The Cordova daily times., 1918-02-01

nf the Germans the treachernUS nature of the peoples against whom the mill tury leaders were anxious to wage war. Not only were the Germa~s grad uaIIy led to believe that it was neces- sary to fight a defensive war against nnscrupulous foes but also that these foes would violate every precept of hu- manity, and consequently must he crushed without mercy as a measure Qf Self-defense. The fruits of this campaign of suspicion and hatred be- 'ame evident when almost at the out break of the war many Germans be came possessed with the belief that the whole population of Belgium, the ilrSt country to he invaded, had viO- lated every rule of honorable warfare, that the franCs-tireurs (guerrillas) were everywhere present doing their l deadly work in secrecy or under the cover of darkness; that women and even children were mutilating and kill | Ing the wounded or helpless prisoners. Extract from letter written by | German soldier to his brother, (This 1 letter. now in the possession of the | United States government, was obtain ed for this pamphlet from Mir. !. c. Grew, formerly secretary to the United l States embassy nt Berlin.)
 November 1, 1914. "The battles are everywhere ex- | rrcmely tenacious and bloody. The l Englishmen we hate most and we want l tp Fo While one now and then sees French prison 1 CTS, one hardly ever beholds French black troops or Englishmen. These good people are not overlooked by our tnfantrymen that sort of people is moved down without mercy. The losses of the Englishmen must be enOr- nous. There is q desire to wipe them out, root and all"
 Urged to Kill Without Pity.
 Extract from another letter to a brother:
 Scheswlg 25, 8 IA (Aug 25. 191D.
 Dear Brother, You will shortly go to Brussels with your regi- ment, as you know. Take care to pro tect yourself against these civilians. especially in the villages. Do not let anyone come too near. They are very clever, cunning, fellows, these Bel gians; even the women and children are armed and fire their guns. Never go inside a house. especially alone. If you take anything tO drink make the inhabitants drink first, and keep at a distance from them. The newSpa- perS relate numerous cases in which they have fired on our soldiers whilst they were drinking You soldiers must spread around so much fear of your selves that no civilian will venture to come near you. Remain always in the company of others. I hope that you have read the newspapers and that you know how tO behave. Above all have no compassion for these cut throats. Make for them without pity with the butt-end of your rife and the bayOnet.
 Your brother, WILL"
 The emperor gave his sanction tC the reports of the brutal acts of the Belgians In a telegram to President Wilson.
 Berlin, via Copenhagen, Sept. r 1914
 T feel 1t my duty, Mir. President to inform you as the most prominent representative of principles of human. ity, that after taking the French fort ress of LOngwy, my troops discovered there thousands of dumdum cartridges made by special government machin. cry. The same kind of ammunition was found on killed and wounded troops and prisoners, also on the Brit ish troops. You know what terrible wounds and suffering these bullets in fiict and that their use is strictly for bldden by the established rules If in- ternatiOnal law. I therefore address solemn protest to you against this kind of warfare, which, owing to the methods of our adverSarieS, has be- come one of the most barbarOus known in history. Not only have they em- plOyed these atrOciOus weapons, but the Belgian government has openly en- couraged and long since carefully pre- pared the participation of the Belgian civil population in the fighting. The atrocities committed even by w0men and priests in this guerrilla warfare, also on wounded soldiers. medical staff and nurses, doctors killed, hospitals attacked by rifle fire, were such that my generals finally were compelled to take the most drastic measures in or der to punish the guilty and to fright en the bloodthirsty population from continuing their work of vile murder and horror. Some villages and even the old town of Loewen Uouvain) excepting the fine hotel de vile, had 10 be destroyed in Self-defense, and for the protection of my troops My heart hleedS when 1 see that such measures have become unavoidable and when I think of the numerous in nOcent people who lose their home and property as a consequence of the bar barous behavior of those criminals Signed. William. Emperor and King.
 GERARD, Berlin"
 LOrenz Muller In the German Cath ollie Review, Der FeiS. February, 1915.