The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1918-01-11
Urged That inhuman DepMta-
ticas BE Stopped Because ai
Effect on Neuifals.
~G<rwaHs win stop Al NcthIrs. sas
the Only Thtss They Respect ~
screes a-- fsans' Capacity Ter
Cruelty Told BY tshatsaek.

~ hs rssfASfGy protested aSGtnsE
the continuance of tie praciies. Am-
hassader Gsrarfs srtdsaes shows tas
srten. " tie horror.
In the Sogddsntsehe Allgem<sne
zritnng OF D~cemhsr =. 1915. The fol-
lowing protests against the dsrsyta.
ton Of Belxians 10 work 10 Germany
appeared. gAade, respectively. by So
eaaiist Depa,y Haa@e and Deputy Dit
mann. members OF the feiekssax:
| Thousands AZ worSmsn in tire ee-
cuplsd territory have been compelled
| to- forced labor we earnestly Rxk the
| government 20 restore to thess work
men their liberty. especially In Bel
! GUM In truth. We THE Germanss hnd
40 sympathy In neutral countries even
| tire pope mas made protest agasnss
this procedure. and several s-asrAi
/ states have done the same. Catnnson
senSe ITSELF demands that we abandon
this procedure which moreover IN In
| opposition To the Hague convention 10
| which we have agreed
In opposition 10 the secretary of
state. must r.epii that when former
I Il Me fs~SsAsa A.se&sEza M sasss. a.ss -ssss5
70 Holland returned 60 Belgium. Geys
ernor General yoa Kissing promised
that these Belgian worsmen would urs
I der no circumstances be deporivd to
Germany This r~assursng promssc
has not heen kept
Ambassador Gersrd's interesting tres
timeny appears lii hts ssesA, hazak 49,,
Ambassador cerard's Evi&ssss.
Ths president tduring my visit N
America In 1919, impressed upon ne
hts gree. Jp,ss~S, In the BelgiaAs Dc.
ported 10 Germany. The setion Of Ger
msny In thus carrying 4 great part VI
tho male population NJ Belgium late
virtual slavery had reused great indis-
natien In America, A. the rev~red
Cardinal Farley said to me a few days
before MY departure, yau have 10 o.
hack 70 the times ~ the Modes and
the pcrsians To- md l'sc example NJ
whole people carried into bondage
"Mr Grew had made rrprescnsntio
sboa, this to,hr chancellor and, IN my
return, immediately took up the
question
II was Informed that Il was 4 mtiI-
'ary measure. that l,ndandort bad
feared that the british would break
through and ovrrrnn RrIgiun and thst
'hc military ga not propose 10 hare a
hostile population NJ their backs who
might cut the rn,i lines 81 commnni'
ration telephones aud tsiegraphs. sad
HAL f1r eh,v sreH~ti 4'ts VfSy~sssss s44ysys
had been decided On. was. however.
todd | would he given permission 10
v'.,t thess Rclgians The passes. nev.
ertheless, which alone made such vixtt.
ing possible we're not delivered until q
few DAYS hetor. lef, Germany.
esiglans Forced 10 Make Mvritioaa
Several OF these Relssaus who we're
rM to WORK Ia Rerlln managed 10 get
sway ard rotne 10 voc me, They gave
ITO narrowing account Of how they
had been sslred In Belgium and made
10 work 10 Germany al making mnni-
i'cas Ia he used probably against their
ewn fr'eads
+" ~ ssAtfsta tsss. rrhs@ces}ssr ~srh~se ara i.
Reigtnus employed III making shfrrs
contrary te all rules ~ war xna Tho
Hssnc Conventions He said. I do
Hot believe II ssli. Ny su,eruohiie
~ ~ The aaor ran take ynr. I'm four
la'waIsS 20 where ~ RelEIaas are
WORKING on 'Ne manufacture ~ shells
Hut he i.a MT. fly..} titne . a.
Americans nas' understand That
IL C"rIusrS VII step nj nothing 70
win tbs urr, srt' that ehe auty thtng
Fhcv r',spe-t "a FORCE :" Jausos ". &c
rsri Ny -Four Years Ia Germany. 1871,
m %@1Se
sle.'iar rrln' - view tx expressed
IN IN article entitled "yaa Vets
sr.v4 De uuaxa rian newspaper News.
raya e ngisp,~t tGuatri IN X. q. cs.
slaHn's*on Mi'l'ar'Sfn ut WORK In Ret.
& pr' pni Germany, iel7 IN GSa.D
.xsa Hungarian orinlsn.
''N@chsuts@' skiN. anA especially
qualified mechanical skl1i, ss scr the
raseHt : n1a7r Important tsefav iASn
l$Sual aNA as Il uaast ~ osxxtre,,
~ here IA caH h4s shtssaest, Bsls4ma, has
hsd ~ surFr Ia accordance with the
"a saving which atpsys holds FOOD
Vac vsTtiS fwc~ ~ she sanqulshexs,.
In Poland raeyhaalcsl sssR aaf the
arms which vrist there are zsrhgIiseys
uufer Yse glorious aud roy;uns,s han.
a~rs ~ rnisna : In nrls1rn under the
banner ~ aecssss,y,'"
:" The gae<ttea rernains: fer
whst kind et wwvs viii the Germans
nss the Rescssnsi !. evv~y kind Of
work la Germany 10 ~a- wark. whesa-
~ IL r. csgisst agricultural cg snsus.
trial work A. the dere-te~s Hesr2sas
have nas rfv~u their oaassns. their Rs<
" cnatrsry "a tu.erca'sanzl Law. and
tNe y~sltcs ~ ~ Germans in Besrsru !
snsl I'sasni Ii crasslr hi n, .iepamryy !.
Instead It stsatEx At trsas1a- m ~ X
e- rsscs, II serves ~ srsssssar ey 2y<
FoneaSs and to r-,szsse mare vie TO
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