The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1918-01-03

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terrible time, and still these, are not
the events of battle heat, but the eff
fects Of q grinding heel Of a race de-
handing the mastership of the world.
All these things are known to the
worid-but what can never be known
is the dumb agony Of the people, the
e~xpressionless faces of millions
whose souls have passed the whole
gamut of emotions. And why? Be-
cause these, a free and democratic
people, dared plunge their bodies be-
fore the march Of autocracy.".
Frederick c. Walcott's description
of devatated Poland comprehends the
monstrous woes inflicted by the Prus-
sian system upon those defenseless
people.
In a statement prepared for the
book, Vernon kellogg said: II went
into Belgium and occupied France a
neutral, and l maintained while there
a steadfast neutral behavior, but I
came out no neutral. I went
in also a hater Of war; but, also I
came out with ineradicable convic-
ton, again, that the only way in
which Germany under its present rule
and its present state Of mind can be
kept from doing what it has done is
by force of arms"
The book gives excerpts from the
diaries Of German soldiers of which
these r specimens: I'm the night Of
August 1919 the village of Saint
Maurice was punished for having fired
on German soldiers by being burnt
to the ground by German troops.
The village was surrounded, men
posted about a yard from one anoth-
er, so that no one could get out. Then
the Uhlans set fire to it house by
house; neither man, woman, or child
could escape; only the greater part
of the live stock we carried off, as
that could be used. Any one who
ventured to come out was shot down.
All the inhabitants left in the village
were burned with the houses"
"A horrible bath. of blood. The
whole village burnt, the French
thrown into the blazing houses, civ
ilians with the rest"
That the reign of frightfulness was
the definite policy of TIE German gov
eminent is testified to by an amaz-
ing collection Of documents and ut
terances Of German officialdom. Here
with are excerpts from documentary
proof furnished by German records
establishing the truth beyond ques-
ton:
"As Don al you come to blows with
the enemy he will be beaten. No
mercy will be shown! No prisoners
will be taken! AS the Huns, under
King Attila, made a name for them
selves, which is still mighty in ira
ditions and legends today, may the
name of German be so fixed in China
by your deeds, that no Chinese shall
ever again dare to look at a German
askance. . F. Open the way for Kul-
tur once for all."-From the Kaiser's
speech to the soldiers on the v of
their departure for China in 1900.
whenever a national war breaks
out, terrorism becomes a necessary
military principle" General Van
Hartmann. 49, :
aThe city Of Brussels, exclusive. of
it's suburbs, has been punished by. an
additional fine Of. 100000 francs on
account Of the attack made upon; a
German soldier by Ryckere, one Of
it's police officials.n"-Baron Van Luet-
WITT, Governor. of Brussels.
"a. II am thirsty, bring me so beer,
gin, rum of you lie to me ! will
have. you shot Neutrality-suspicious.
sentences are taken from. a phase
book supplied to German soldiers, ac-
cording, to Minister Brand Whitlock..
zone cannot make war in a senti-
mental fashion. The more pitiless
the conduct of the war, the more hui
name it is in reality, for it will run
its course all the sooner" General
Won Bernhard.
"The innocent must suffer with the
guilty /. . All this must not in
our eyes weigh as much as the life of
a single one Of our brave soldiers
the righteous accomplishment of duty
is the emanation of the high Kultdr.
and in that the population Of the en-
envy countries can learn q lesson from
our armies" General Won Kissing.
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