War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis (1915) (14770618564)

Identifier: warechoesorgerma02haug (find matches)
Title: War echoes; or Germany and Austria in the crisis ..
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Hau, George William, ed. and comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: (Chicago, M. M. Malone)
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ome quite commonin Belgium, and gouging out the eyesseems to have developed into a sportamong a certain class of patriotswho, when caught, are not treatedvery tenderly. It is the punishmentof these offenders which has givenrise to the stories of German atroc-ities, so far as they are based onfacts. Five American reporters, three ofwhom are residents of Chicago andall well known throughout the UnitedStates, write thus in a round robinabout the alleged German atroci-ties:* After spending two weeks withand accompanying the troops upwardof one hundred miles, we are unableto report a single instance unpro-voked. We are also unable to confirmrumors of mistreatment of prisonersor of non-combatants with the Ger-man columns. This is true of Lou-vain, Brussels and Luneville while inPrussian hands. *An extensive report of these menand detailed circumstances precedingand attending the Round Robin re-ferred to, is given elsewhere in WarEchoes. (See Atrocities.)—Editor EVOLUTION BY THE LAW OF WAR
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GERMAN ORDNANCE OFFICERS IN POLANDReceiving a Telephone Message at tlieir Field Telephone Station in a Polish Village. Coat; also the seriousness of the Situation(Photograph by the International News Service) Note the heavy, white Sheepskin We visited Chateau Soldre, Sam-bre, and Beaumont without substan-tiating a single wanton brutality.Numerous investigated rumorsproved groundless. Everywhere wehave seen Germans paying for pur-chases and respecting property rightsas well as according civilians everyconsideration. After the battle of Biass (prob-ably Barse, a suburb of Namur) wefound Belgian women and childrenmoving comfortably about. The dayafter the Germans had captured thetown of Merbes Chateau we foundone citizen killed, but were unableto confirm lack of provocation. Ref-ugees with stories of atrocities wereunable to supply direct evidence.Belgians in the Sambre valley dis-counted reports of cruelty in the sur-rounding country. The discipline ofthe German soldiers is excellent, a