Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1918-05-17
NUNS TERROR|zE
WOMEN AND BABES
BY Bombing Towns Back of Allies
Lines They Seek to Destroy
Morale Of People.

New York, May IA German OF
frnsive of terror against the civilian
pormIstion of France and Italy was de-
scribed Yesterday by Henry Z. Dawson ON
his return from l2,DO0mlle tour oi
ipspection Of Red Cross work abroad.
He is chsirnss, Of the Rcd Cross War
Council and comes back To inaugurate
the drive for 100000, 900.
errhe outstanding feature Of German
methods at the present time, nc SAID,
''is The effort tn terrMixe women, ch,l-
dren and old men at home. While the
German troops are making their drive
ON tho front arplanes are bombing
nearly every night. towns behind the
lines with the deliberate and declared
purpose of tcrrorising civilians.
The purpose of the fight behind The
lines, is To break down the morale OF the
civilian population to such point that
they will inportunc their governments Tor
peace. 1t is the most dastardly unright-
co,ts. cruel, devilish plan which could bc
conceived
al IL based upon theory that thc kill
inc of four children out of five will in
,Iuce the mother to inplore her COVER
mcnt to have the war stopped that her
fifth child may live. 1t IA carried on
fr,un the English Channel to thc Swiss
border. and from the Swiss border to the
Adriatic and has resulted in the MAIN
ing of thousands Of women and children,
and the driving of hundreds of thou
sands If terror stricken from their homes
To wherever they might seek refuge.
an of this is accompanied by The
most activc possible propaganda, espe-
clallv in Italy. designed tn deceive the
people and To strike down their morale.
Mr.. Dawson described the attempt
to uphold civilian morale rs ''onc of the
great missions of the Red Cross, adding
on nrcd have no concern for Ger
man propaganda where tho Rcd Cross
Is working We have workers all over
Italy and France carving q message
Of comfort and cheer, helping especially
tn care for Tho refugees driven away
from their homes. 10 care for The chill
,lrrn and 10 provide for The sick and
The neeiy. particularly among soldiers
families =
Mr.. Dawson had personal expert
ence with German terrorigins Of civilians
from tho air nj night lie WAS in town
in France when 81 people were killed and
houses demolished by q German alrplan"
which had stolen through harrage and
few as low As 800 feet. American ambu-
lance men busted themselves AZ rescue
work and The airplane returned and
bombed them He regards The bombing Of
Paris by big guns rs part ~ the offensive o4
terror, and SAWS that the damage tn
buildings Is so slight that one might
drive about The CITY week without
noticing II unless il should ho pointed out
In a visit to the Italian fr1nt Mr..
Dawson was under FIRE. but oonsiderp
that experience was less dangerous than
the time the French town was bombed.
Then his bedroom windows were shat
tered lie has confidence IN The Italian
situation Unfolding a map, he showed
black dots from the toe Of the boot to
the upper extreme. each dot indicating
Red Crpss work. and reiterated his state
ment that German offensivps Of terror
and propaganda would not succeed with
the Red Cross around.
The military situation IN general, -
he said. lis very serious. but ! think
reflect the attitude Of General Pershins
in saving that the allies will WIN OF
that there Is not doubt =
\ summary Of some Of the Red Cross
war relief, described by MIR. Davidson,
follows:
In France relief Is being extended in
l2l cities and towns, IN Italy IN 45 cities
and towns with branches in 2iS other
places.
There are 5000 Americans alrnad
working for the Red Cross In France
the organization has 81 warehouses con
tanning more than s. .oo0,0o0 worth of
goods
In France the Red Cross operates IS