Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-04-14
FRENCHMAN PLANS DAY
in LINDENSTRASSE
Lieut.. L'HuiIler, Hero OF Many En-
counters at %, Wants Re-
venge on German Major

Lieutenant Andre L'Huillier. youthful
French officer. with incsive terms yesterday
carved out a vivid cross section of the great
wars four years and showed it. relieved oc-
casionly by a touch of humor. to an infor-
maj gathering a, the home of Edward w.
Box. il Morion
The lieutenant. who is oply twenty two
years old. told how his native village of
Sommc Py was burned to the ground by tIc
Germans. Its destruction has been cited as
ono of their typical atrocities and helps to
make ono of the counts in the tremendous
Indictment lodged by the Peace Conference
against the former Kaiser.
He told how his mother. his sister and
his grandmother were marched into Germany
under Il guard with fixed bayonets and kept
thcro for sixteen months.
His aunt. seventy five years old, was sent
to prison. "a vcritablc Calvary
Even before tho war began a nest of
spies was lodged in his native village. Four
days before hostilities began the secret
agents disappeared. When the Germans
swept into France the spies appeared again
in various positions of official rank.
ne lieutenant lnfneu lIoHl HiS
recital of German brutality and treachcry TO
pay a graceful tribute to America and the
American Red Cross
The Jews Of France
'''rhc peopl" of France can not see Amer
lean soldiers without weeping" he said
For the French people remember that it
was tn" money that the Americans gave to
the Red Cross that helped them in their
greatest need.
A dramatic climax to the informal talk
was his announcement that he is going to
Cologne. Germany. and arrest German
major, Orf by name, who was quartcrcd
in Sommc- -Py in the early days of the war.
Orff, he said. directed the systematic bru
tality practiccd against the village iuhab-
tants.
II know where Major Orf lived" the
lieutenant explained, telling how. before the
war. he had made a trip into Germany. He
lived al II Iindenstrasse. hope he is
living now and 7 hope he is enjoying good
health. For I am going over to Cologne
soon Then ! shall ask him. as | point to
decorations in his home. Where did you
find that painting and Where did you
got that furniture:
II shall ask him that because he is re
Sponsblc for the atrocities in my village.
] Snan nave win me two British soldiers
from the army Of occupation. We shall
escort Major Orff to the nearest British gen
eral and | shall ask that he be tried in
high tribunal for his crimes"
Lieutenant L'TIuillier smiled satiricaIly
Plea of French Women
EVERY woman and girl in France is
praying and pleading that those responsible
for atrocities be punished. The French
Government knows the name of every officer
responsible. for example. for the deportations
from Lille. That will be very good for the
Allies and for Germany. too. We all hope
the Peace Conference will do that.
The young officer wears the ribbon of a
ChevaIer of the Legion of Honor. the
Medalle Militare. and the Croix de Guerre
with two stars and two palms. He was with
the 151st Infantry of the Forty second Di-
vision. the French Iron Division
His skull has been trepanned twice bits
of shrapnel are in various parts of his body
When surgeons wanted to remove them his
answer was:
Sometimes you ask people to take iron
when they are ill., | don't need it, | have
it in my system and now | am a real iron
man of the Iron DIVISION
Most of the lcutenants fighting was done
within a few miles of where he was born
and educated. When the Germans used
liquid fire for the first time he was burned
severely He was removed to st. Meme
hould, where his mother and sister, who had
been released from Germany. acted as his
nurses.