Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1918-04-13
Tho German E.ersc fer Louvsin.


Whou the United States wa n n."i-
ttai ANA uui Minister 10 Belgium
Brand Mhltock. IN constant touch
N.Et German officers and officials, nc
l.d an Interview with General Vun
luttWltz ta brussels, MIR Nh'iOC
tells us. la Ever hudys for April
that ~ he was about u leave. the
General remarked
"A dreadful thing ha1 occurred "a;
} l.ouvain The general in command
there was talking with the i:UrEo-
master wnen the son ~ the Itirgo-
master slot the general and In.
population began firing on the Ger
man troops
We did not at once grasp the
Who'll" significance 81 the remark
ANA nov. 81 course hc went on.
we have 10 destroy the cts. The
orders are given and not on stpr Q
WIN Ia left on another. I'm afra d
that that beautiful Hotel dc Willie.
which We saw as we came through
there the other day, IL now no more
when he said this he lifted up his
hands In a gesture OF regret
AZ n matter Of fact. the BurComaS-
ter had no son and no German gen
'ral was shot. hut the horror OF
louvain. described IN detail by MI
Whitlock. followed nevertheless.
We have the word OF MI. Whit
lock, that his account Of German
atrocities is made up OF Incidents
mat he knows to he facts. 4 repre-
sentative story. selected from sew
cral is this on" about Belgian
dow or sixty
German soldiers at Ave O'Clock on
Wednesday morning turned her ard
her niece. - Young woman about 10
beCom" a mother out OF nor h Dusc
and they were driven from place TO
place. halt chad The guard house at
-. Martins barracks. the Place du
pCuplc. the Hotel de VILE. and fine D
" TO tho Infantry Barracks. Rue de-
Tirlemont. They were forced every
now and then 10 knecl on tho ground
and o. raise their arms above the.r
heads, while Me Germans pres ed
the mu2zlcs al guns against thc.'
breasts, ur Kicked them or strut il
them: then. holding them as prison
ers IN the barracks until Thursday.
allowed them e. return home to IN I
their house burned To the ground.
rnd all that the widow had in tho
world shares OF the value of $4,000
francs contained in an iron box in Il
Nalisc, her jcwclry and iiamords N
little hand-satchel, which she had
buried IN the gardcn-gone"
Americans and Canadians hacl,
from tie trenches and from the "a rs
in Belgium ana France tell autl.crti.
Gated stories that arc too gr,esome
Tor publication in tho family journals
tn" brutality and dcpravity OF a..
Hun, officers ana mon of the ranks
arc outside tho understanding ~
Americans. Wo find Il difficult "a
believe reports that arc numbSrless
until evidence is piled mountai,
high.
And that is the enemy We arc fac
.nT: the enemy our sons and brothers
nre over there to meet in mortal com
bat-shall we finch and fail to give
them every support OF which We are
capable Shah we throw s!ng,e
irig in the way OF our ovcrwrough,
government? Shall we do other than
urge the government on TO greater
ondeavor?
shall We not urge upon the ad-
ininistration. the very demand I,
makes upon the farmers, Increase
!ouf acreage. gentlemen:
II seems to US that there lies the
ety OF every newspaper, every
American organization. and every
citizen to not only uphold" the ad :
mn!stration in every cndcayor IN
push the war. but 10 drive The cx-
ecu;iVcs and departments on n
greater endeavor. to increased activ-
ity. TO superhuman effort for this Is
OUR war
In what better way can we show
our determination than by gett!pu
this Liberty Loan out OF the wav ir
double quick time? Can we more
politely invite the government tc
speed up" than by making II.
three = billion dollar loan In n
month. six billion billion collar.
lpan-in-two- weeks