Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1918-10-25

too valuable q man to be left to the
French and British. The soldiers,
therefore, seized the smith, held his
hands on his own anvil. and the Hun
officer smashed all the fingers with the
hammer. 1t Is the most exquisite form
Of agony, probably, that the human
body knows. Leaving this man to his
piteous tragedy, the Huns went away.
1t is not the fact that they are cutting
down all the orchards and vineyards,
poisoning the wells and looting the
houses, but it is the fiendishness and
degeneracy of the Hun that amaZes
us. On September &c on the edge Of
Peronne, with the guns booming just
beyond, north of Cambria, with two
British soldiers I crawled into house
that the Germans had just looted.
With some instrument, perhaps ham,
mer. they had smashed all the china In
the cupboard, and especially the deli
cate porcelain in the top shelf that
was delicate enough to have been the
special treasure Of a young housewife.
They had poured oil upon the floor to
ruin the carpets. They had cut into
ribbons the pictures on the wall,
smashed the bedstead. and polluted
the beds in an unmentionable way: y
was an orgy Of Hun rage. The Hun
ravages reach their elimination In
cruclties so devilish as to seem un-
thinkable, wrought upon old people.
girls and little children. Do not de-
ceive yourselves. When the full story
is known, this country will waken up
to discover that the Hun has reserved
his most exquisite tortures for Ameri-
can boys that have been captured, who
will disappear. and the details Of whose
tragic deaths will never be known. To-
day we are not dealing with men, but
with wild beasts. France, therefore, Is
white with agony and with rage. An
armistice with the Huns, after the
cruelties Of the last six weeks? One
veritably believes that II any world
leader dares insist upon giving the Hun
a chance to retreat and recover him
self, the French army will mutiny, In
their solemn resolve to go straight
through to the Rhine and secure a
military decision.
No Time for an Armisticc,
No matter what you and / may
think. one thing is certain; neither the
French army nor the British nor the
American boys will for one moment
consent to q truce. When q soldier,
fighting unto death, looks at blazing
villages, and his own comrades, dead
or dying. and thinks of the millions OF
graves, and learns that the murderers
loaded with loot, are alarmed lest they
have to drop their treasure and run,
and ask for a breathing spell, so that
they can re-weapon themselves, there
will be such an outburst Of indignation
and anger in the armies as to blast as
with lightning the forehead Of any
man, the leader Of any country. and
drive him an outcast out Of the world
where just men and loyal men live.
When did q murderer. with arms red
to the elbows with fresh blood of the
householder, slain in noble defense of
his fireside and his family, enter into
the right to have q discussion with the
officers who came to arrest him? Up
on what ground can We suddenly de-
eide to have peace parley with men
who, by their own confession, have
broken every international treaty,
sneered at their written obligations as
scraps Of paper? The Hun Is a cum
ming trickster who cannot be trusted.
A Natural Liar.
The Hun would rather lie on 80
days time than tell the truth for cash.
Do you realize that the Hun has pre-