongs Of Workmen.
Commission Syndicate Of Belgium.
Brussels, S0th Oct, 1915.
ITO the Governor General of Belgium.l
"Excellency: The measures which
are being planned by your. admins, y
tration to force, the unemployed Ng
work for the invading power, the de.
portation Of our unhappy comrades('
which has begun In the region Of thu
etapes, move most profoundly. the ell
tire working class in Belgium.
1.-The undersigned, members and rep.
resentatives Of the great central so
cialist and independent syndicales OF
Belgium, would consider that they had
not fulfilled their duty did they not ex-
press to you the painful sentiment
which agitate the laborers and convey
to you the echo Of their touching comtd
plants.
'They have seen the machinery
taken from their factories, the most
diverse kind Of raw materials, requisia
toned, the accumulation Of obstaclesS
to prevent the resumption of regulars1
work, the disappearance one by one Oh
every public liberty of which they werei
proud.
For more than two years the Lao
boring class more than any other hasS
been forced to undergo the most bitI
ter trials, experiencing misery and
often hunger, while its children fart
away fight and die. and the parental
of these children can never convey tSl
them the affection with which theiId
hearts are overlooking.
Pathetic Appeal Dlsresarded.
"Our laboring class has endureds|
everything with the utmost calm and
the most impressive dignity, repressings'
its sufferings, Its complaints and heavy
trials, sacrificing everything to its
ideal Of liberty and independence. But
the measures which have been AM
nounced will make the population draiA
the dregs (of the cup) of human so8
row; the proletariat, the poor upon
whom unemployment has been forced!
citizens Of modern state, are to be !
condemned to forced labor without
having disobeyed any regulation of|
order.
I'm the name of the families oil
workmen among which the most pain}
full anxiety reigns at present, whose
mothers, whose dancees, and whos&
little children are destined to shed sok
many more tears, we beg your excel
iency to prevent the accomplishment
Of this painful act, contrary to I'D
ternational law. contrary to the din
n}fv NJ tho xHporl,1r~ n1occ~o no,.k~n-,S