Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-07-05

Emperor William, should the war
come to an end without intentional
damage being caused to my residence
or to these two communes the neces-
rary sum to complete the amount OF
100000 francs imposed by you upon
Sissonne.
"As sovereign prince, l wish to
deal in this matter with the sovereign
who, during Is years. called me his
friend and has decorated me with the
Order of the Knight of the Black
Eagle.
"My conscience and my dignity
place me above fear. as also my per-
sonal will shall elevate me above re-
greet; but should you destroy the
Chateau de Marchais, which Is one OF
the centers of universal science and
charity, should you reserve to this
archaeological and historical gem the
treatment you have given to the Ca
thedral of Reims-when no reprehen-
sible action has been committed there
the whole world will judge be-
tween you and myself.
81 tender to your excellency the ex-
preston of my high regard.
ALBERT, Sovereign Prince Of Mon
AGO."
Deportations and Forced Labor.
Until the present war the whole CIV
ilized world has boosted of its advance
in humanity. This advance has been
marked In many fields. and In none
had greater progress been. made than
in the protection to be given to the
private citizen In an invaded country.
As far back as 1868, In the "1nstruc-
lions for the Government of Armies
of the United States in the Field"
the United States declared:
''23. Private citizens are no longer
murdered, enslaved, or carried Off to
distant parts, and the inoffensive In
dividual Is as little disturbed in his
private relations as the commander
Of the hostile troops can afford to
grant in the overruling demands of a
: vigorous war.
"24 The almost universal rule In
remote times was, and continues to be
with barbarous armies, that the prl
vate individual of the hostile country
is destined to suffer every privatior
Of liberty and protection, and every
disruption of family ties. Protection
: was. and still is with uncivilized PEG
pie, the exception"
Reversion to Barbarism.
These declarations were made In tn,
midst of our Civil war-one of thu
worlds fiercest conflicts. half-cen
fury later, after more than 80 year
of progress, the German government
; has gone back to the methods use'
by "barbarous armies" and "unciv
ilized people" 1t has deliberatel.
adopted the policy of deporting mel
. and women, boys and girls, and o
forcing them to work for their cap
!. tors' 1t has even compelled them t
make arms and munitions for us
against their allies and their own flesl
and blood.
No other act Of the German govern
ment has aroused such horror and dc
testation throughout the civilize
world. Thousands Of helpless me
, and women, boys and girls, have bee
enslaved. Families have been broke
up. Girls have been carried off t
work-or wOrse-ln strange lane
> and their relatives have not know
|, where they have been taken. or wha
their fate has been.
y, This system of forced labor and dc
> pOrtation embraced the whole of Bel
! GUM, Poland and the occupied land
/, of France.
D Whitlock's Story of Horrors.
4 In less moving phrases, but in dead
ly corrObOratiOn, the continuation O
4 the report Of Minister Whitlock says
: "The rage, the terror, and despai
excited by this measure all over Be
v GUM were beyond anything we ha
0 witnessed since the day the German
poured into Brussels. The delegate
Z of the commission for relief in Bel
GUM, returning to Brussels, told tn
most distressing stories of the scene
of cruelty and sorrow attending tn
seizures. And daily, hourly almos
since that time appalling stories hav
4 been related by Belgians coming t
a the legation. 1t is impossible for u
to verify them, first because it is ne,
A essary for us to exercise all possibl
A tact in dealing with the subject a
). ALL and secondly because there is n
!. means of communication between tn
;. Occupations-Gebiet and the EtappeI
G Gebiet. Transportation everywher
n in Belgium Is difficult the vlcini
a railways scarcely operating any NOR
> because of the lack of oil, while n
a the horses have been taken. The pee
- pie who are forced to go from on
y village to another must do so on foe
or in vans~drawn by the few mise
"a able horses that are left. The wagon
a of the brewerles, the one instltutiO
a that the Germans have scrupulousl
respected, are hauled by oxen.
II One of Foulest Deeds In History.
y 1.-THE well-knOwn tendency of sens;
Y. tional reports to exaggerate then
e selves, especially In time Of war, an
"A i'm "A situation like that existing her