The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1918-01-19
Lieutenant J. l.. Carter Tells
of German Frightfulncss
to MissOulians.
CANADIAN SOLDIER
HERE FOR FEW DAYS
Talks on Campus and Before
Small Crowd at Elks'
Club in City.

German atrocities upon civilians and
captured soldiers were told by Lieu
tenant J. l.. Carter. of a Canadian
pioneer regiment. to two Missoula au-
diences yesterday
Horrible truths about the war meth
ods of the Huns were given by the
veteran In Il calm, matter Of fact. but
always intense manner. Lieutenant
Carter was In Missoula yesterday on
official business lie spoke in the
afternoon at the state University and
informally In the evening to an audi
ence at the Elks' club. To the stu
dents the soldier talked In the plain
blunt fashion OF the campfire, but
fprccfuliy.
All Stories True. ..
YOU have all read Of German afro
cities, and SO have J." said the lieu
tenant In beginning. And IL you are
Ike other people whom have met You
have read of many which you have
not believed which you could not be-
lieVe because you arc human. am
not like YOU students In this respect
| believe everything which / hear about
such things. because ! know that they
can be true. and are true. will tell
YOU something ! know to be true
The German Warfare.
1T happened on II little farm In
France. Three German troopers went
Up to the farmhouse and asked for
food and drink. which. Of course. had
to bo furnished them. In the house
there were Two little girls one old
man, | should say about so years old,
his wife and his married daughter, and
a younger man. When the GcrIna ny
had finished their food. they turned to
their providers. They lined them all
up against the wall Of the kitchen.
Then one of the troopers selected one
of the little girls and outraged her be =
fore all. The same thing happened
to the other two of the younger
women. They next took the old man
and held him in n sitting position on
the stove until the flesh was literally
charrcd and fell away from the bone
They finished their savagcry by cu,
ting the throats Of the old woman and
the men
"That Is all that am going to tel
You about such things though II /.
but one Of many that | know Of"
The Lusitania Memorial.
Lieutenant Carter next discussed
briefly some of the Huns sea crimes
He exhibited o medal which he had oh.
| tained in Europe. duplicates Of whici
were sold by the German government
| in commomoration Of the sinking Of III,
| Lusitania. Printing on these medals
| states that the German nation hailet
| the sinking Of tho liner az "A wonder
| ful naval victory
Treaehery Their Nature.
| Il cannot say too much concornins
| the treachcry of the Huns" said tn
| speaker, There Is nothing that
! German soldier viii not do. They de
| Tis" all manner Of schemes. not to out
| wit. but to deceive their enemy
| know it to be q fact that they use tn
badge Of the Red Cross to defen.
themselves and then XIII. One day
| Was going from one diyisiDn Of m
| command 10 another. was accom-
panied by an orderly carrying u rifl
and fixed bayonet. While making m
| short walk. ! noticed something NOV
| ing in shell pit not far off. A
things should not be moving in shel
pits 7 went To investigate.
| II had advanced 10 within few fec
Of the hole when Il German Of unusu
ally large size sprang NJ. He held VI
both hands In sign Of surrender TIL
first thing which 7 noticed about hir
vas a Red Cross on his sleeve. The
noticed that he was armed.
"'What shall I do with the fellow
my orderly asked.
"'You have IA bayonet on your GU
haven't you@'
''Then took his gun from him ar
killed the German myself I examine
his effects. This Is what I found
Lieutenant Carter displayed a sav
i backed bayonet.
In speaking Of the Red Cross Lie
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