PACE SIX
ASHLAND lrDDfOS
Monday, February 23, 19 1 9
AIMED TO MAKE
; POLAND DESERT
Serman System Reckoned cn
Starvation of Pe3?!e to Pro
mots Imperial Ends.
VON KRIES REVEALED PLOT
Country, After Population Had Been
Systematically Done to Do.ith, Was
to Be RcUocked by Settlers
From Germany.
The extent of human misery in
Poland causal ly the German oc
cupation was as great as that in Bel
gium and France. The entire heart
lessncss which characterized the kai
ser's high officers is well shown in a
statement by Mr. Vernon Kellogg,
prepared for a pamphlet issued by
the committee on public informa-
tion, which we copy.
The systematic exploitation of hu
man misery liy the German authorities
In Poland followed the general r'"1'
laid down by the kaiser's orders. In
order to prove the Identity of proced
ure It will be enough to present the
detailed report prepared specially for a
pamphlet Issued by the committee on
public Information and written by Mr.
Frederic C. Waleott. A fuller and la
some ways more touching treatment
is given In his article, "Devastated
Poland," In the National Geographic
Magazine for May, 1917.
"September, 1017.
"Poland Russian Poland Is per
Idling. And the German high com
mand, Imbued with the Prussian sys
tern, Is coolly reckoning on the neces
filtles 6f a starving people to promote
lta Imperial ends,
."West Poland, which has been PruS'
elan territory more than a hundred
years, Is a disappointment to Ger
many; Its people obstinately remain
Poles. This time they propose swifter
measures. In two or three years, by
grace of starvation and frlghtfulness,
they calculate East Poland will be
thoroughly made over Into a German
province. . . .
"In the great Illndenburg drive one
year ago, the country was completely
devastated by the retreating Russian
army and the oncoming Germnns. A
million people were driven from their
homes. Half of them perished by the
roadside. For miles and miles, when I
saw the country, the way was littered
with mudsoaked garments and bones
picked clean by the crows though the
larger bones had been gathered by the
thrifty Germans to be ground -into for
tillzer. Wicker baskets the little has
ket in which the bahy swings from the
rafters In every peasant home were
scattered along (he way, hundreds and
hundreds, until one could not count
them, each one telling n death.
Deliberate Policy of Starvation.
"Warsaw, which had not been de
stroyed once n proud city of a million
people was utterly stricken. Poor
folks by thousands lined the streets,
leaning against the buildings, shivering
In snow and rain, too weak to lift n
band, dying of cold and hunger. Though
the rich gave all they had, and the
poor shared llinlr last crust, they were
starving there in the streets In droves.
"In the strlckcu city, the Qerniuu gov
ernor of Warsaw Issued a proclama
tion. All able-bodied Poles were bid
den to go to Germany to work. If -any
refused, let no other Polo give him to
eat, not so much as n mouthful, under
penalty of German military law.
"It was more than the mind could
grasp. To the husband and father of
broken families, the high command
gave this decree: Leave your families
to starve; if you stay, we shall see that
you do starve this to a high-strung.
sensitive, highly organized people, this
from the authorities of a nation pro
fessing civilization and religion to mil
Hons of fellow Christians cupllve and
starving.
"General von Krles, the. governor,
was kind enough to explain. Candidly
they preferred not quite so much star
vatlon; It might get on the nerves of
the German soldiers. But, starvation
being present, It must work for Ger
man purpose. Tuklng advantage of
this wretchedness, Ihe working men of
Poland were to be removed ; the coun
try was to be restocked with Germans.
It was country Germany needed rich
alluvial soil better suited to German
expansion than distant possessions. If
the Poland that was had to perish, so
much the belter for Germany.
To Mike PoV'nd German Province.
"Remove the men, let the young and
weak die, graft 'German stock on the
women. See how simple it Is: with a
crafty smile, General von Krles con
cluded, Tsy and by we must give back
freedom to Poland. Very good; It will
reappear an a German province.'
"Slowly, I came to realize that this
monstrous, Incredible thing wos the
Prussian system, deliberately chosen
by the circle around the all-hlghivjt
und kneaded Into the German people
till it became part of their mind.
"German people are material for
building the state of no other account.
Other people are for Germany's will to
work upon. Humanity, liberty, equality,
the rights of others all foolish tali;
Demnoraey, an Idle dream. The tnw
Prussian lives only for this, (hat the
German state may be mighty and great
"All the woes In the lung eouni
against Germany are part of the Prus
toin system. The Invasion of liclglmn.
the dcpurtaUomt the starving of sub
ject people, the Armenian massacres,
jtrocltles, frlghtfulness, sinking the
f.usitanln, the submarine horrors, the
enslavement of womer all piece Into
the monstrous view. The rights of na
tions, the rights of men, the lives and
liberties of all people are subordinate
to the. German aim of dominion over
all the world.
"FllKDEMC C. WALCOTT."
Mr. Vernon Kellogg's statement 1
as follows :
Saw Only Massacre and Ruin.
"It was my privilege and necessity
In connection with the work of the
commission for relief In Belgium to
spend several months at the great
headquarters of the German armies In
the west, and later to spend mora
months at Brussels as the commis
sion's director for Belgium and occu
pied France. It was an enforced op
portunity to see something of German
practice in the treatment of a con
quered people, part of whom (the
French and the Inhabitants of the Bel
gian provinces of Fast and West Flan
ders) were under the direct control of
the German general staff and the sev
eral German armies of the west, and
part, the inhabitants of the seven other
Belgian provinces, under the quasi
civil government of Governor General
von Bissing. I did not enter the occu-'
pled territories until June, 1915, and
so, of course, saw none of the actual In
vasion and overrunning of the land. 1
saw only the graves of the massacred
and the ruins of their towns. But I
saw through the long, hard months
much too much for my peace of mind
of how the Germans treated the un-
fortunates under their control after the
occupation.
Destruction Complete.
"As chief representative for the con
mission, it was my duty to cuver this
whole territory repeatedly in long mo
tor Journeys In company with the Ger
man officer assigned for my protection
and for the protection of the German
army against any too much seeing. As
I had opportunity also to cover most of
Belgium In repeated trips from Brus
sels Into the various provinces, I nec
essarily had opportunity to compare
the destruction wrought In the two re
gions. "I could understand why certain
towns and villages along the Mouse and
along the lines of the French and Eng
lish retreat were badly shot to pieces.
There had been fighting In these towns
and the artillery of first one side and
then the other had worked their havoc
among the houses of the Inhabitants.
But there were many towns In which
there had been no fighting and yet all
too many of these towns also were In
ruins. It was not ruin by shells, but
ruin by fire and explosions. These
were the famous . 'punished towns.
Either a citizen or perhaps two ot
three citizens had fired from a window
on the invaders or were alleged to
have. Thereupon a block, or two ot
three blocks, or half the town was
niethodlcully und effectively burned or
blown to pieces. There are many of
these 'punished' towns in occupied
France. And between these towns and
along the roadways are innumerable
Isolated single farmhouses that are also
In ruins. It is not claimed that there
was any sniping from these farm
houses. They were just destroyed along
the way and by the way, one may
say. When the roll of destroyed vil
lages and destroyed farmhouses in oc
cupied France is made known, the
world will be shocked again by this evi
dence of German thoroughness.
Found Neutrality Impossible.
"Rut the horrible methods of that
deportation were such that we, al
though trying to hold steadfast to a
rigorous neutrality, could not but pro- j
test. Mr. Gerard, our ambassador to
Berlin, happened at the very time of
this protest to make a visit to the
great headquarters in the west and the
matter was brought to the attention
of certain high ollicers at headquarters
on the very day of Mr. Gerard's visit
and In his hearing. So that he added
his own protest to that of Mr. Poland,
our director at the time, and furthet
deportations were stopped. But a ter
rible mischief had already been done,
Husbands and fathers had been taken
from their families without a word ol
good-by; sons and daughters on whom
perhaps aged parents relied for sup
port were taken without pity or appar
ent thought of the terrible conse
quences. The great deportations of
Belgium have shocked the world. But
these lesser deportations that is,
lesser In extent, but not less brutal In
their carrying out are hardly known.
Germany Must Be Civilized.
"I went Into Belgium and occupied
France a neutral and I maintained
while there a steadfastly neutral be
havior. But I came out no neutral. I
cannot conceive that any American en
joying nn experience similar to mine
could have come out a neutral. He
would come out, as I came, with the
Ineradicable conviction that a people
or a government which can do what the
Germans did and are doing la Belgium
and France today must not be allowed,
If there Is power on earth to prevent it,
to do this a moment longer than can be
helped. And they must not be al
lowed ever to do It again.
"I went In also a hater of tfar, and I
came out a more ardent hater of war.
But, also, I came out with the Ineradic
able conviction, again, that the only ,
way In which Germany under Its pres-1
ent rale and In Its present state of '
mind can be kept from doing what it
has done Is by force of arms. It can- I
not be prevented by appeal, concession
or treaties. Hence, ardently as I hope I
that nil war may cease, I hope that
this war may not cease until Germany
realizes that the civilized world simply
will not allow such horrors as those
for which Germany is responsible In
Belgium and France to be nny longer
possible.
"VIinNON KELLOGfl.".. .
Large Acreage of
Grant Land Unsold
S. W. Williams, special assistant
to the attorney general at Washing
ton, has returned from Washington,
where he appeared beforo the com
mittee on public lands In reference
to the Coos Bay wagon road bill,
says the Oregon Journal. He will
meet in conference with the various
state and county officials whose of
ficial position brings them in touch
with the case as soon as such con
ferences may be secured, in an effort
to make such a presentation of facts
and data to the land committee as
will gain Its support for the bill now
pending before it.
Mr. Williams was called to Wash
ington several weeks ago to appear
before the committee on public lands
and outline the position of the De
partment of Justice in reference to
the Sinnott bill It was at that hear
ing that the opposition to the terms
of the bill arose from different mem
bers of the committee who objected
to the disbursement of 50 per cent of
the net proceeds to the Irreducible
school fund and port, road and dis
trict funds i of Coos and Douglas
counties.
Mr. Williams' statement to the
committee showed that the original
Coos Bay grant comprised 105,000
acres of land, in a tract approximate
ly 65 miles long by sis wide, extend
ing from Marshfield to Roseburg. Of
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this total sum 12,000 acres have
been sold, leaving approximately 93,-
000 acres in the grant as it now
stands.
The Sinnott bill provides that the
government should pay Coos and
Douglas counties approximately
$408,000 in taxes and Interest, and
the Southern Oregon Company, own
er of the tract $232,000 for its inter
est in the land. The company, in
exchange for this payment, is to re
convey the land to the government
by deed.
These payments would leave ap
proximately $1,000,000 as -the net
value of the grant, which is to be
sold under the same terms and condi
tions as set out in the Chamberlain
Ferris act administering the Oregon
& California grant lands.
The Sinnott bill also provides that
of these net proceeds 10 per cent
shall be retained by the general fund
of the government, 40 per cent be
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apportioned to the reclamation fund,
25 per cent to the irreducible school
fund of Oregon, and 25 per cent to
the two counties of Coos and Douglas
for their lojui, port and district
funds.
The public lands committee is hesi
tating concerning the payment of
more than the accrued taxes and pen
alties to the two counties and is
showing a disposition to retain all ot
the net proceeds. Mr. Williams will
co-operate with Attorney General
Brown and the officials of the two
counties and Is preparing a showing
In support of the present terms of
the bill by which the school fund and
county funds are to receive 50 per
cent of the net proceeds or $300,000
In round numbers.
WARXIXG ISSI KI)
AGAINST SWINDLER
Another scheme for swindling the
farmers of the United States has been
discovered by the Federal Farm Loan
Board. A man advertising himself
as an authorized organizer of nation
al farm loan associations is sending
out advertising matter emblazoned
with the national flag, stating that
he will organize such associations at
$500 each, and will teach others the
trick tor a certain sum ot money.
His advertisements have reached
farmers and business men over a
large part of the United States. He
: claims to be so busy organizing na
tional farm loan associations that he
needs help, but will take time to
teach others for a monetary consider
ation. All such representations are fraud
ulent. In order to borrow under the
farm loan act it is necessary for
farmers to organize co-operative na
tional farm loan associations in their
local communities. It is a violation
of a ruling of the Federal Farm Loan
Board, published more than a year
ago, for a national farm loan associa
tion or a joint-stock land bank to
spend any money for promotion pur
poses. Associations thus organized
will not be chartered by the Federal
Farm Loan Board. Farmers are
warned, therefore, against any one
asking a fee for his proffered services
in connection with applying for a
loan under the federal farm loan act.
ATHLETIC WORK IN
EXPERIENCED HANDS
Athletic work in army camps and
cantonments Is in the hands ot 32
trained organizers and coaches. They
are civilian aids on the staffs of com
manding officers, and their salaries
are paid by the government.
Particular attention has been giv
en to boxing, as it assists men in
bayonet fighting. A committee of
best-known boxers worked out plans,
and moving pictures to teach boxing
have been made. Baseballs, bats,
basket balls and soccer balls, boxing
gloves and other equipment are sup
plied each company, in" part, from a
government appropriation.
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TISCAXIA'S LOSS
I'ROTKCTEO BY I". S.
Every American soldier or sailor
lost on the torpedoed transport Tus
canla was protected by the United
States government insurance and
government compensation. This has
been officially announced by Secre
tary McAdoo.
Those who had not applied for in
surance were covered by the auto
matic insurance under the law which
is payable to a wife, child or widowed
mother,. This automatic Insurance
aggregates $4,300, netting $25 a
month for 240 months.
Of those who had applied for and
obtained Insurance many had taken
out the maximum amount ot $10,000,
netting $37.50 a month for 240
months.
j There have been various causes for
delay In forwarding checks to the de
: pendents of soldiers and sailors,
j The distance of many of the appli
cants from Washington and the mall.
I congestion prevailing more or less all
over the country have caused delay
both in the receipt of the applications
by the treasury and the receipt of the
checks by the beneficiaries.
Another cause Is that of the checks
sent out 10,000 could not be deliv
ered because the dependents to
whom the checks were payable had
moved, leaving no forwarding ad
dresses, or the addresses originally
given were incomplete or erroneous
or so illegibly written that they
could not be properly deciphered.
Nearly half a million checks were
mailed out in January and all possi
ble expedition is being made to get
all the addresses and other details
correct so that the dependents of the
soldiers and sailors will receive their
allowances promptly and certainly, j
. The Tuscania carried down with it
more than its own weight In Ameri
can pacifism. I
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According to records of the select
ive service, country boys do not show
ranch physical superiority over those
of the cities. For purpose of com
parison selection was made of cities
of 40,000 to 500,000 population, and '
a corresponding set ot counties ot
the same total size. In the physical
examinations 28.47 per cent of the
city boys were rejected, as agaln.it
27.96 per cent of the country boys.
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