The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-19


the monstrous view. The rights Of ma
lions, the rights Of men, the lives and
liberties Of all people ire subordinate
TO the German aim of dominion over
all the world.
FREDERIC C. WALCOTT."
Mr.. Vernon Kellogg's statement is
as follows:
Saw Only Massacre and Ruin.
ut was my privilege-and necessity
in connection with the work Of the
commission for relief in Belgium to
spend several months at the great
headquarters Of the German armies In
the west, and later to spend more
months at Brussels as the commits
sion's director for Belgium and occu-
pied France. It was an enforced OPP
portunity to see something of German
, practice in the treatment Of con-
Quered people, part Of whom (the
French and the inhabitants of the Bel
gian provinces of East and West Elan
derS) were under the direct control Of
the German general staff and the sew
eral German armies of the west, and
part, the inhabitants of the seven other
Belgian provinces, under the quasi
/ civil government of Governor General
Won Kissing. did not enter the occu-
pied territories until June, 1915. and
so, of course, saw none of the actual in
vasion and overrunning of the land. I
saw only the graves of the massacred
and the ruins Of their towns. But l
saw through the long, hard months
much too much for my peace of mind
Of how the Germans treated the I'M
fortunates under their control after the
occupation.
Destruction Complete.
Gas chief representative for the COM
mission. it was my duty to cover this
whole territory repeatedly in long mo-
tor journeys in company with the Ger
man officer assigned for my protection
and for the protection Of the German
army against any too much seeing. AS
I had opportunity also to cover most Of
Belgium in repeated trips from Brus-
sells into the various provinces, nee
essarily had opportunity to compare
the destruction wrought in the two re-
gions.
II could understand why certain
towns and villages along the Meuse and
along the lines Of the French and Eng
fish retreat were badly shot to pieces.
There had been fighting in these towns
and the artillery of first one side and
then the other had worked their havoc
among the houses Of the inhabitants.
But there were many towns in which
there had been no fighting and yet all
too many Of these towns also were In
ruins. It was not ruin by shells. but
ruin by fire and explosions. These
were the famous punished towns
Either a citizen or perhaps two OF
three citizens had fred from window
on the invaders-or were alleged tt
have. Thereupon a block, or two OF
three blocks, or half the town was
methodically and effectively burned OF
blown to pieces. There are many o.
these punished towns in occupied
France. And between these towns an(
along the roadways are innumerabl'
isolated single farmhouses that are ais
was any sniping from these farm
houses. They were just destroyed alont
the way-and by the way, one ma!
say. When the roll Of destroyed vii
lagos and destroyed farmhouses in oc
cupied France is made known. tn
, world will be shocked again by this evi
dence Of German thorOughness.
Found Neutrality impossible.
"But the horrible methods Of tina
. deportation were such that we, al
though trying to hold steadfast to
rigorous neutrality, could not but pro
test. Mr. Gerard, our ambassador t
Berlin, happened at the very time o
this protest to make visit to tn
, | great headquarters in the west and tn
. matter was brought to the attention
on the very day Of Mr.. Gerard's visi
+ and in his hearing. So that he adde
his own protest to that Of Mr.. POLAND
, our director at the time, and furthe
depOrtatiOns were stopped. But tel
rible mischief had already been done
, Husbands and fathers had been take
from their families without a word Q
good-by; sons and daughters on whol
: perhaps aged parents relied for SUI
port were taken without pity or appal
ent thought Of the terrible cons|
quences. The great deportations {
Belgium have shocked the world. Bu
, these lesser deportations-that Il
, lesser In extent, but not less brutal !
their carrying out-are hardly know
? Germany Must Be Civilized.
? II went into Belgium and occupie
France a neutral and I maintaine
while there a steadfastly neutral b.
, haviOr. But came out no neutral.
!, cannot conceive that any American Ell
? joying an experience similar to min
, could have come out a neutral. 81
would come out, as came, with tn
ineradicable conviction that a peopl
= or government which can do what tn
, Germans did and are doing in Belgiul
, and France today must not be allowed
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