The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-05

DtEbUu6 "nO "CIC otlON 0AO @AAAh NV foin, mayor of DInant; Sasserath, first alderman; NImmer, aged seven ty: Consul for the Argentine Republic Victor Poncelet, who was executed in the presence of his wife and seven children; Wasseige and his two sons; {; MeSsrs. Gustave and Leon Nlcaise, two very old men; Jules Monin and others all shot in the cellar of their brewery; Mir. Camille Pistte and son, aged seventeen; Phillippart Piedfopt, his wife and daughter; Miss Marsig- ny. During the execution of about forty inhabitants of Dinant the Ger mans placed before the condemned their wives and children. It Is thus that Madam Albin who had just given birth to child, three days previously, was brought on mattress by German soldiers to witness the execution Of her husband; her cries and suppllca- tions were so pressing that her hus- bands life was spared"
 "On the 26th of August German sol diers entered various streets (Of Lou vain) and ordered the inhabitants of the houses to proceed to the Place de la Station, where the bodies of nearly q dozen assassinated persons were ly- Ing. Women and children were sepa- rated from the men and forced to re- main on the Place de h Station dur ing the whole day. They had to wit ness the execution of many of their fellow citizens, who were for the most part shot at the side of the square, near the house of Mir. Hemaide. The women and children, after having re- mained on the square for more than l5 hours, were allowed to depart. The Gurdes ClviQueS of LOuvaln were also taken prisoners and sent to Germany, to the camp of Munster, where they were held for several weeks.
 "On Thursday, August 2T, order was given to the inhabitants to leave Lou vain because the city was to be bom- harded. Old men, women, children. the sick. priests, nuns, were driven on the roads like cattle. More than 1O,- GOO of the inhabitants were driven as far as Tirlemont, nearly F miles from LOuvain.
 Infants Shot In Mothers' Arms.
 "One of the most sorely tried com munities was that of the little village of TumInes, down in what Is known as the BOrinage, the coal fields near Charleroi. Tamlnes Is mining vil- lage In the Sambre; 1t is collection of small cottages sheltering about B. 900 inhabitants, mostly all poor labor CTS.
 "The little graveyard in which the church stands bears its mute testi- mony to the horror of the event. There are hundreds of new-made graves, each with Its small wooden cross and It's bit of flowers; the crosses are so close ly huddled that there Is scarcely room to walk between them. The crosses are alike and all bear the same date. the sinister date of August 22, 1914"
 But whether their hands were cut off or not, whether they were lmpaled on bayonetS or not, children were shot down, by military order, h cold blood. In the awful crime of the Rock of Bay ard, there overlooking the Mouse be- low Dlnant, infants In their mothers arms were shot down without mercy. The deed, never surpassed In cruelty by any band of savages, Is described by the bishop of Namur himself:
 "'One scene Surpasses in horror all others; It Is the fusillade of the Rocher Bayard near Dinant. It ap- pears to have been ordered by Colonel MeIster. This fusillade made many victims among the nearby parishes, especially those of des Riyages and Nefre. It caused the death of nearly 90 persons, without distinction of age or sex. Among the victims were ba- bies in arms, boys and girls, fathers and mothers of families, even old men.
 Dead Children in Pile of Bodies.
 "It was there that F children under the age of six perished from the fire of the executiOners, six of them as they lay in their mothers arms:
 1.-The child Fievet, three weeks old.
 "'Maurice Betems, eleven months old.
 "'Nelly Pellet, eleven months old.
 "Gi!da GenOn.. ea.hteen months old.