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PARK 4 THE BEND BULLETIN. DAILY EDITION, I1RND. OHKUON. WHDMOSDAV, JAM'AUV U. IOIM URGED TO SLAY AND SPARE NOT German Soldiers Incited to Acts of Cruelty by General Von Bissing. "EMANATION OF HIGH KULTUR' Governor General of Belgium on Rec ord ai Declaring the Innocent Mutt Suffer With the Guilty I rvln Cobb' Tale of Horrors. The horrors deliberately and sys fanatically inflicted upon the peoph of Belgium by the German soldiers under the orders of their command ing officers, are shown in all then hideousness by official documents and the testimony of eye-witnesses, as well as by letters written by Ger man soldiers in the field. The bra ten effort of Emperor 'William to cast the odium of the ftarful deeds on the Belgians is also shown. Quo tations given afe from documents already made public or in the pos session of the government at Wash ington. This Interview was reproduced In the Berliner Tageblatt of 'November 20, 19H. Mr. F. C. Waleott of the Belgian re lief commission tells In the GeoRrnph lcal Magazine for Mny. 1917, of meet tnc Gen von Bernhardt : "As I walked out. Gen. von Bern hardt came Into the room, nn expert artilleryman, a professor in one of their war colleges. I met him the next morning, and he asked me If I had read his book, 'Germany In the Next Wnr.' "I said I had. He said: 'Do you know, my friends nearly ran me out of the country for that?" They said, 'You have let the cat out of the bag.' I said, 'No, I have not, because nobody will believe It.' What did you think of ltr "I said. "General, I did not believe a word of tt when I read It, but I now feel that you did not tell the whole truth:' and the old general looked actually pleased." Speaking on August 29. 1914. at Mnnster, of the extreme measures which the Germans felt obliged to take against the civil population of Bel gium, Gen. von Bissing said: "The Innocent must suffer with the guilty. ... In the repression of infamy, human lives cannot be spared, and if Isolated houses, flourishing vil lages, and even entire towns are anni hilated, that is assuredly regrettable, but it must not excite Ill-timed senti mentality. All this must not In our eyes weigh as much as the life of a single one of onr brave soldiers the rigorous accomplishment of duty Is the emanation of a high kultur, and In that, the population of the enemy countries can learn a lesson from our army." bfficert Encouraged Atrocities. Gen. von Bissing. after his appoint ment as governor general of Belgium, repeated In substance the above opin ion to a Dutch Journalist. The Inter view Is published in the Dnsseldorfer Anzelger of December 8, 1914. Irvin S. Cobb states his conclusions on the responsibility of the higher Ger man command for the atrocities: "But I was an eyewifhess to crimes which, measured by the standards ot humanity and civilization, impressed me as worse than any individual ex cess, any individual outrage, could ever have been or can ever be; be cause these crimes Indubitably were instlgnted on a wholesale basis by or der of officers of rank, and must have been carried out under their persrnal supervision, direction, and approval. "Taking the physical evidence offer ed before our own eyes, and buttress ing It with the statements mnde to us. not only by nntives, but German sol diers and German officers, we could reach but one conclusion, which was that here. In such and such a place, those in command hnd said to the troops: 'Spare this town and these people.' And there they had said: Waste this town and shoot these peo ple.' And here the troops had discrim inate spared, and there they had In discriminately wasted, in exact ac cordance with the word of their supe riors." Irvin Cobb. Speaking of Prus sians, New York, 1917, pp. 32-34. Hoodwinked German People. - These ideas, then, were systemat ically impressed upon the military and official classes. It was necessary, however, to work upon the minds of the German people, so that they might lend themselves to the inhuman poli cies advocated by the military leaders. To do" this was difficult, for, as has been shown often, many of the civil ian leaders of public opinion, time and again, expressed their horror of the new spirit which was animating the military authorities. The rclchstag debates give ample evidence of this, and the task of the military leaders would have been still more difficult If the relchstng had any renl power. (See War Information Series No. 8, "The Government of Germnny j" see nlso Gerard's "My Four Years in Ger many," chnpter 2.) The military authorities and those in sympathy with them have done all in their 'power to stimulate a hatred of other peoples In the minds of the Ger mans. A campaign of education be fore the wnr was carried on with the object of Impressing upon the minds of the Germans the treacherous nature of the peoples against whom the mili tary lenders were anxious to wage war. Not only were the Genua" grad ually led to believe that It was neces sary to fight n defensive, war against unscrupulous foes, hut lilso that these foes would violate every precept of hu manity, and consequently must be crushed without mercy ns a measure of self-defense. The fruits of this campaign of suspicion and hatred be came evident when almost at the out break of the war many Germans be came possessed with the belief that the whole population of Belgium, the first country to be Invaded, hnd vio lated every rule of honorable warfare, that the francs-tlreurs (guerrillas) were everywhere present doing their deadly work in secrecy or under "the rover of darkness; that women and even children wen1 mutilating and kill ing the wounded or helpless prisoners. Kxtrnct from a letter written by a German soldier to his brother. (This letter, now In the possession of the United States government, was obtain ed for this pamphlet from Mr. J. C Grew, formerly secretary to the United States embassy at Berlin.) "November 4. 1914. "The battles are everywhere ex tremely tenacious and bloody. The Kngllshmcn we hate most and we want to get even with them for once. While one now and then sees French prison ers, one hardly ever beholds French black troops or Englishmen. These good people are not overlooked by our Infantrymen ; that sort of people Is mowed down without mercy. The losses of the Englishmen must be enor mous. There is a desire to wipe them out. root and nil." Urged to Kill Without Pity. Extract from another letter to a brother : Schleswlg. 2,r. 8 14 (Aug. 25. 1914). "Dear Brother. . . . You will shortly go to Brussels with your regi ment, ns you know. Take care to pro tect yourself against these civilians, especially In the villages. Do not let anyone come too near. They are very clever, cunning, fellows, these Bel gians; even the women and children are armed and fire their guns. Never go inside n house, especially alone. If you take anything to drink make the inhabitants drink first, and keep at a distance from them. The newspa pers relate numerous cases In which they have fired on our soldiers whilst they were drinking. You soldiers must spread around so much fear of your selves that nn civilian will venture to come near you. Remain always In the company of others. I hope that you have read the newspapers and that you know how to behave. Above all have no compassion for these cut throats. Make for them without pity with the butt-end of your rifle nnd the bayonet. "Your brother. WILLI." The emperor gave his sanction to the reports of the hrutul acts of the Belgians In a telegram to President Wilson. "Berlin, via Copenhagen. Sept. 7, 1914. " 'I feel It my duty, Mr. President, to Inform you as the most prominent representative of principles of human ity, that after taking the French fort ress of Lougwy, my troops discovered there thousands of dumdum cartridges mnde by special government machin ery. The same kind of ammunition wns found on killed nnd wounded troops and prisoners, also on the Brit ish troops. You know what terrible wounds nnd suffering these bullets in flict and that their use Is strictly for bidden by the established rules of In ternational law. I therefore address a solemn protest to you against this kind of warfare, which, owing to the methods of our adversaries, has be come one of the most barbarous known In history. Not only have they em ployed these atrocious weapons, hut the Belgian government has openly en couraged anil long since carefully pre pared the participation of the Belgian civil population In the fighting. The atrocities committed even by women and priests in this guerrilla warfare, also on wounded soldiers, medlenl staff and nurses, doctors killed, hospitals attacked by rifle (Ire, were such that my generals finally were compelled to take the most drastic measures In or der to punish the guilty and to fright en the bloodthirsty population from continuing their work of vile murder nnd horror. Some villages and even the old town of Lnewon (Louvnln). excepting the fine hotel de vllle, hnd to be destroyed In self-defense, nnd for the protection of my troops. My heart bleeds when I see that such measures have become unavoidable and when I think of the numerous In nocent people who lose their home and property us a consequence of the bar barous behavior of those criminals. Signed. William, Emperor nnd King.' "GERARD, Berlin." Lorenz Muller In the Germnn Cnth olic Review, Der Fels, February, 1915, made the following stutenient In re gard to the emperor's telegram: "Officially no Instance has been proven of persons having fired with the help of priests from the towers, of churches. All that has been innde known up to the present, and that has been mude the object of Inquiry con cerning alleged atrocities attributed to Catholic priests during this war, has been shown to be false nnd altogether Imaginary, without nny-xceptlon. Our emperor telegraphed to the president of the United States of America that even women nnd priests hnd commit ted atrocities during this guerrilla war fare on wounded soldiers, doctors nnd nurses attached to the field ambu lances. How this telegram can be rec onciled with the fact stated above we shall not be able to learn until after the war." ' Jj iL, - V y til 0 tV? pb DIRECTION W ILLIftM FOX' In "Heart and Hand," at the Grand Theatre next Sunday and Monday. AT THE MOVIES Liberty Theatre. Directing thousands ot battling warriors armed with spear and sword and bow-uii. In chariots and on foot, on the ground and on the top ot walls and toners over ZOO feet high. Is a feat to tax' resourcefulness of any motion picture director. The way II. W. Griffith solved the problem of directing the siego of Babylon In "Intolerance." to be shown Sunday and Monday at the Liberty, was by using a balloon. This method proved to be an Ideal one, although Mr. Griffith's first exper ience in the swaying basket was any- The place for that GARDEN SPOT is in WIESTORIA the addition WITH RUNNING WATER. Deep Soil, Fine Trees, No Hocks Lots 50x140, 20-foot Alleys Wide Streets W. Ferguson Sales Agent Foot of Oregon St. thing but pleasant. In fact it took about three days for the teiiileacy to seasickness that ho experienced to pass awuy. After that, for about two weeks, this eminent director mcga phouod his commands from anywhere between 100 and 1000 feet from Mather Knrth. Ancient warfare, such ns "Intol erance" shows In Its clash of mighty men, la the most difficult of nil bat tle scenes to photograph ns well us to direct. To get all aim lea of the conflict, a dozen cameras were used and these wore distributed from the top of Babylon's walls, where llel shnizar's hosts fought, to the plain outside tho city among tho besieging hordes of Cyrus. Klivtrlc Irons, $,l.tM, irunruntml. -Adv. 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