El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-19
BARBARITY Of
HUN SOLDIERS
Dr.. Hills Receives Letter
Telling Of One Brutal
Incident.


The Rev. DR.. Newell Dwight Hills
pastor OF the Plymouth church, hai
received word. through a cabIegrau
sent 10 a Philadelphia newspaper
that the British government has Or
dered printed, and circulated in Eu.
rope, 100000 copies Of his second
Liberty loan address on German
Atrocities" It has also been printed
in the London Times. II had wide
circulation in America. This win
form q part Of DR.. HILLS illustrated
lecture which he win deliver in Fl
Paso on Tuesday evening, next, in the
courthouse auditorium, under the
auspices. Of Rotary
DR.. Kills has received letter from
the viscOunt Of Enutsford, Of Knees
worth Han. Royalton Arms, England,
commencing the address and giving
some interesting details.
81 have read with admiration your
splendid sermon on the murders done
by the Huns, and I hope it is being
distributed in America as IL IS in
England" he writes. Il an told by
an Influential man in England. who
is now in America that many OF your
people think that the atrocities done
by these Germans are only that which
all armies commit when fighting But
7 hope Il may reach those who think
thus 7 may say that the Bryce in
quIry, Of which Lord Bryce was chair
man, took evidence not on OATH and
that the witnesses were not cross eE-
auined. But you speak with knOWl-
edge upon what you have seen.
we must try 70 show even after
peace is declared, that till the Ger
man nation, by its conduct. proves
that its people regret and repent their
deeds and admit them. we civilized
nations VIII have nothing 10 do with
them Il is difficult for men like
myself, who has had many German
friends in the past. TO believe that
they approve such conduct The att-
tude they take is that these stories
are all lies and that cur soldiers have
done the Eamei
The cruelty e the Hun.
Il viii tell you an incident which
came 10 my knowledge first hand, and
you may tell II. I have started over
here six hospitals for shel-snock
eases among officers 7 invited one
officer. and asked him what happened
20 him, and he told ne this: we had
taken a village and were holding It
The Germans shelled il and beam
fell on me and, pinned me 20 the
ground The Germans advanced and
saw we could not hold the village,
so 7 told my men 10 retire. They re-
fused 10 leave me- as cord not
move, and there was no time 10 re-
move the beam. I then orderel tnem I
peremptoriIy 10 20. I said that 7
could talk German and that l. was I
better the Germans should take ne I
than that they should take all NY 4
men. 800. So, reluctantly, they re- Z
tired When the Germans came I ]
asked their officer 70 move the beam I
as ft was hurting me very much He I
looked at me. He spar on me- and ]
calling up q sentry. told him 10 I
watch over me and give me nothing 4
10 eat nor drink, and from Thursday I
night 20 Sunday morning, when the
English took the village again.. that
sentry kept guard over me ana took
lis meals .in front Of me and never
gave me anything or helped me in my
agony.
Vow, sir, It goes without saying
that there is not an English or Amer
lean officer who could or would ever
give such an order. and more much
more than that. there is not an Ing
fish or American soldier who would
have obeyed such an order # Il nao
been given 90 him. This incident IS
typical Of many