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About La Grande evening observer. (La Grande, Or.) 1904-1959 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 20, 1918)
;.iiit 1, ;:',(. A'."'iW;:V.'tW'V TTTESDAY. AFfltTBT 1913', ' PAOT2 SIX .v v. ' LA 0RAN1YE EVENING ' OBSftTiVTCTl - . WEAPONS OF HUNS WW 'I, 'jrWllW Conquered Peoples Shamefully r Treated for Advantage of the 1 German State. !'- 0 Bl"" PniMlan Offlcr Callously Tell How Starvation and AbuM Are Mad ;to Servo Their Purpose Cap. , ' .,. tlvo Women Made Slave.- " - iiffl v -V M A iM 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 H ,i H.lH.4 Thla I have ean. I couK not believe It unlet I had tcn It I through and through, far ev orai week I lived with It; I went all about It and back of It I Intida and out of It wa ahown to mo until finally I came to realize that the Inoredl. bla waa true. It I monttroue, It la unthinkable, but It ex I its. It la the Pruuian eyatenb F. C. Walcott, No more graphic description of the ravages ot the German, soldiery upon the cirlllan population pf invaded countries hits been elvon than is con- tolned In tho brief nnd simple state- raems or r. u. Wilcott, now connected with the United States food adminis tration, ivho was assistant to Sir. Hoover while America was feedlns 4seiinum, I'nland and northern France. In one of these statements Mr. Wnl- cott says: Even now I find It hard to describe In comprehensible terms the mind of official Germany, which dominates nnd shapes all German thought and action. ' let It la as hard, as clear-cut, as real oa any material thing. I saw It In l'olnnd, I saw the same thing In Ilel glum, I heard of It In Sorbin and Ilou mania. . For weeks It was always be fore me, always tho same. Odlcers talked freely, frankly, directly. Ail the staff officers hnvo the same 'view. Let me try to tell It, as General von Kriea told me. In Poland, In the mdst of a dying nation. Germany Is des tined to rulo tho world, or at least a great part of It. The German people are ao much human material for build ing the German state, other people do not count. All Is for the glory and might of the German state. The lives of human beings are to be conserved only If It makes for the statj'g ad vancement, their lives aro to ho sacri ficed if It. is to the state's advnntnge. The state Is all, the peoplo aro noth ing. Conquered people signify llttlo In the German account. Llfo, liberty, Vapplness, human, sentiment, fainlly ties, grace and generous Impulse, these , have no place beside tho one concern, p the greatness of the German state, vvi Htnrvntlon must cicrlto no plty;nym pathy must not bo allowed, If It ham pers tho main design of promoting Germany's ends. "Starvation Is here," sold General von Krli's, "Candidly, we would llko to see It relieved ; wo fear our soldiers may he unfavorably affectrd by tho things that tliey see. But since It Is here, starvation must servo our pur pose. 8o wo set It to work for Qer mnny, By starvation we can nccom 'jillxh In two or threo years In East l'olnnd more than we havo In West l'olnnd, which Is East Prussia, In tho last hundred years. With tluit In view, wo propose to turn this force to our advantage. "This country Is meant for Ger many," continued tho keeper of starv ing Poland. "It Is a rich nlluvlul country which Germany has nectlcd for some generations. Wo propose to remove tho able-bodied working Poles from this country. It leaves it open for tho Inflow of German working pco ' pie as, fast as wo can spare them. They will occupy It and work It." Then Willi u cunning smile, "Can't you see how It works out? By nnd by we shall give buck freedom to I'oland. When that happens Poland will appear automatically as a German province." -. In Belgium, Qouorul von Hissing told mo exactly the same thing. "If the relief of Belgium breaks down we . can force tho Industrial population In to Germany through starvation nnd colonize o.her Belgians In Mesopo tamia where wo have planned lariro Irrigation works; Germans will then overrun Belgium. Then when the war la over and freedom Is given back to Belgium, It wUl be a German Belgium that Is restored. Bolgjum will bo u German provluce nnd have Ant werp which Is what we aro after." That Is not all. Itcmoviiig the men, that tho laud may be vacant for Ger man occupation, that German stock may repluco Belgians. Poles. Serbians, Armenians, nnd now ltouraaninns, Ger many does moro. Women left cnptlvo are enslaved. Germany makes all manner of lust Its Instrumentality. Tho other day a friend of nilno told roe of a man Just returned from north ern France. "I cannot tell you the de tails," he said, "man to man, I don't want to repeat what I heard." Soma of the things ho did tellmihockliig mutilation, and moral murder. Ho told of women, by tho acore, in occupied territory of northern France, prisoned In underground dungeons, tethered for the uso of their bodies by officers and men. If this Is not a piece of the rrusslan system, It Is the logical product of dls regard of the rights of others, Germany has limited tho' nmount Hint prisoners may spend to f 1.1 n week tor officers and !- 'or prlvatca. SUPPORT of Home Industries is One Form of Patriotism. Iw OMEN Are Purchasing Agents in Most R honied Their cooperation is necessary U :ffl W If IP FRUST5 mHmTTvTHHHttttHHMmMIMt!tMIHH Moon Superstition. Among the Hindu and Kgyntlan the house was cni-rled to the moon. De Ouherniito anyas "The pagan sun .god crushes under his feet tho iiioue of the night. When the rat's away the mice will piny. The shadows of night dance when the moon Is Absent." if' . OLYMPIC PANCAKE I FLOUR I I Its the daily break-: fast in thousands' of! a. Western homes. digestible Honestly recDmmtrdtd as the dally J There Is no and healthful. other . diet at the entire hotitehold. Bocnuao tho ItisiTdlrnts nre so blrndrd ee to produce food that is apetltifting nnd porfprlly dijcpytctl. Thoso who buio fuauj otlier pancakes Indigratibte will find OLYMPIC screes with the most delicate slum idi. ... '. The Portland Flouring Mills Co. Snd us tho end of the onclcigo mid receive by return inai! n 1 F3 sake ! j v- i i i in i J FLOUR THE PURE 'FOOD FLOUR CROWN' Fioni i made from tho choicest of wheat !n the best niill on the coast. Therefore, bleaching or nrti ficial culoiii:;- U nut necessary. If you :re nsii another brand of flour it is probably AwJ a.? w- : v.e.stein mills emDlov artificial meth- in C'' '. iheir Hour. lioj Cv I i,,;:r nnd eliminate any possibility of get- f!o;ir liiat !i:n l een artificially colored. :'.( your t:ra:cr for CROWN FLOUR. t.. 1 ..'Piir H: ilfll and Medicinal Remedies are i II Guaranteed to, Please, J Kvery Drupjgest in l.a Grande Sells' them, , MM DISTlKCTIVELY DELICIOUS For particular, pev--At all Leading Gr.;ccr- "You'll never k':: ) v . - . ' ..-.': ' , DIAMOND Manufac1.'.:'' Steel Cut - iOFFEE . ::.-.'.ciate GOOD COFFfiE. '". ' . 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Fancy Peaches ........ ......$1.65 per box Fancy Tomatoes $1.40 per box Melons 3c per pound Green Peppers 15c pef pound All kinds of Picklin Spices. '..'HUG'S MODERN GROCERY CALL MAIN 35
