The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1919-03-26
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By Rev. Newell Dwight Hills

The discovery Of the secret books OF
the German governor OF Belgium. and
their presentation ut the conference at
Paris. has given a new sensation 10 q
nerve-tlrcd world. Threatened N No.
r"lnber. 1914. by the approach Of tho
victorious allied army. the Hun governor
n"d. :" imminent was his peril that the
records OF four years. with several
rooms filled with various war records.
were left intact. These records prov.
;h;I; Germany organized in advance i've
"wrccklug companies" whose business it
WAS TO loot factories If their machinery.
stores Of thcir goods. houses of their
furniture. galleries OF their pictures and
:uarbh.$. and churches and Libraries Of
their hoHys. manuscripts and various
arr treasures. AS tho law of civilized
irrt .onS and the treaties with Germany
exempt all civilian property and all
buildings rrlntcd tn rducallon religion
or art, this PROOF that Germany organ
zcd hcr crimes. planned the footing sys-
t"niAt!c,tlly. is important in tn" highest
degree at this moment when the con-
ference Is lining the indcmnitics 10 be
paid BY The Hun.
Crime as an Investment.
H'~t arc NlllQuE III lIl'tN iPi
tn. FIRST time in history they show how
an educated intellect and dcpraved
heart can turn wickedncss and crime
int" L science. We put our thieves and
house burners into Jail as We DO AL
men who are guilty Of murder and rape.
The$" German devils not only practiccd
every crime that with us ends in the
peurlnntlary or The hangman's moose
bat taught these crimes rs q science
organized them as an art and then paid
q commission 20 Hun soldiers 10 Commit
lhcS" grimes. ThcS" five deSi ructlon
companies were founded by and op"rat-
"d under the auspices of III" govern
m"ut ii occupation. with the governor
general OF Brussels acting as general
MANAGE. full reports being sept regu-
!ar.y 10 Berlin.
Kow the System Of Looting Was
Organized.
The books and records show that.
first. The wr"cking commission immeo!-
ately after the occupation Of Belgium
and Franch territory made an inventory
OF all factories. stores, houses. schools
re. will full indiccs. Second. stale
ment was then sent 10 Germany TO
those firms that might buy the loot
Third. tho. destruction company received
Eve per cent commission on the gross
valu" of all machinery and treasure
carried away. Fourth. they received
twenty-five marks nifty per ton for
everything destroyed that they could
40; ship when short OF freight trains
Their records show that up 10 April.
1918. their freight trains had carried
across the Rhine thirty-siN million tons
II iron and steel. which is equal 10 one
years production BY the furnaces nf the
United states. In Gcrb"rrill"r twenty
Thousand Huns in ,hrc" hours ard u hat
looted every house. S;"r" and farlnry.
never leaving h.hi!d 4 S.HSi.' chair.
carpet. stove. door or wiHdDw. They gut
ted thu town and l":t il stripped be-
for they set Are To III" homes. after
WI. ch they killed "v"n III" old m"n up
10 ninety years Of age. Standing b.
f"r" those ruined collars. | heard 1hr
testimony Of the victims who had 81
raprd II was not war that ruined
Franco and belgium. l. "a. no; war
that ruined Poland. wh"-" Ih"r.. Ir" TO
children under five years uf ago: or
Serbia and northeastern I'aly. wh"r"
Major Grossly found. IN" morning After
the Germans fed. a group of young
women around Il lah" with their tongues
ilstilnd down 10 fha, table. We arc not
making trraty with enemy soldiers.
but with inhuman th~""S and Crlmina Is
put of their own mouths In" Blond
beast" stands convicted His own
hands wrote tn" records If his h>-
"drstrucuon companies.