The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1918-02-28
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ward US amongst the neutrals. Many
times and more and more we have
had occasion to observe that the neu-
trails show more sympathy for Bel
GUM than for any other helligerent."
Old Men and Boys Taken.
The news dispatches indicate that
the deportation and forced labor of
Belgians still continue. In a dispatch
from Havre (New York Evening Post,
September 49, 1910 it is stated: 1.-The
removal of the civilian population of
Belgium continues, according to adj
vices received here. The town of Rou-
lers, Immediately behind the battle
line in Flanders, has been evacuated
completely. Ostend is being emptied
gradually, and two thousand persons
already have been sent from Courtrai."
In another dispatch from Havre
washington Post, September "a, 1910
it is stated that 'the German military
authorities at Bruges, Belgium, are
conscripting fOrcibly all the boys and
men of that city between the ages of
fourteen and sixty to work in munition
factories and shipyards. The rich and
poor, shopkeepers and workmen, all
are being taken, only the school teach
ers, doctors, and priests escaping"
German Officer Rebuked Men.
The following "Order of the Day"
shows how the town of Huy escaped
the fate of so many Belgium and
French towns. Drunken German sol
diers were frightened and began to
shoot men and burn houses. The
commanding officer condemned this be-
cause it was not done by his order and
because two German soldiers were
wounded. 1t is evident that massacres
and arson We're permitted only when
commanded by the officers.
Last night shooting ARRAY took
place There is no evidence that the
Inhabitants of the towns had any arms
in their houses, nor is there evidence
that the people took part in the shoot
ing; on the contrary, it seems that the
soldiers were under the influence of
alcohol, and began to shoot in a sense
less fear of a hostile attack.
1.-THE behavior of the soldiers during
the night, with very few exceptions
makes scandalous impression.
at is highly deplorable when officers
or noncommissiOned officers set houses
on fire without permission or order OF
the commanding. or, as the case may
be, the senior officer, or when by theil
attitude they encourage the rank an6
file to burn and plumber.
"The miserable behavior of the mer
caused a noncommissioned officer anC
private to be seriously wounded By
German bullets.
MAJOR Won BASSEWITZ."
Report of Minister Whtock.
"One interesting result of the depor
tations remains to be noted, result
that once more places in relief thu
German capacity for laundering, al
most as great as the German capacit.
for cruelty. Until the deportation
we're begun there was no intense ha
tired on the part of the lower classes
/. e., the workingmen and the peasants
The old Germans of the Landsturr
had been quartered in Flemish homes
hey and the inmates spoke nearly TN
anne language; they got along fairl
we'll; they helped the women with tn
work, the poor and the humble havin
zone of those hatreds of patriotiSr
, hat are among the privileges of tn
! npper classes. It is conceivable thd
he Flemish population might hay
existed under German rule; it wa
reutonic in its origin and anti-Frenc
always. But now the Germans hay
changed all that.