THE SUNDAY OREGOXIAN. PORTLAND. DECE3IBER 21, 1919.
"TORTURE OF PRIESTS" IS PROTESTED BY CARDINAL MERCIER
Months and Months of Privations for Clergy Who Have Not Been Tried, the Cardinal Tells Von Bissin, Governor General.
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CARDINAL MKRCIER'S STORY
Including his correspondence
with the German authorities In
Belgium during the war, 1914
to 1918, edited by Professor
Kernand Mayence of Louvain
university and translated by
the Benedictine monks of St.
Augustine's, Ramsgate, England.
Explanatory comment by Professor
Kernand Mayence:
' N the fall of 1916 the German
military autocracy was perhaps
more confident of victory than at
any other time save during the first
weeks of the war.
Bulgaria had entered the fray in
October and Serbia, after an eighteen
months' resistance, was at last slip
ping into the iron grip of the central
powers. The offensive of the allies
in the west had proved abortive.
There were submarine depredations
to report. The British, under the un
fortunate Townshend, were marching
to defeat at Kut-el-Amara. Evidently
Von Biasing was certain that Hun
militarism would triumph or he never
wonli have outraged humanity and
challenged the sentiments of neutrals
by ordering the execution of Edith
Cavell. The English nurse had been
ehot In Brussels on October 12, In
spite of the efforts of Brand Whlt
lock, the American minister, and the
Marquis of Villobar, the Spanish min
ister, to save her.
That the psychology of these events
was stiffening Von Bissing's ob
stinacy In his relations with Cardinal
Mercier is scarcely s be doubted. The
tone of the governor-general's letters,
given herewith, is only speciously
conciliatory. The cardinal is armed
with specific Information regarding
the sufferings of the imprisoned
priests. One of them. Father De
vroye, is his cousin.
For once the snobbery which taint
ed the character of virtually all the
leading agents of the military des
potism failed to register. Not even
as a kinsman of the primate of Bel
gium was consideration granted the
prtsoner. Instead an impertinent con
tradiction of the Cardinal's charges
It, Inclosed in Von Blssing's brief note.
The denial is by Colonel Jochnius,
the Kreischef of Malines. This of
ficial exercised his powers under the
military administration. The Krels
hefs were the commissioners or chief
officials of the arrondiasements dur
ing the German regime. Each had the
iunk of colonel and they were natur
ally in complete sympathy with the
design of their superiors.
It is significant that one of the ap
pended letters was not headed Brus
sels, but Trois Fontalns. This was
the name of the charming country
estate which Von Bissing comman
deered as a summer residence. While
rusticating there he was inspired to
MISS HAWLEY WRITES ABOUT
DELIGHTFUL TRIP IN IRELAND
Traveler Must Cling to Precious Passport, She Says Keeping Friendly
With the Police Is Requisite.
K
EEPING on friendly terms with I
the police is one of the princi
pal af ter-the-war diversions for
the American traveler in Ireland, no
matter how high his or her social
standing might be at home, if the let
ters of Miss Iras A. Hawley are any
criterion. Miss Hawley, who is the
daughter of Representative W. C.
Hawley of Oregon, accompanied Mrs.
Duncan U. Fletcher, wife of Senator
Fletcher, and their daughters to Ire
land to visit Mrs. Lionel Smith-Gordon,
formerly a Miss Fletcher. The
trip was in July, August and Septem
ber and began with a visit of several
weeks at the Smith-Gordon home in
Dublin.
Miss Hawley was unable to visit
her brother. Lieutenant Cecil Hawley,
vho was Injured in France, on ac
count of the difficulty in securing a
passport to that country.
These passports seem the most es
sential thing in this age. and Miss
Ifawley's letters home are full of in
cidents hinging upon the documents.
The papers are regarded differently
by each personage who handles them.
The traveler mentioned that the men
at the head of the gangplank on the
Carmonla. the boat she went over on.
glanced at hers and, laughing, said.
"It's one way to find out all their
ages."
Letter Describes Trip.
On August 12 she described landing
in England. Bits culled here and there
from the letters tell the story of the
tour. The trip to Dublin comes first.
Miss Hawley writes:
- "Since we are aliens, we must reg
ister with the police wherever we
spend a night. We arrived Friday
night and were rather tired Saturday,
so delayed going to the police court,
with the result that yesterday a tele
phone message came to inquire why
the three Americans had not regis
tered. We went this morning and
were given identification cards. We
will not be obliged to carry our pass
ports around. They are our dearest
possessions.
"I am writing on an old mahogany
table in one of the windows pf the
Smith-Gordon house. You should see
the odd folk who pass carts drawn
by burros not much larger than mice,
and people who might have stepped
out of the Godey book.
' 'This is a short street oniy a block
long with a row of trees down the
center. All the houses on this side of
tlte street are Georgian and rather
old. They have such fine hedges
many varieties of holly and box ana
Other things. Nearly all the houses In
Dublin have huge brass knockers and
knobs and all are most resplendently
shiny. The knobs are in the center of
the door Instead of at the side. Arid
the original key to this house looks
like that of the Bastile.
Identity Books Secured.
"We have at last completed all the
necessary ceremonies toward getting
our identity books. We have to carry
them where they can be produced at
a moment's notice, if any policeman
or other arm of the law demands to
know our status. They are quite small,
but contain all our palt history and
Juture Intentions and have our pic
tures In them also one picture is
tiled-at oollce headquarters here.
"Such funny street cars here, quite
emalll, with seats on top. where we
always sit. as inside the air has a fine
old ripe flavor which is enough to
choke one. You pay according to the
distance you ride. 2 cents from here
to the shopping district. The conductor
has a little punching machine on his
belt and punches a ticket for you. It
always reminds me of uaa s sons.
.faKfa
write that fitting up of the cells as
signed priests "answered all hygienic
requirements."
"Archbishop's House, Malines. No
vember 6, 1915. To His Excellency
Baron von Bissing, Governor-General,
Brussels: Sir On November 1 I re
ceived the letter P. 20001 with which
your excellency honored me, dated
October 30. In it you express the
opinion that the information con
tained in my letters of October 7
and 16 about the conditions under
which Fathers Quevit and Van Nylen
are Imprisoned is without founda
tion. "I cannot do better than put the
facts before your excellency and give
you the precise dates. Then you
yourself will see that It is the un
varnished truth.
"My first letter is dated October 7.
In it I told your excellency that Fath
'Punch. Brothers, Punch With Care,'
etc."
In August Miss Hawley and her
party went to Killarney.
"This hotel is right on the edge of
one of the lakes and is quite com
fortable, in spite of pink cushions on
red leather chairs and many late Vic
torian ornamentations.
"After dinner last nlghtwe walked
Into the town, a mile and a half from
here, to register with the police. It
is a lovely walk, a lane 'with Ivy
covered walls and trees meeting over
head. It -started to mist before we
got there. AHer making several in
quiries we found the police station,
quite an imposing place, and the
"bobby" on guard welcomed us very
cordially. He took us Into a room
full of men armed to the teeth, but
they gradually left, one by one, after
lookfng us over.
"The sergeant looked at our iden-
ity oooKs from cover to cover, but
did not seem to know Just what to do
with them. Finally he called someone
who did. and then wrote down our
names, etc., on the records.
CafHf Like Oregon.
'This is a beautiful count rv the
rolling hills and field look much
like Oregon. We drove for miles
along little roads, each side having
stone walls centuries old. some with
hufte trees growing on top of them
and great ivy vines. The hollv Is
everywhere and is shiny and flourish
ing. The vegetation sometimes is al
most tropical.
There is an enormous estate he-
longing to Lord Kenmare. quite close
here, and we naid sixuencc each to
drive through the grounds, came
across them and that brought us al
most to the village again.
.Ml these grounds are alone- the
lake shores. We went un to the cas
tle which was destroyed a few years
ago hy fire; only the outer walls are
lert, the inside was absolutely gutted.
It is on a hlch place and had formal
gardens and the lakes below, and
mountains across. There were few
arches and box mazes.
"The driver of our jumping car is
the quaintest person, recites Irish
poems, ana tells us all sorts of folk
lore. One story was about the orig
inal town of Killarney beine where
the lakes are now. There was a well
where some great man's daughter
drew watejj for everyone and one
night, as she was drawing water a
lord came down from the mountains
and began to talk with her. 8lie went
off up the mountains with him and
they married and lived happily ever
after, but she had left the well flow
ing and it poured out so much water
it drowned the viiiage.
"Killarney is very old, the driver
says 800 years or more. There are
some thatched cottages. Most of the
old houses have thick stone walls,
whitewashed. When you walk along
the main streets you look through an
archway and see a regular village be
hind the other houses. These are the
really old places, all whitewashed,
cobbled streets and plumbing in
stalled during the days of the Cru
saders. Jaunting Car I'sed.
"We went In O Leary's jaunting car
to Muckross abbey, a fine old place
on a big estate. The abbey Is gray
stone and very well preserved, only
the roof gone. There Is a court with
a huge yew tree in the center and
cloisters around and funny little dark
rooms only three or four feet high.
The building is In the form of a cross
"The park within the stone walls
is lovely; there is a double row of
what they call lime trees (white
limes) where the monks used to walk.
"On the way we passed a little
glen wb,ere the fairies dance) under
ers Quevit and Van Nylen. though
merely under suspicion,, were being
kept in a dungeon. I asked for a mit
igation of their lot and facilities for
saying mass.
"Very kindly on October 13 your
excellency wrote to me that as the
result of orders given Immediately by
you the priests' accommodation would
without delay be altered to suit their
dignity and that steps would be tak
en to enable them to say mass so long
as the judicial investigation of their
case lasted.
"I had all the mpre reason to hope
that the two religious would not have
to wait long before enjoying the Im
provement, asked for, because, on the
occasion of a visit he paid me on Octo
ber 8 the Baron von der Lancken
seemed disposed to second my request
to your excellency.
"This is what actually took place:
the guidance of the 'Master of the
Green Isle,' and he told us some won
derful tales about him. On our way
home we stopped at Ross castle, a
fortified stronghold on a small knoll
beside the upper lake. It Is covered
with huge ivy vines. We climbed up
a stone stairway to the square watch
tower, the stairs worn Into holes by
the feet of people climbing them the
last score hundred years or so.
Toward he end of August the trav
elers went to Glencar In County
Kerry.
"There are peat bogs all around
here; we saw several women stack
ing the little blocks of It and piling
It Into panniers across the backs of
the tiny donkeys they use here. The
baby ones are cunning, especially
when they shed and the old hide
hangs on In rags and tatters.
Berries He inns to Fairies.
"There are blackberries all along
the roads, and we eat them with great
appetite. The natives never seem to
touch them. Lionel says they think
the berries belong to the fairies.
"The next stop was Glenbeigh,
where the first call, as usual, was at
the constabulary barracks with our
little books. A young officer met us
at the door and knocked at an inner
door, whereupon, himself, the ser
geant, came out In shirt and trousers.
He muttered something and disap
peared down a hall, while the first
one took us into a room and gave us
chairs. After a few minutes the ser
geant came In. fully dressed, even to
his cap. He was as pleasant as could
be. All the constabulary have made
some notes from the life history in
our books and signed them.
"At Intervals the door would open
and some yonng chap In disarray
would come In, stop and gasp at the
sight of three strange females, mut
ter some comment on the weather
and back out to the great amusement
of the first one, who presumably was
readthg in a corner, but in reality
was giving us a thorough scrutiny.
"This afternoon the hotel pro
prietor took us over to an island
which they own, a mile from the
shore. The island looks all gorse,
heather and rocks, with a round
watch tower built during Napoleon's
day, but the Bryco's have built really
wonderful Italian gardens there and
had the foundations laid for a house
when the war stopped all work of
that sort. There Is a sunken garden
with a pool, there are borders of
bright flowers and a tea house of
sand colored atone, a beautiful fairly-
large building with pergolas at the
ends and a veranda supported by
columns all around. There is one
large room Inside with Grecian mar
ble for part of the walls, and a little
kitchen completely equipped.
Blarney Castle lulled.
"There is a green tennis court and
a sand one. a large green lawn and
such gardens as I can't describe, all
with stucco walls around and iron
grill gates and little towers. It looked
bit like the San Francisco exposi
tion. The apples and pears are grown
In rows on wires. The trees are
planted a few feet apart and limbs
carefully trained out at each side on
wires, like vines as the fruit is ex
posed to the sun.
"Thursday a'bout eleven we started
off and drove to Blarney, a queer
little town. The castle Is set on a
granite rock In a great grove and is
a magnificent sight as one enters the
town. There are little winding stair
ways in the corners and some are so
narrow one has 'to crowd against the
walls. All the way up there are
funny dark rooms off from the stair
way the guard must have been quar
tered In them. There is one large
room on the ground floor and an
other half way up, with a big fire
place. The lower one. has no means
of illumination as far as windows
go, but the upper one is open to the
sky. At the top a parapet goes all
the way around. It is built in such
a way that at the bottom of the
stones which stand, higher than
others there is a holt about a foot
wide and two feet long, with noth
ing below but the ground, which looks
a long way down and mighty hard.
Obeyed Von Blaming.
"As regards Father Van Nylan. af
ter having been shut up on July 31
in a dungeon at the barracks in Lou
vain and then transferred to the jail
of the same town, he was imprisoned
i in a dungeon at the Lancers' barracks
in Malines on October 2. On October
26 he was still there and had not as
yet obtained leave to say mass.
"It was only on Monday the 25th that
the provincial military chaplain.
Father Glerlichs, came to me with
the news that leave was going to be
given to Father Van Nylen to say
mass, but that the requisites Tor this
purpose did not exist at the barrftcks.
Immediately a secretary from the
archbishop's house. Canon Van Olmen,
was commissioned to procure all the
necessary requisites; a building was
prepared on the 26th and on the 27th
the father had the consolation of say
ing his first mass in prison. Since the
27th your excellency's orders concern
ing the celebration of mass have been
carried out.
"Replying on a report dated Oc
tober 27 of the Kreischef M. Joohmus.
your excellency reproaches me with
having complained without reason of
the treatment meted out to religious
detained in prison. Your excellency
expresses yourself as follows: 'Your
eminence must therefore have been
quite misinformed when you think it
"The stone which is believed to be
the Blarney Is at the lower edge of
one of these openings, where the iron
support is, and two or more feet be
low the level of the floor. One lies
on one's back and two people grab
one's ankles and shove one down
through this opening. The ambitious
person hangs on as best he can to
the iron bars above him, but if he
actually kisses the stone he stands
on his head in mid air."
AUTO LAW AROUSES IRISH
Sinn Feinen Refuse to Apply to
Police for Permits.
DUBLIN. Dec 20. Much resentment
has been aroused among Irish motor
ists by the government's new order
under which nobody is allowed to
own or drive an automobile in Ireland
unless he has obtained a permit from
the police.
It is intended to prevent the use of
automobiles as aids to crime. Permits
will be given only to persons con
cerning whose character and disposi
tions the police are satisfied.
Permits have already been refused
on the ground that the applicants are
not loyal. Before a permit Is issued
the applicant must furnish two pho
tographs and descriptions of himself
and his car. The regulation applies
to chauffeurs as strictly as to owners
and the Drivers' and Mechanics' union
has threatened to go on strike if it is
enforced.
Many Sinn Felners and others re
fuse to apply for motor permits. Their
cars will be liable to seizure. The
police have power to enter any ga
rage and the owner can be sentenced
to imprisonment for possessing it.
The order was provoked by the fact
that Sinn Fein raiders for arms and
men who had attacked police bar
racks have escaped capture by using
fast cars and motorcycles. Traders
In cars and taxlcab owners say that
the regulation will kill tjielr business.
HOWIE SUBSIDIES IS PLAN
Imperial Treasury Agrees to Lend
Hone to Small Towns.
LONDON. Dec. 20. The British
government proposes to subsidize the
erection of necessary homes for the
people and to prevent the building
of what are characterized as "luxury
houses." The plan has been proposed
to the house of commons by Dr. Chris
topher Addison, minister of health. Dr.
Addison proposed that a subsidy of
150 should be offered for each house
built within a specified time.
Austen Chamberlain, chancellor of
the exchequer, announced that the
treasury had agreed to lend to local
authorities of small communities
money for building purposes, but that
the authorities of larger communi
ties would have to supply their own
resources.
Two difficulties, he said, confront
ed the government, that of obtaining
money and labor, and he advised that
public opinion be aroused to obtain
both.
SWEDEN'S STOCKS - FALL
General Depression in Financial
Market Experienced.
STOCKHOLM. Dec. 20. Reaction
after the war time boom, strikes, the
high cost of living, increased taxa
tion and lack of capital have com
bined to cause a general depression
in the Swedish financial market.
Several large financial and com
merclal concerns have recently failed,
drawing down with them affiliated
Arms. Stock exchange quotations for
leading securities have declined to th
lowest figures for many years.
Little l.lBtit In Cell.
"I have questioned several wit
nesses whose good faith is beyond
all cavil, who have themselves gone
through life In the dungeon here, or
have been allowed to enter one on the
occasion of a visit o the prisoners.
'This is substantially what they de
clare: The room which the prison
ers are shut up in Is very narrow and
badly ventilated: there la neither ta
ble nor chair to be found In It: in
general, there Is not Ahe cleanliness
there should be; there Is hardly any
light: a witness who occupied the cell
in the middle of summer asserts that
then he could hardly read between 10
A. M. and 2 P. M. : Father Van Nylen
las. during the few weeks of his de
tection, used as a makeshift at least
two dozen candles. Under these cir
cumstances the prisoners find them
selves condemned to a sort of stagna
tion, to enforced idleness and to an
oppressive boredom, and from 3 or 4
P. M. till the next morning they re
main perforce reclining on a mat
tress. If a friend has been good
enough to supply them with one,
otherwise or. a bed of straw. Every
one must admit that such a regime is
demoralizing.
"And when one considers that sev
eral of those who are enduring for
weeks or even for months at a time
those mental tortures and these pri
vations, have not been tried and have
not been declared guilty, but are
merely awaiting trial: when one
knows that the accusations brought
against ihem relate to acts which
PUSSYFOOT JOHNSON IS TOPIC
OF CONVERSATION IN ENGLAND
Reputation Is First Gained as Law Enforcement Official for Federal
Government in Indian Country.
ALL El
"Pus
of O
IX England Is now talking about
ssyfoot" Johnson, formerly
Oregon. No one in a genera
tion has supplied the comedians of
the halls and the musical comedy
stage with as much material for tell
ing gags, or the humorists and car
toonists of the newspapers and maga
zines of the British isle, with such In
valuable material for the whole coun
try to roar over.
William Eugene Johnson first
gained great notoriety or reputation,
according as one views it, as law
enforcement official for the federal
government In the Indian country dur
ing the administration of President
RooBevelt- Acting under orders of
the Interior department Johnson was
told to go to Oklahoma and elsewhere
and suppress the liquor traffic among
the Indians.
Beyond very general instructions no
details were given him. He looked
up the word "suppress" In the dic
tionary, found Just what It meant
and proceeded accordingly.
When- he took hold of his Job he
found a great lack both of law and
precedent, and also a dearth of en
forcement machinery. But he had
been told by the department to "sup
press" so he did literally and left the
men and women who fancied them
selves Injured to take up the cudgel
with the government afterwards. His
attitude was to stop the sale of liquor
and then let law suits follow if they
would, and they followed.
Times without number Johnson was
lodged In jail at the order of local
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the government no doubt has a Btrlc.t
right to prevent, but which are none
the less required by a patriotism
which calls for respect, one cannot
help thinking that your excellency
must be Ignorant of the abuses which
are committed under cover of your
authority; and one cannot give up
hoping that, when better Informed,
you will no longer tolerate such
things.
"It is possible that Father Van
N'ylen's fate will soon be decided. But
If I have intervened in the case of
two religious who had a special claim
to my protection, nevertheless
should like your excellency to extend
your benevolence to all prisoners not
yet found guilty. .
"Please accept, sir, the assurance of
my sincere esteem.
"D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER.
."Archbishop of Malines.'
Hardly had the preceding letter
been dispatched when the Cardinal
learned of the arrest of Fathers Dev.
roye and Mertens, S. J. He imme
diately intervened on their behalf to
obtain favorable conditions for their
internment:
"Archbishop's House, Malines,
November 7, 1915.
"To His Excellency Baron von Bis
sing, governor-general, Brussels Sir:
At the risk of importuning your ex
cellency, I find myself obliged to sup
plement my letter of yesterday. I
have Just had news of the condemna
tion of Rev. Father Van Nylen and
also of the Internment of Father Dev
roye In a dungeon at Malines bar
racks. This excellent man. Father
Devroye. is a friend and- cousin of
mine. It Is painful for me to think
that he had to pass Saturday night
last on straw In an unhealthy cell
officials, only to be released later
when they discovered that they were
dealing with Uncle Sam's man and
that UiKrle Sam was protecting htm.
If occasion seemed to warrant, John
son would sometimes pay a small fine,
just to gain time to go on to the next
locality where liquor sales were be
ing made in violation of law. First
and last he put more than 4000 men
behind bars.
Frequently his life was In danger.
Once a bunch of law violators offered
$3000 for his dead body. Some fel
lows who needed the money went
out and killed a man they thought
was "Pussyfoot." They were paid
half the reward and they and their
employers proceeded to hold a glori
ous drunken wake around the body.
Next day "Pussyfoot" and his deputies
showed up and pinched the whole
lot.
Once Johnson was sitting In a
courtroom, leaning forward with
hand behind ear. for he is slightly
deaf, and a bully came behind him
with two Derringer pistols, the butts
of which he applied to the bald pate
of "Pussyfoot" with more force than
tenderness. Johnson speedily took the
count. He still bears the marks of
that assault. Threat after threat was
made to get him and plot after plot
was hatched, but always something
happened and Johnson was saved.
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such as I described to your excel
lency yesterday.
"I learn on good authority that
Father Mertens of Brussels has been
put Into a cell at Louvain under the
same conditions.
"Again I appeal to your excellency's
humane and jusf feelings.
"Father Devroye enjoys very poor
health: I beg of your excellency to
send a doctor to him as soon as pos
sible to examine him. He could not
bear up long under the treatment he
Is undergoing.
"Accept, your excellency, the ex
pression of my sincere esteem.
"D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER.
"Archbishop of Malines."
Two days after. Von Bissing sent
the cardinal from his residence at
Trolse Fontaines the following tele
gram: Trols Fontaines. November 9th,
1915. Cardinal Mercier, Malines: In
accordance with your eminence's wish.
I have given orders by telephone for
an improvement to be carried out in
the treatment of the imprisoned
priests referred to In your letter.
"THE GOVERNOR-GENERAL.
(Signed) BARON VON BISSING.
"Major-General.
The cardinal hastened to thank Von
Bissing for the kindness shown by
him to the religious in prison awaiting
trial:
"Archbishop's House. Malines, No
vember 10th, 1915. To His Excellency
Baron von Bissing, Governor-General.
Brussels Sir: Your excellency has
been kind enough to assure me by
wire last night that religious Impris
oned under suspicion would for the
future have better accommodations.
I am very grateful to you for this as
surance, and I take the liberty to
Insist that all suspected prisoners
should bo treated with the same fair
ness. ,
"This very evening the news has
reached me that a civilian prisoner
In poor health. M. Wasnair. whom 1
had the honor to recommend to your
excellency, has been restored to his
family.
"For this I am grateful to your ex
cellency, and beg you to accept the
expression of my sincere esteem.
(Signed)
"D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER.
"Archbishop of Malines."
The governor general forwarded to
his eminence a copy of the kreischef
of Malines' report on the conditions
of Father Devroyes Internment.
"Governor general of Belgium
Brussels. November 10. 1913.
"To his eminence. Cardinal Mer
cier, archbishop of Malines.
"As a sequel to my wire of yester
day. I have the honor to Inclose
herewith the copy of a report from
the kreischef of Malines and a bullc
tin of the army medical service about
Father Devroye, who Is detained un
der suspicion In the prison of this
town. From these documents It is
clear that the priest interested has
no ground of complaint against the
treatment to which he is subjected,
that he is well and quite capable of
undergoing the prison regime.
"About Father Bertens, Imprisoned
at Louvain. notice has been given nie
through the telephone that he was
In the same condition as Father Dev
roye. I have not yet received the
written report. I intend to pass it
on to you immediately when I receive
it.
"I present to your eminence the
expression of my sincere esteem and
I.atc in most cases, he succeeded in
arresting the plotters.
Whenever Johnson found he could
accomplish things by existing law or
known rules of legal procedure he
acted that way. When, however, he
found no such law or rule he used
common sense. force, persuasion,
threat or scheming, or a combfhation
of all. He knew that it was against
the law to sell liquor to Indians. He
knew that liquor was being sold to
them. He was told to "suppress" and
he suppressed.
Johnson knew another thing, and
that was that liquor sold contrary to
law, aa well as furniture and equip
ment used In such Illegal sale, had
no standing or protection as property,
aet-ed promptly and vigorously. His
favorite method was to take with
him a deputy or two, enter a Joint
and smash it up with hatchets, a la
Carrie Nation, destroy all booze ex
cept a little for evidence, and arrest
all concerned in the illegal sale. Once
he and his men destroyed a joint con
taining $12,000 worth of fixtures.
Gambling paraphernalia went the
same route. It frequently was cus
tomary for local officials to come
up and arrest the smashers, but al
ways they were turned loose eventu
ally. Johnson would refuse to submit
to arrest until the smashing had been
accomplished thoroughly, and Jjien
he would march along with the mar
shal or sheriff as peaceable as a
lamb.
While Johnson escaped death his
deputies were not always so fortunate.
Several of them were waylaid and
murdered.
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have the honor to "be your very de
voted servant.
(Signed) "BARON VON BISSING,
"Major General."
Copy of the kreischef's report In
closed with the preceding letter.
"Krelschefa office, Malines, Novem
ber 10. 1915. No. 7049 II.
"To the general government of
Belgium. Brussels.
"In execution of the order com
municated to me by telephone on No
vember 9. 1915, I forward herewith
a medical report on the state of
health of Father Devroye interned In
the military prison at Malines.
"At the time the doctor was draw
ing up his report, an officer of the
"Krelsamt" visited the cell in which
Father Devroye was lodged.
"The cell is 3.20 meters long. 1.95
meters broad and 4 meters high. The
walls are whitewashed with lime.
Father Devroye Is not obliged to
sleep, as has been said, on straw
placed Immediately on the floor, but
he has at his disposal a camp bed
stead furnished with a straw mat
tress. He has only slept one night
on this mattress. The day following
his arrival at the prison, the 7th In
stant, he received a hair mattress
which he uses still. A sufficient num
ber of clean woolen blankets have
been given htm as is proved by the
tact tnat he has sent one back.
"The warming of the cell Is se
cured by a stovo placed In the cor
ridor of the prison. At. the time of
the visit to the prisoner the tempera
ture there was sufficient. A warmer
cell nearer to the stove was offered
to Father Devroye. Ho refused it.
saying that his was sufficiently heat
ed. The lighting at night comes from
a lamp attached to the wall.
'The inquiry has proved that Father
Devroye Is treated with the deference
due to his rank. The head of the lo
cal military police asked him whether
there was anything he wanted done.
The father answered that he was
content, had no complaints to make
about the food and was satisfied with
Ms state of health. That his health
Is excellent is proved by the fact that
during his Interview with the Cardi
nal he remained standing for three-
quarters of an hour before an open
window, and on a remark being made
about this, he said he was well and
had no need for a scarf.
"I would also remark that the pris
on where those detained on suspicion
are confined formerly served as a
jail for Belgian soldiers. The fitting
up of the cells dates only a few years
back. It answers to all hygienic re
quirements. (Signed) "JOCHMUS,
"Colonel and Kreischef."
(To Be Continued.)
Copyrisht. 1010. by Public Ledger Co.
Copyright. Canada. 119. by Public Ledger
Co. International Copyright. 1919, by Pub
lic Ledger Co.
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