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radiation AeeeMpanylno D.
postation From Mons.
SCENES OF FIENolsM CRUELTY
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Information tsH part Of the AesyoU-
ing story.
A vivid sketch Of the deportations
from Mons. ordered by German author
titles. drawn by participant. may well
be cited here:
II viii take the 18th Of November
Of last year t1916l. A week or 30 be-
fore that q placard was placed on the
walls telling my capital city Of Mons
that In seven days all the men Of that
city who were not clergymen. who
were not priests. who. did not belong to
the city council. would be depOrted.
"At half past fve. In the gray Of the
morning on the 18th OF November,
they walked out. $500 men ut Mons,
myself and another leading them down
the cobblestones Of the street and out
where the rioting would be less than
IN the great city. with the soldiers on
7ach side. with bnyonets fixed. with
the women held back.
The degradation Of It! The degra-
dation Of II as they walked into this
great market square. where the pens
were erected. exactly as II they were
cattle--all the great men Of that prov
ince-the lawyers. the statesmen, the
heads Of the trndes. the men that had
made the capital of Hainaut glorious
during the last 20 years.
.Therc they were collected; no ques-
tion Of who they were, whether they
were busy or what they were doing,
or what their position In life. Go to
the right! Go to the left Go to the.
rightl' SO they were turned to the
one side or the other.
"Trains were standing there ready.
steamIng. to take them to Germany.
You saw on the one side the one
brother< takeAr the other brother left :
A hasty embrace and they were sepa-
rnted and gone.
''You saw the women In hundreds,
with bundles in their hands. beseech-
ing to be permitted to approach the
trains, to give their men the last that
they had In life between themselves
and starvation-a small bundle Of
clothing to keep them warm on their
way to Germany. You saw women ap-
proach with q bundle that had been
purchased by the sale Of tho last
Of their household effects. Not
one was allowed to approach to give
her man the warm pair Of stockings or
the warm Jacket. 20 there might be
some chance Of his reaching there. on
they went John H. Gade. In the Ma
tional Geographic Magazine. May.
1917. s@si'72
The Belgian women sent . touching
appeal to Minister Whitlock:
Appeal Of 0siefan Womsn.
~Brussels. Nov. Is, 1919, - Rue de Ia
Madeleine.
His Excellency. Mr.. Brand whitlock,
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary Of the United States
Of America.
''Mr. Minister:
From the depths Of our well Of
misery our supplication rises to you.
I'm addressing ourselves to you, we
denounce to your government, ~ well
AZ to our sisters, tho women of the
nation which you represent In our
midst, the criminal abusesOf force Of
which our unhappy and defsnselesss
people II . victim. s's
-Since the beginning Of this afro
cious war we have looked % impotent-
" end with our hearts torn with every
sorrow ut terrible events which put
civilization hack Into the ages of the
barbarian hordes. fe
'2Ir. Minister. the crime which Is
now being committed under your eyes,
namely. the deportation Of thousands
Of men compelled to work on enemy
sou against the interests Of their coun-
try, cannot find any shadow Of excuse
ON the ground Of military necessity. for
1t constitutes . violation by force of
sacred right Of human conscience.
Called ~Monstrous Extremity.
Whatever may be the motive. 1t
cannot be admitted that citizens may
be compelled to work directly or indi-
rectly for the enemy against their
brothers who are fighting.
The convention Of The Hague has
consecrated this principle.
Nevertheless, the occupying power
Is forcing thousands Of men to this
mOnstrous extremity. which is con-
trary TO ni0rnls and international law.
both these men who have already been
taken to Germany and those who to-
morrow will undergo the same fate.
II fran tha outside, ffom neutral Eu-
ripe and ithe United 6tntes, no help IL
offered i
''Ohi The Belgian women have nlso
known how to carry out their duty X
the hcur of danger; they have not
weAkeaed ~ copk6Se of ths soldiers
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