The Wrangell sentinel. (Wrangell, Alaska) 1909-current, 1918-08-08

Ject people. the Armenian rnassacres
atrocities. frightfulness. sinking the
Lusitnnin. the submarine horrors. the
enslavement of women-ail piece into
the mnnstrous view. The rights of ma
tions. the rights of men. the lives and
liberties of all people are subordinate
TO the German aim OF dominion over
all the world
"FREDERIC c. WALC0TT."
Mr.. Vernon kellogg's statement Is
as follows:
Saw Only Massacre and Ruin.
1T WAS my privilese-and necessity
in connection with the work OF the
commission for relief in Belgium to
spend several months Mt the great
headquarters of the German armies in
the west. and Inter to spend more
months ut Brussels rs the commits
sion's director for Belgium and occu-
pied France. 1t was an enforced OPP
portunity TO see something of German
practice In the treatment of n con-
quered people. part of whom (the
French and the inhabitants of the Bel
Eian provinces of East and West Finn
ders3 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
Belgium provinces. under the quasi
civil government Of Governor General
son Kissing. l did not enter the occu-
pied territories until June, 1915, and
SO, OF course, saw none of the actual III
rasion and overrunniag Of the land.
saw only the graves Of the massacred
and the ruins of their towns. But !
saw through the long. hard months
much too much for my peace of mind
of how the Germans treated the I'M
fertunateS under their control after the
occupation.
/ Destruction Complete.
"As chief representative for the com
mission, ii WAS my duty to cover this
whole territory repeatedly in Icing ma
tor Journeys In company with the Ger
man officer assigned for my protection
and for the protection of the German
army against nay too much seeing. AS
had opportunity also tn cover most of
Belgium III repeated trips from BruS-
/ sells into the various provinces. I nee
essarily had opportunity 10 compare
the destruction wrought In the two re-
ylons.
Il could understand why certain
towns and Villages ,llong the Meuse and
along the lines of the French and Eng
1sh retreat were badly shot to pieces
4 There had hann fuh In, t1ae
and The artillery of first one side and
then the other had worked their havoc
among the houses of the Inhabitants
But there We're many towns In which
there had been no fighting and yet NJ
! TOO many of these towns also were in
ruins. 1t WIS not ruin by shells, bm
ruin by fire md explosions. These
were the famous punished towns
Either citizen or perhaps two m
three citizens had fired from windnn
on the invadcrs-or We're alleged tC
have. Thereupon n block or two a
+ three blocks. or half the town was
.methOdtcally and effectively burned "
! blown to pieces. There are many III
these punished towns in occupied
France. And between tlt.-se towns ana
along the rondwnys are inrurerabk
j Isolated single fari!liouseS that are alsl
IN ruins. 1t Is not claimed that there
/ was my SHIPPING from these farm
houses. They We're just destroyed along
the way-and by the way. one MAJ
! say. When the roll OF destroyed vii
lagos and destroyed farilhouses In ne,
cupied France Is made known, the
world will be shocked again By this evi.
dence of German ihoroughness
Found Neutrality impossible.
But the horrible methods of thai
deportation were such that we, al.
though trying TO hold steldfast to
! rigorous neutrality. could not bat pre-
test Mr. Gerard. our ambassador tc
Berlin. happened at the very time OF
j this protest to make n visit to the
great headquarters in the west and tbs
matter was brought to the attention
Of certain high officers at headquarters
on the very day of Mr.. Gerurd's visit
/ and In his heurin2. so that he added
his own protest tn that Of NJ. Poland
our director at the time, and further
Z 'Nk''i toticiS "Clc StpIltu IDtt IL ttfS
rible mischief had already been done
| Husbands and fathers had been taken
from their families without q word of
good-by; sons and daughters on whom
perhaps aged parents relied for sup
port were taken without pity or appar-
emf thought Of the terrible conse
quences. The great deportations Of
Belgium have shocked the world. But
these lesser deportations--that il.
lesser In extent. but not less brutal 10
their carrying out-are hardly knowh
Germany Must BE Civilized.
II went into Belgium and occupied
France neutral and maintained
while there Il stesdfustiy neutral be-
hacior. But came out no neutral.
cannot conceive that any American en-
loving an experience similaP TO mine