Iditarod pioneer., 1918-06-08
He Was a Kind Old Doctor

Ina horrible crimes attributed to German soldiers almost surpass belief,
 but they are told daily, and by so many different witnesses as to leave no ground for doubt One of the newest war books is by Gunner Depew, an Amer ican who went in early in the war, was several times wounded, captured, and endured unspeakable torment, his re lease finally being effected by Ambas. sador Gerard. One of the hideous ex- periences that came under his own observation while among the German people 'with whom we have no quar- rel, he tells as follows:
 One of the patients was German doctor. who had been picked up in No Mans Land very seriously wounded. He was given tte same treatment as any of us, that is the very best, but finally the doctors gave him up, Bat there was a nurse there who LOOK special interest in hls case, and she stayed up day and night for some time. and finally brought him safely through The case was very well known and everyone thought she lad performed q miracle. He got better slowly. Then d few weeks later when he was out of danger and able to walk this nurse was transferred to another hospital. Every body knew her and liked her and when she " went around to say goodbye all the men were sorry and gave her little pre- seuts and wanted her to write to them.
 But this German doctor would not say goodbye to her. That would nol have made me sore, but it made this French girl feel very badly and she began to cry. One of the French off cers saw her and spoke to the German. When the officer left the German called the nurse over to him. They talked for little while and then she put out her hands as if she was going to leave. He put out his hands, too, and took hold of hers. And then he twisted her wrists and broke them. We heard the snap.
 There were men in that ward who had not been on their feet since the day they came to the hospital, and one of them was supposed to be dying, but it is an absolute fact that when we heard her scream there was not man left in bed.
 I need not tell what we did to the German. They did not need to shoot him after we got through with him. | They did shoot what was left of him, though, to make sure.
 Now, 1 have heard people say that it is not the Germans we are fighting. but the kaiser and his system. We'll,
 it may be true that some of the Roche l soldiers would not do these awful things 1 if they did not have to; myself, 1 am not so sure.
 But you take the case of this doctor. | Here he was. an educated man, who | had been trained all his life to help l people who were in pain and not to ! cause it. And he was not where he l would have to obey the kaiser or any other German. And this nurse had saved his life.
 The Germans had absolutely DO re- spect for the Red Cross. For instance they captured a wagon loaded with forty French wounded, and shot every one of them. I saw the dead bodies |
 These were just few of the things that happened where the Germans got | to work with their kultur. So you can picture the Belgians agreeing on a German peace while there is Belgian alive to argue about it! They will re- member the Germans long time, l think. But they need not worry: there are lot of us who will not forget