El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-04-09
GERMANS CONTINUE BRUTALITY
TOWARDS BELGIAN PRISONERS
Deportatons Of Belgian and French Citizens Continues
and Their Condition Is Horrible; Belgian Factories
Torn Down and Removed to Germany; Even
Copper Tomhstones in Belgium Are Stolen
b WAITER BUTrERWOHTH

, VIII understand the full force Of the
J exclamation, -the curse OF God be upon
I the kaiser"
Another train which arrived with
J French evacues has caused such a
! scandal in the independent Swiss press
! not under German control, that even
the German authorities had TO apollo
I gize for themselves When the train
J reached Basel, one old man was found
I TO be dead OF hunger and cold ana
[ many others who came by the same
I train. men and women, had to be
/ taken to the infirmary. which did not
know how to accommodate so many
I inmates at once. In this case the
4 carriages in which the people Travelled
we're very old, with broken windows
and unheated, although the weather
was piercingly cold. and the snow
Blowing in and covering the floors.
Treated like Cattle.
As to German inhumanity to Bel
gium, some testimony has been OBJ
tanned By Prof BENJAMIN NallOtton,
one Of the best known Erench-Swlss
authors Of the day especially on &C
count Of his book -Potterat and the
War" zee qu'en pense Potterat) ,.
His Information, which he assures US
was supplied him from g source OF un-
questionable trustWorthinesss says
that the Germans are now more than
ever compelling Belgiaus OF all ages
ID NlLA ALA AlE---n NAAA4AA a. a ~
their occupation or state OF health
In some parts. especially in LINK ourg
and luxembourg, they are enclosed IN
concentration camps, as II they were
cattle. and afterwards examined and
sorted out into categories, some being
sent 20 munition factories and others
obliged 10 dig trenches. They are
worked sometimes to sucn an extent
that they drop. and as a rule when
worker is allowed 10 return home II is
because he is such physical wreck
as 70 be incapable OF doing anything.
treatment is either imprisoned per-
haps IN dark and damp cell. or sent
70 Germany. where Il IS impossible 10
Carr5in- OF Factories.
After the Germans have removed all
machinery from Belgium they are
now carrying of the materials Of
which the Belgian factories are made
even 70 the bricks. tiles and pipes All
Belgfau household utensils whether
IN copper or brass have long since
been removed to Germany. House to
house visitations are made in which
every article OF copper or brass IS
noted. from saucepans 70 door handles
and the feet Of beGsteads- Three days
later another functionary appears and
carries of all the noted articles
giving in exchange paper With .
number on It
IN some places even copper orna-
ments on tombstones have been re-
moved The Germans. therefore. TOD
not only the living. but the dead Any
Belgian possessing typewriter mas
had long ago to give il Up The blan-
kets have been taken from peoples
beds. their furniture from their
houses, at any rate the good furniture;
and their telephones. and even their
linen have also gone Moreover, the
Belgiaus are obliged 10 feed the Ger
man invaders and usurpers. and also
send parcels Of food tc their own prls-
oncrs IN rmznT-thar is. y they co
not WISH them 20 die OF hunger. New
ertheless. trainlOads Of Belgian pota-
toes went TO Germany last auLunls
only 60 Eilcs per person being al
loHed by the Germans for the bei-
Eiaus- themselTes-