The Morgan City daily review. (Morgan City, La.) 1916-1920, 1918-02-04


cate them to the people:
'The governor of Antwerp. Baron
Won Hoiningen, General Won Huene
has authorized me to inform you in his
name and to communicate by youy
obliging intermediary to our popula-
tions, the three following declara.
tons:
"Q) The young men need not fear
being taken to Germany, either to be
enrolled into the army or to be en-
ployed at forced labors.
"(2) If individual infractions of po-
lice regulations are committed, the
authorities will institute q search for
the responsible authors and will pun
ish them, without placing the respon-
sibility ON the entire population.
"(3) The German and Belgian au.
thorities will neglect nothing to sec
that food Is assured to the popula-
tion."
These promises were not kept, as
Cardinal Mercier and his colleagues
show by abundant evidence in the ZAP
peal to Truth"
ION March 23d, 1915. Mt the arsenal
Mt Luttre the German authorities post
cd lice demanding return to work.
On April 21st, 200 workmen were call
ed for. On April 9th soldiers went
to fetch the workmen from Their
homes and take them to the arsenal.
In the absence of workman. q mem-
ber of the family was arrested.
Workmen Imprisoned on Trains.
However, the men maintained their
refusal to work, because they wera
unwilling to cooperate in acts Of war
against their country
ION May 4th. "a workmen detained
in prison ut Nivelles were tried at
Mons by a court-martial, 'on the charge
Of being members of secret society,
having for its aim to thwart the carry
ing out Of German military measures
They were condemned to imprison-
ment.
ION May 9Th, 1915, 48 workmen
were shut up in a freight car and
taken to Germany.
ION May 14th, As men were deport-
ed to Germany. :
"On May 18th fresh proclamation
announced that the prisoners would
receive only dry bread and water, and
hot food only every four days. On
May 22d three cars with 1O4 work
men were sent toward Charleroi."
"A similar course was adopted at
Malines, where by various methods
Of intimidation, the German authori-
ties attempted to force the workers at
the arsenal to work on material for
the railways, as II 1t were not plain
that this material would become war
material sooner or later.
Stopped All TRAFFIC in MaIines.
"On May 30th, 1915. the governor
general announced that he would be
obliged to punish the town of Malines
and its suburbs BY stopping oil conn
mercial traffic If by 10 a. m. On
Wednesday, June ID, 500 workmen
had not presented themselves for wo.k
at the arsenal.
ION Wednesday. June I'd, not q
single man appeared. Accordingly, q
complete stoppage took place Of every
vehicle within a radius Of several ki!o.
meters Of the town.
Several workmen were takc~ >:
force and kept two or three O.. - 4
the arsenal.
'The commune Of Sweves,lm (~-oe'-
ern Tlanders) was punished in J..,e.
1915, because the $50 workTuen q. : ,,
private factory Of NJ Eekaert ref
to make barbed wire Tor the Geg:.,.,
army.
1.-THE following notice WAS place. =,
ed at Menin in JuIy-Augusr. To
BY order: From today the town Vii.
no longer afford cid of any descrip-
assistance to their
families, wives, and children-tO any
operatives except those who work
at military work. and other
tasks assigned to them. All other op-
eratives and their families can hence
forward not be helDef = any fash'"n'