Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1918-02-20

meal dav consisting of approximately grams breada
piece of bread about big my M and approximately
of SOUP in hours nation other words whose sole
living by going and standing IN line from one live
day. wait without shelter from the weather tor one
cost approximately millions of dollars month for
years Nneve cent OF that money is beng con-
trbuted by the English and French governments
81 went into Belgium investigate conditions and while there
had opportunities talk leading German officials Among
others talk day with Governor General Won Bss1ng
stepped in the SYSTEM porn anu DTu ~ e oI
the heart philosophy develops There ought to be some
word coined for the process that man ea wnen
stepped in that system SAID to him. governor what
are going England and France stop giving these people
money purchase food? He replied we nave got ha all worked
ot and have for weeks because have
pected this system break down any time He went on Star
walton will grip these people in thirty or sixty days. starvation
compeng force and shall that force compel the Belgian
working men many them very skfu to 60 into Germany
replace the Germans that they to the front and fight
against the English and French AS fast as our railway ansor
ton will carry Them will transport thousands of others fit for
agricultural work Europe down into southeastern Europe into
Mesonotamia where we have splendid irrigation works The
weak remaining young will concentrate opposite
the firing ne will put firing squads back Of Them and we
will force them through that line SO nat the EngSh anu FRENCH
can take of their people.
German plan should reach its result Belgium
there would be left only conquered but wno vacant cou
~ into which those murdered the inhabitants and robbed
of their land might move and take possession and make
German province. :,
German leaders in this very be the result desired Mr.
Woco went on his experience Poland where ne was
one chief distributors of American charity after the crushing
of Poland in 1915 He told of passing along the man
roads over which the inhabitants attempted ee and ne found
the whole miles with undiscovered and an-soaked clothing
had been cleaned by the crows which are IN that country
by thousands The Germans had come along and
gathered the they useful to them for
phosphates fertilizer The little finger bones are still there
with the rags clothing The little wicker baby baskets that held
the baby chain from the ratters OF the peas
ants cottage were by hundreds upon hundreds started
counting mile but in despair because
there were so MANY Coming back cities where the de
tcon was awful little people and grown people
mothers and children sitting sidewalks leaning against build
ings with ansoaked too weak to lift
the
day Polish head of the great central relief committee
brought proclamation signed by the German COVER
nor-genera this proclamation made msdemeano for any
Pole having give food any abeboded Pole who would
Germany work This meant that the system had
put UP the head of each family 60 into voluntary slavery IN
Germany completely at the mercy OF his masters MS fa
in starvation or to stay all together =
a rage the governor general and when he told
me those were the facts said General discuss this
thing you is than anything ever heard Of did not
suppose civilized nation would be guilty OF such thing as @
and Wait minute he said want to explain
this thing you We do not look at at you do Starvation is
great and if that to the advantage Of the German
government we are gong use It, furthermore THIS ch anu
vial country wanted and needed for long me and
these people die off through starvation perhaps lot of German
people will overflow this country and settle here and after the
war; give Poland the question of the liberty of Poland
will be solved forever because it will be German province
There you whole system They seek only
quest but torture robbery slavery extermnaon territory
and then there will arise German province; German Kuu
will have been fully administered.
We mention all the varieties OF Dar-
bay pracced In has German efficiency been better shown
than the desolaton wrought in the territory occupied BY
the German armies They have reduced the surface of the a
the barenness of DESERT poisoned the wells carried off the
aes than DEATH bayoneed babies and cut OF
the hands of boys order that they might not bear against
Germany this of Wisconsin today quite large
number of Belgian boys whose right hands have been taken as
tribute German efficiency referred moment to the fate
of Let relate incident which vouched for by Rev.
Newell Dwight Hills Two English soldiers the trenches were
talking of oughs The fulough of about due and OF the
other follow and they looking forward happy visits
with their wives and children With these two but standing silent
and serious stood French soldier And the Tommes asked him
when he have furough With grim look that not be
described the Frenchman replied Fuough what would do WIN
furough? My home in the district in the hands of the
enemy. have heard something of the fate of my loved ones my
wife and little girl fourteen old have fallen victims
of lust of officers what My only
ambition fight here and bring such vengeance as can
to those who did those things to me-"
But must 60 with recital of such these lhy
stir wrath and the nerves. the judgment Inc
world be rid of any system of government and kind OF
ruler who perpetrate such things these.