OF GERINO in IAN waa PRACTICES some of the blackest pages in all history comprising a documentary record recard of deeds that make one des despair pair vt of the future of the human race are cound la in a book named german war practices which has just been at the government printing office by the committee on public information for free distribution it Is edited by prof D C munro alunro of princeton and other scholars the dumbfounding dumb founding evidence book presents to the jury of mankind Is drawn mainly from german and american sources and includes official proclamations and utterances of the responsible heads 0 of the imperial german government letters and diaries of german soldiers quotations fa from german newspapers and marciial dran from the archives of the state department which lay bare the story of inconceivable german atrocities the purpose ot of tho the book is to sh show ow viat that the system of frightfulness itself the greatest atrocity Is the definite pa policy of the llie german government so sinister that german soldiers sol diera have themselves at times revolted individual acts of wanton cruelty and barbaric destruction are cited only anly to illustrate illustrato the operation of the remorseless system tem the book supplements the bryce ra ra port which was the alist official olti cial survey of the path of horror ruin and death left by the german army on oil the lands of inna innocent cent and defenseless people the book Is supplemental also to the official reports by the bligan commission and the french minister ot of foreign affair a and it reveals more mare of the damning german war philosophy as expressed in the german white book and various official utterances extenuating revolting armes on the grounds of 0 expediency and the ahe advancement of that kultar Kul tur which now mocks its own name thru out the civilized world the humanity of german soldiers was so torn by the system of brutality that they cred out in letters to ambassador bas gerard one expressing his protest against the slaughter of at the russians in the magurian Ma surian lakes and swamps by saying there Is no god there Is no morality and no ethics any more there are no human beings any more hut but only gemsts the illuminating report of brand whitlock minister to belgium tell of miseries inflicted upon the belgian people mr whitlock saving saing one la is so overwhelmed with the horrors atthe thing itself that it has been and even now is difficult to write calmly and justly about it herbert hoover writing for the book of his experiences in belgium um says the sight of the destroyed homes and cities the widowed and fatherless the destitute the physical misery of at the people but par bially nourished at best the deportation of men by tens of at thousands to slavery in german mines and factories the execution of men and v women for paltry eliu of their loyalty to there country the sacking af a every resource through financial robbery the fattening of armies armes on the tha slender produce of the country the denudation of 0 the country of cattle horses and textiles all these things we had tor to witness dumb to help other than by protest and sympathy during this long and terrible time and still these are not the events ot oc battle heat but tho effects ot of a grinding heel on a race demanding the mastership of tho the world all things are known to the world but what can never be known Is the dumb agony of the people the expressionless faces aboa of at millions whose bouls have persed tho the whole bamut ol of em colons tt lons and why because these a tree free and remon cratic people dared plunge there bodies before the march of autocracy froderick frederick C Wal cotts description of 0 devastey dev asted poland comprehends the mon monstrous straus woes boes inflicted by the prussian system upon those defenseless people in a statement prepared for or the book vernon kellog said 1 I wont went in to belgium and occupied france a Zo atral and I 1 maintained while there a steadfastly neutral behavior but I 1 tame ame out no neutral I 1 went vent in also a hater of 0 war but I 1 came out ot at a more mare ardent hater of war but also I 1 cime out with ineradicable conviction again that the only way ja in chica germany under its present rule and in its present state of 0 mind can be kept from doing what it has dono done Is by torce force ot of arms arma tho the book gives excerpts from tho the diaries 0 of german soldiers ot of which these are specimens in the night ot of august 1819 18 19 the village ot at saint maurice was punished for or having havin fired dred on german soldiers by being bein burnt to the ground by the german germa troops the village was burrou surrounded men posted about a yard y fro rom one another so that no one could get out then the uhland sot set fire to it house by house neither man women or child could escape only tile hie greater part of the live stock we carried off as that could bo be used any orie one who ventured to come out was shot down all the inhabitants left in the village were burnt with the houses A horrible bath of mood the whole alla e burnt the french thrown into the blazi blazing rag houses ci civi vilana lans etith ith the rest that the reign of frightfulness was the definite policy of the germans government is testified to by an amazing aad collection ot or documents and herewith are excerpts from documentary proof furnished by german records establishing the truth beconi question As soon as you come to blows with the enemy he will be beaten no mercy will be ba shown no prisoners will be taken As the huns under king attila made a name for thenis themselves elves winch which is still mighty in traditions and legends focay may the name of german bo be so fixed in china by your deeds that no chinese shall ever an again in daro dare to look at a german askance open tile the way for kultar once for all from the laisers kaisers Kai Kal sers I 1 speech to the soldiers on tile the eve of 0 their departure for far china in 1900 whenever a national war breaks out terrorism becomes a necessary military principle general von hartmann the city of brussels exclusive of its suburbs has been punished by an additional fine of francs on account of the attach made upon a german soldier by kere one or of its police officials daron baron von Luett witz governor of brussels I 1 1 I am thirsty bring me some beer gin in rum it if you lie to we me I 1 will have you shot immediately these sentences are taken from a phrase book supplied to german sold soldiers lers according to 11 minister nister grand brand whitlock one cannot maxe war in a sentimental lathion lai hion the more pitiless the conduct of the war the more i humane it is in reality for or it will run its course all the sooner gen i oral eral von Mem hardi I 1 the innocent must suffer ath the guilty all this must not in our i i eyes weigh as much as the life of i a single one of our brave sol soldiers diera the righteous accomplishments ot of i duty is the emanation or of a ligh kul tur and in that the population ot of the enemy countries can learn a lesson from our armies benl von eissing dissing how to get the boox address 10 jackson place washington Washing tan D C request one copy ot of german war practices