The Kadoka press and Kadoka reporter. [volume] (Kadoka, S.D.) 1910-1923, 1918-05-17
FATE Of BELGIUM
AWAITS NEUTRAlS
TITLE OF GERMAN WARNING IF
THEY JOIN ALLIES IN WAR.
CITE AMOUNT OF BOOTY SEzI0
o,,isbnent inflicted Upon stricken
pAople Astounding.-chiidTen Fined
Churches and cathedrais Destroyed
Prisoners of War Mlstreateo'

weshinrton-Germ propagandists
bevo flooded Spain with documeht
printed in Spanish, warning heutr"i
nations of the frghtfulness they ina!
e,nect II they align themselves VIVA
the allies In the war transiatioh
made nublic by the state department
follows:
Resides an untold amount or war
material. captured on the battieheid.
the Germans have taken possession
Of incalculable booty in France anu
Belgium, including:
"High grade watches, All; average
watches 5,Ol6; underwear, lS,oiS;
embrolderes and wOmen's hahdker-
chiefs, 1912; umbrellas and parasols'
87O5; silver spoons. 1876; bottles ot
champagne, $4,000
"These figures show a large In
crease over those Of the campaign
against France in 1S70-71.
"In Belgium, besides many art
treasures. they have confiscated OLD
paintings valued at 100000 pesetas.
due 10 the treachcry of Cardinal
Mercier and other priests, who did
their utmost to stir the priests against
the good-heartcd German soldiers
| they were forced 10 teach severe
| lesson to the Belgian and French
! Catholics.
I A rnnnnfa0
unserviceable, S; churches destroyed.
27; rendered unserviceable, N. To-
tai 73
"In Poland also. large number of
churches have been destroyed for
military reasons. The figures con
cerning these have not yet been pub
lished.
"As Il result of the stupid stubborn
ness of the Belgian people In con-
tinuing the struggle after their bloody
and final defeat ON the battlefield, the
German officers were forced against
their will to impose punlshments on
many rich individuals and wealthy
cities.
This has contributed the following
amounts to German treasury:
"Punishments. S7,0O0,0O0 pesetas :
security, 13.OOO,5OO pesetas; reprlsals,
l5,750,0O0 pesetas; forced contribu.
tions, 4,320,S50 pesetas. Total, l2o,-
OIL 800 pesetas.
I "This amount includes fine OF
I 1900 pesetas imposed on the Alsa'
tlan children who insist on speaking
/ the French language and refuse te
( study the beautiful German Language
e The statistics are a most useful warn.
= Ing to neutral countries
g "If there are still any thinking OF
siding with the allies, let them take
+ warning from the fate Of the others.
In connection with claims Of the ex
8 tent Of territory occupied by German
9 troops the following foot note ap
u pears:
when 1t is held that the Germans
5 have occupied no English territory
u and that on the contrary they have
t lost all their African colonies amount
> ing to some three million square kilo
meters, It must be remembered tina
u the English, according to the declara
u ton Of their ministers. are net intend
u ing to secure any extension Of tn
{ British empire, that they have enter
ed the struggle with only the aim o
helping the Belgians.
IS THAT is 10 say, the English hav
,r practically pledged themselves to re
d turn the German colonies after TIA
" war in exchange for the evacuation
n and indemnification Of Belgium. Th
N Germans, therefore, are to recover a
m that they have lost In Africa.
sr More than 10000 British have bee
Is made prisoners. Although to these ni
ss ures the English oppose 124.SO6 Gel
k. man prisoners taken by them on tn
Id western front. 1t must be remembers
". ths English treat prisoners with no
10 able kindness (blandura netoria
IS Will. the regime imposed on the Eni
10 tish prisoners by the Germans Is on
re Of extreme rigor; so that the German
,e with small number Of prisoners, hav
,e secured q much superior moral effec
Id Beaides, to the 1924 officers and 81. 81
1T soldiers must be added the sever;
Id thousand English prisoners that hav
ig died In consequence of disease. scani
~ food and other accidents in Germa
nd concentration camps.
"The figures refer to the total pri,
to tha drive I'm picardv and Flanders