The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1918-12-19

Emneror William, should the war
come to an end without intentlohai
damage being caused to my residence
or to these two communes. the neces
rary sum to complete the amount Oh
100000 francs imposed by you upon
Sissonne.
"As a sovereign prince, / wish TO
deal in this matter with the sovereign
who during 15 years, called me ms
friend and has decorated me with the
order of the Knight of the BLACK
Eagle. ,
"My conscience and my dignity
Mace me above fear, as also my per
sonal will shall elevate me above re-
greet: but should you destroy lhe
Chateau de Marchais, which is one OF |
the centers of universal science anu
charity. should you reserve to this
archaeological and historical gem the
treatment you have given to the ga
thedral of Reims-when no reprehen-
sible action has been committed there
the whole world will judge De-
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 "lnstruc-
tions for the Government of Armies
of the United States In the flelo,
the United States declared:
"23. Private citizens are no longer
murdered, enslaved, or carried or TO
distant parts, and the inoffensive IN
diyidual Is as little disturbed In his
private relations as the commander
of the hostile troops can afford to
grant In the overruling demands OF
vigorous war.
"24 The almost universal rule In
remote times was, and continues to De
with barbarous armies, that the pri-
yate individual of the hostile country
is destined to suffer every privation
of liberty and protection, and every
disruption of family ties. Protection
was, and still is with uncivilized peo-
pie, the exception"
Reversion to Barbarism.
These declarations were made In the
midst of our Civil war-one of the
worlds flercest conflicts. A half-cen-
fury later, after more than so years
of progress, the German government
has gone back to the methods used
by "barbarous armies" and "unciv-
ilized people," 1t has deliberately
adopted the policy of deporting men
and women, boys and girls, and of
forcing them to work for their cap
tors; 1t has even compelled them to
make arms and munitions for use
against their allies and their own flesh
and blood.
No other act of the German govern
ment has aroused such horror and de-
testation throughout the civilized
world. Thousands of helpless men
and women, boys and girls, have been
enslaved. Families have been broker
up. Girls have been carried off tt
work-or worse--in strange land
and their relatives have not know
where they have been taken, or wha
their fate has been.
This system of forced labor and de
portation embraced the whole of Bel
GUM, Poland and the occupied land
of France.
WhitIock's Story of Horrors.
/ In less moving phrases, but in dead
ly corroboration, the continuation o
the report Of Minister Whitlock says
"The rage, the terror, and despai
excited by this measure all over Be
, gium were beyond anything we ha
, witnessed since the day the German
poured into Brussels. The delegate
{ of the commission for relief in Be
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
, been related by Belglans coming I
, the legation. 1t Is impossible for L
to verify them, first because 1t is me-
, essary for us to exercise all possibl
! tact in dealing with the subject {
all, and secondly because there is L
means of communication between til
Occupations-Gebiet and the EtappeI
. Gebiet. Transportation everywhel
, in Belgium Is difficult, the vicini
o railways scarcely operating any mol
;. because OF the lack Of Oil, while a
n the horses have been taken. The pc
, pie who are forced to go from OF
. village to another must do so on foi
or In vans drawn by the few mise
o able horses that are left The wager
o of the breweries, the one institute
> that the Germans have scrupulous
respected, are hauled by oxen.
i One Of Foulest Deeds in History.
: THE well-knOwn tendency Of sens