The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1918-01-03
Murder, PiIIage and Arson Part
of Deliberate Scheme of
Warfare.
HIGH OFFICERS GO ON RECORD
No Possible Evasion of Responsibility
for sestial Acts Which for centu-
ries Have Had No Parallel
Officially indorsed.

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eerHiHg The conduct of The rGr By
Germany. Proof is offered thai Ger
man officials deliberately lied in
their statements concerning dfroci-
fies committed 5y The Belgidns and
allies. That their own soldiers uere
disguised by the eruelties practiced
at the order of high officers of the
kaiser IS shorn. EEtraets faken
from pamphlets issued foliow:
The vorwaerts of Berlin, October %
1914. said:
I'VE have already been able to es-
tnblish the faiseness of great number
of assertions which have been made
with great precision and published
everywhere in the press. concerning al
legged crusltles committed, by the popu-
lationS OF the countries with which
Germany Is at war. upon German sol
diers and civilians. We are now In po-
sition Ia silence two others OF these
fantastic stories.
The war correspondent OF the Ber-
liner Tngehlntt spoke a few weeks
ago Of cigars and cigarettes filed with
powder alleged to have been given out
or sold to our soldiers with diabolicai
intent He even pretended that he had
seen with his own eyes hundreds of
this kind ~ cigarettes We learn from
M authentic source that this story of
cigars and cigarettes Is nothing but n
brazcn invention. Stories of soldiers
whose eyes are alleged to have been
torn out by frsncs-tircurs are circuint-
ed throughout Germany Not n single
case of this kind has been officially cs-
tnblished.
1T matters little TINT reports Of this
nature bear sn appearance of positive
ccrtitude. or are even vouched for by
eye-witnes<es. The desire for notoriety.
the absence of criticism. and personal
error play au unfortunate part In the
days in which we are living. Every
nose she, oT or simply bound up.
EVERY eye removed. is Immediately
transformed into n nose or eye torn
away by the frnucs-;ireurs. Already the
volkszeitung NJ Cologne has been able.
contrary TO the very categorical asser-
lions from Alx.ln-Chapelle, to prove
that there was no soldier with his eyes
torn out III the field ambulance Of this
town. II was said. also. that people
wounded In this wny were under treat
ment in the nelrhborhood of Berlin.
hut whenever Inquiries have been made
In regard In these reports. their ahso-
lutte faisity has been demonstrated. At
length these reports were concentrated
M Gross Lichtcrfeldc. A newspaper
published at noon and widely circn-
lated In Berlin printed n few days ago
in large type the news that nt the
Iazaretto Of Lichtcrfelde alone there
were ten GerTnan soldiers. only slight.
ly wounded. whose eyes had been wick
cdly torn cut But to request for
information hy Conrade Iichknecht
the following written reply was sent
hy the chief medical officer OF the
aforementioned field hospital. dated
the eighteenth of fhc month:
"'Sir: Happily there Is no truth
whatever In these stories.
Yours obcdiently,
PROFESSOR RAUTENRERG.'
German Soldiers Protested.
Thus the teachings of The German
War Book and OF the German apostles
OF frightfulness. suspicion and hatred.
had now begun 70 bear their natural
fruit But the voice of protest wa.
not entirely silent. A considerable
number of letters ny German soldier
who werr shocked by the German
atrocities were sen, to Ambassador
Gerard. because he was the representa-
tive OF the United States. the leading
neutral nation. The three letters
which follow. In translation. were re
ceived by the American Ambassador
from German soldiers.
Here Is the protest OF German sol.
der nm eyewitness Of the slaughter o.
Russian soldiers In the Masurian lakes
and swamps:
cit was frichtfui. hcnrt-rcnding. a.
these masses of humun beings were
driven TO destruction. Above the ter
rfhle thunder Of the cnnnor couid he
heard the henrt-rendlnr cries Of tn.
Russians: % Prussiansl q Prussians .
but there was no MERCY Our captain
had ordered: The wholc lot must die !.
SO rapid fire. As have heard, nv.
men and one officer on our side went
mnd from these hcart-cnding cries
But most of my comrades and the Off
GERS joked ns the unnrmed and helpless.
Russians shricked for mercy Will,
they were being sufrocated In tn,
swnmps and shot down. The order
was: CLOSE mp and at II harderr For
days afterwards those hcart-renalnp
yells followed me and / dare not think
Of them or shnll go mad. There Is no
any more. There are no human beings
any more. but only beasts. Down with