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Show THE TIM i no umjessions of a Gort0rUM I U Written h a Hrttcctzn i ittir0 Who Participated in the Ravag-- . ing and Pillaging CotjHuto of Belgium h Dttrotl Fnt hut After a brief pause we went ahead. On the evening of August 1 we reached FOREWORD farmyard near Duren. Our company was billeted In a barn. No one knew what we had to do. Ignorant of the purpose of our being sent so near the Belgian border we laid down on our beds of straw. Something had to happen soon to rescue us from thla uncertainty. How few suspected that would be the last night for many of us on German ground. An ularra took us from our beds at 3 a. in. The company gathered and the captain demonstrated the war situation. As to the direction of the march he himself was Ignorant. Scarcely half an hour later 50 big trucks drove up and stopped on the road before our quarters. The drivers also were Ignorant and waited for orders. IHscuKslon of our destination started afresh. The orderlies who had been keeping their ears open said tt This is a true story of the invasion, of Belgium and northern France at the beginning of the world war, written by an officer of the German army who took part in the mad rush toward Paris. Sickened by the atrocities committed upon civilians and soldiers, he deserted after several months' service and finally made his way to the United States. His disclosure of the unspeakable cruelties perpetrated by the German soldiers, under orders from their officers, is one of the most sensational documents the war has produced. NEPHT. UTAH. The heat waa oppressive. The sweat came from all pores. The new and stiff leather trappings rubbed ua sore, especially upon our hips. It was a relief at 2 p. ra. to halt at an abandoned farm and rest on the grass. We might have lain down about ten mln utes when suddenly we heard firing, We jumped up like lightning and hurried to our guns. The firing which waa about three kilometers away grew more lively. At once w war on tiie march again. From the expressions on the faces of the soldiers we could read the mlodi of the men. Something took posses sion of them which they had never ex perleuced before. As for myself I became very restless. Fright aiid curl oslty lashed my brain. Everything whirled around In my head and my heart was beating wildly. But I strove to conceal my fright from my comradea. I am sure that I tried energetl cally. I don't know that I succeeded better than my companions. Although I knew we would be In the fight In an hour, I tried to per suade myself that our Interference would not be necessary. I clung tight ly to everything which might strength en this hope. The bicycles lying In the road indi cated thltt the bicycle division waa In the fight at this point. How strong the enemy was we did not know as we raced toward the firing line. Every, body crouched down as low as posstbie while Jumping to the right and left. Before and behind us the bullets were flying continuously, yet we reached the firing line without losses. We were greeted Joyously by our d comrades. The bicycle regi ment had not suffered any losses eg' cept for a few slightly wounded men who were still able to take part In the hard-presse- fight. We were lying flat on the ground we would enter Belgium that day. and firing In the direction ordered for Others contradicted them, no one all we were worth, even though we knew for certainty. had not aeen our enemies. That waa Hut the order to march did not come apparently not Interesting enough to and In the evening we weut back to some of our soldiers. They wanted our straw. But the rest was to know how the people were looking short. At 1 n. m. we were again whom they had to shoot at. They got aroused and honored by a speech from up to a kneeling position. Two men of CHAPTER I. our captain, lie said we were at war my company had to pay for their curi with Belgium. He told us to show osity with their lives almost Instantly. I em a Oermun soldier. Naturally ourselves brave, deserve the Iron cross The first victim of our pnrty went t Die time when the war started we and bring honor to Germany. Then he down without a sound. The second diil not know that there weuld he such continued : threw his anus high In the atr end fell war as Is being wuged todny. "We only make war against the on his back. Both were dead In luiily we, soldiers were told that armed force, the Belgian army. Life stantly. France and. Russia wanted to attack and of civilians are protected It is Impossible for me to describe us and that U kaiser was doing ev- underproperty International law. Yet you sol- the feeling that overcame me In the our erything possible for protection. diers must not .forget to keep your first real volley aa we advanced and Already on July 20 we were armed to lives for the fatherland or sell them as came directly within the range of the the teeth and prepared to march away. fire. I do longer felt any fright, only which Purlng these preparations, an Impulse to get Into action as quick showed as all that war had to come, ly as possible. Tet at the sight of the IS men of my company diverted. first corpse a terrible fear seized me. The government published, during For minutes I waa completely stunued, this lime, bulletins almost hourly to lost all and waa absoluteprepare the people for the war, a ly unable to think or do anything. succeeded that subterfuge perfectly. I pressed my face and hands close Consequently two days before war was to the ground. I wanted to clutch my declared, the people were overwhelmgun and shoot blindly. Presently I ingly for war. hut they were certain calmed down. I suddenly became conthat It was only to he between Gertented with myself and conditions many and France. me and when soon afterward about Of the Intervention of Belgium, waa Bounded along the the command Kushlii. England and Italy, the counwhole line. "Spring out!" "Forward try had as little thought as It did of march!" I charged aa diet everyone any pnrtlclpntlon of the United States. else tike one possessed. The order to All thought only of the promenade to halt followed. I.Ike wet bags we Paris, which, to the disappointment of plumped to the ground. Firing had bethe people, and also, surely to the gun anew. disappointment of the autocracy, has Our Tiring now became more lively been longer drawn out than had been and Increased to a fearmomentarily wished for. ful loudness. If we bsd occssion to In these days of uncertainty the say anything to our comrades we bsd soldiers, contrary to the cruel treatto shout so loudly In their ears tbst it ment which they had experienced beour throat. hurt were with treated great fore, liberally Under the effect of our Ore the enequantities of supplies, delicacies and my grew restless, the fire weskened beer, so that most of the soldiers were snd bis line wavered. As only 500 to drunk continuously that they were meters sepsrated ua from them we nimble to realize the seriousness of could observe exactly what happened the situation. there. We ssw about half the enemy And yet the majority of the solretire In the following manner: Every diers could not be enthused over the other man quit the line. leaving his alwar. They cheered and were enthuternate In his place. Those remaining siastic because they knew It was the held on until the retiring psrty halted. beone On 31. orders. day Honored by July lt'li, Speech From Our CapWe used this moment to Inflict the fore the declaration of war, we left, tain. most severe losses on the retreating after being brought to war strength, enemy. As far ss we could scan the for our garrison at Mainz am Khcine. dearly as possible. Unnecessary shedWhere the enemy toward which we ding of blood we will prohibit to the horizon to the right and left we saw were to point our bayonets was we civilian population. Tet 1 ask you to the Germsns advancing In severs! sector. Also for our detachments the had not the slightest Idea. All we did consider that too much consideration borders on cowardice and that will be order came to advance as the enemy know was that we had to be transretreated. ported somewhere to protect the lior-de- punished very severely." The task of clinging to the heels After this speech of onr captain we of the retiring enemy so tenaciously 4 on a. were our loaded autos and at There were stirring times as we no time would be allowed to make started out. Tens of thousands of in. crossed the border Into Belgium. that a new atsnd fell to us. We followed people threw flowers at us and all In order to make this a historical oc- the Belgians, scarcely stopping to wanted to shake bands. All even casion we were ordered to give three on the way. In order to prebreathe we On the cheers. ! stito speedy embraced soldiers cried Many their vent their fortifying themselves In a wives or young bride. The bands reached our goal at 10 a. m. It was a village aitusted Just ahead. We knew played fnrewell songs and people beautiful little rural village. Inhabithat a fight lay laughed aid cr1d all at the same tants of the villages we had passed before bloody os. yet the Belgian never atIn astonishment, so that us looked at kissed tlin embraced and KtrsEgers each other. "A veritable witch's holi- we all got the Impression that these tempted toto establish themselves, but escape with astonishing country people never knew why we managed day" of emotion was loosened and encleverness. gulfed the populace like a storm. No came to lielgtuin. They were frightIn the meantime we received ened Out of their sleep and looked out one, tint even the strongest, could reOur company was now sist Its powers. Tet even this was at us from their windows. well scsftered snd fought with pretty leave-takinour we and As halted left g auto. at the surpassed by the Unit wss ftesrby. The body dei-.- t, where last farewells had to be farmers came out and offered tt cof. whatever I bsd to remain In the village said. This scene will never leave me I fee, bread, meat. etc. We were stlil to Joined esrrh systems tlcally for scattered How desperately many women clung without a field kitchen, so that we the enemy's offering more so soldier. From this village we saw to thrir men! Many had to be forcibly since those of the better class of vil- that the Germans bad gained on ail temoved. Hut this was at last done and then lagers refused any psy. They fold us side. Field artillery, machine gwi we were placed la cattle cars. Night the Belgian soldiers bad departed to detachments and other equipment arrived and we were all astonished at came and we had no lights. The train some unknown destination. After a short rest we marched on their coming so quickly. went slowly toward the lihlne. It went smoothly enough. Our company, The auto returned. Hardly had we which had had ilays of great excite- marched an hour when we were overTh 2ppelin and the taken by cavalry, dragoons and husment, welcomed the rest that the Jourf the German- -, gun ney afforded. Most of the soldiers sars, who reported that the German whose existence wss guns giant over all were the ss with their knapsacks neighbormarching slept pillows. unknown even te the kaiser's Oihers looked dreamily Into the fu- hood o all rosds. Right behind csme soldiers rain death and deture. 8(111 others secretly pulled pic- the bicycle corps. struction upon the Betgisn cities tures from their breastpockets and only This wss comforting. We fw longer which dsrs te resist the Invsder. a very few killed time by discussion felt aloqe, Isols'ed In a strange counThe nest Installment tells th and comment on their possible overtry. Another bicycle division story f the fall f Liege a4 on. Angry word took us and the plundering of ether Belgian "Where are we going V Tea, were ftow ottered by member of our citiee. where I No one knew. Then aftc-other The could fide but company. endlrfta hours, the trsln stopped. We we had to walk. What we bad always were In I'tiren. What were we there taken for grsnted suddenly became forT We did not know. The officers great Injustice. If It did no good our Honorable retreat are In ne way n!y shrugged their shoulders st our grumbling at least was a diversion from the weight of our parks. Inferior to brave charge. jrlon self-contr- r. hnnse-lo-hons- d destl-Ds'io- ied e PRESIDENT If SON INFORMS CONGRESS THAT NATION MUST MEET GREAT NEEDS Declares it is Necessary to Proceed Immediately With New War Tax Laws. Joint Session Hear Plea of Chief Ex. cutlve to Enact Legislation to Stabilize Money Market for the Coming Year. Washington. President Wilson per sonally took charge of the war tux legislation, and, appearing before n Joint session of congress on May 27, declared It was necessury to proceed Immediately with new war tux luws. The president's uddress, In full, follows : 'Gentlemen of the Congress : "It Is with unaffected reluctance that I come to ask yon to prolong your session long enough to provide more adequate resources for the treasury fur the conduct of, the war. I have reason to appreciate as fully as you do how arduous the session hus been. Your labors have been severe and protracted. Vou have passed u long series of ineusures which required the debute of many doubtful questions of Judgment and many exceedingly difficult questions of principle aa well as of practice. "The summer Is upon us, in which lubor and counsel are twice us arduous and are constantly ut't to be Impaired by lassitude and fatigue. The elections are at band and we ought as soon as possible, to go and render an intimute account of our trusteeship to the ieople who dclcguted us to act for them In the weighty and unxious mutters that crowd uimih us Id these duys of critical choice and action. But we dure not go to the elections until we have done our duty to the full. "These are days when duty stands stark and naked, and even with closed eyes we know It Is there. Excuses are unavailing. We have either done our duty or we have not. "The fuct will be as gross and plain as the duty. In such a case lassitude snd fatigue seem negligible enough. The facts are tonics and suffice to freshen the lubor. "And the facts are these: "Additional revenues must manifest ly be provided for. It would be a most unsound )sillcy to raise too large a proxrtloii ft them by loan ami It Is evident that the four billions now provided for by taxation will not of Lhemselvcs sustain the greatly enlurged budget to which we must immediately look forward. "We cannot In fairness wait until the end of the fiscal year la at hand to apprise the eople of the tuxes they must pay on their earnings of the present calendar year, whose accountwill then be ings and exiienditure closed. "We cannot get Increased taxes un less the country knows what they are to be and practices the necessary economy to make them available. "Deflnltcnicsa, early definlteness, as to what It task are to be Is absolutely necessary for the successful administration of the treasury; It cannot frame fair and workable regulations In haste, and It must frame It regulations In haste if It Is not to do Its exact task until the very eve of Its performance. The present tax laws are marred, moreover, by Inequities which Indisputable ought to te remedied. cannot alter fact, ewry one; andTowestate them Is or blink at them. argument enough. Te Stabilize Market "And yet, perhaps you will permit me to dwell for a moment upon the Enormous situation they disclose. loan freely spent In the stimulation e of Industry of almost every sort and extravagance Inflation blch presently make the whole eco nomic structure questionable ami Insecure and the very basis of credit I cut away. Only fair, equitably dis tributed taxation of the widest Incidence and drawing chiefly from the source which would Iw likely to de- tnnralize credit by Ibc-t- r Very abundance, can prevent Inflation and keep our Industrial system free of ecula- tlon and waste. "We shall naturally turn, there fore, I suppose, to war profit and In come and luvurle for the additional taxes, lint the war profit Bnd Income upon which the Increased taxes will I" levied will be the profit and Income of the calendar year 1 0 S. It would If tnnlfetly unfair to wait until the early tmwiths at 1U19 to say what they are to "It might be difficult, I should Imagine, to run the mill .with water t- )- over the wheel. that had slreacly Need Money Now. "Moreover, tsxe of that sort will not te psid until June of next year and the treasury mnst anticipate them. Jt must ue the money they are to produce before It Is One. It must sell short time certificate of Indebtedness. "In the autumn a much larger ssile of long times bond mast be effected than has yet twen attempted. What are the bsnfccrs to think of the cer- ificatcs If they do not certainly know where the money I to come from which I to take them np? And how are Invest.- - to approach the purchase c of these bond with any sort of or knowledge of their own affair If they do not know what taxes thrr sre to pay snd whst economies snd adjustments of thrtf buines they mist effort T "I esnmrt assure the country of a nervxsfnl dminltrtion of the Ires s- rv in ISMS If the nuesMon of further to be left under'ded until taxation pro-Unc- 1 b. f ccm-fiden- 1 1MB. 'The eoniderstn tbst dominate nl msKes every very ntber now snd negligible I the r.cher seem winning of th" war. We sre nl only n the midst of the wsr we are at the very pesk sod crisis of If. "Hundred of tbnanis of onr men. trlll currying our hearts with them, und our fortunes, ure In the fields and ships' are crowding faster und faster to the ports of France and England with regiment ufter regiment, HioumuCH after thousand, to Join thein until the enemy ahull be beuten and brought to a reckoning with mankind. "There cuit be no pause or inter 'l he great enterprise must, mission, on Jhe contrary, be pushed with greater und greater energy. The volume of our might must steadily und rapidly be uugmeiitetl until there can be no question of resisting it. "If that Is to be accomplished, gen tlemen, money must sustain It to the utmost. Our financial program must no more be left In doubt or suffered to lag than our ordnance program or our shipping or our munitions pro gram or our program for making mil lions of men reudy. These others are not programs, indeed, but merely plans upon paper, unless there Is to he nn unquestionable supply of money. That Is the situation and It Is the situation which creates the duty, no choice or preference of ours. Only One Way. "There la only one way to meet that duty. We must meet It without selfishness or fear of consequences. Poll-tic- s is adjourned. The elections will go to those who think least of it; to those who go to the constituencies without explanations or excuses, with a plain record of duty faithfully and disinterestedly performed. I, for one, am always confident that the people of this country will give a Just verdict upon the service of the men who uct for them when the fuels are such that no man can disguise or ccsiceul them. There Is no danger of deceit now. An Intense und pitiless light bcuts upon every man and every action In this tragic plot of wur that Is now UKn thotKtage. "If lobbyists hurry to Washington to attempt to turn what you do in the matter of taxation to their protection or advantage, the light will beat also on them. There is abun-dufuel for the light In the records of the treasury with regurd to profits of every sort. "The profiteering that cannot be got at by the restraints of conscience and love of country;, can be got at by There Is such profiteering now, and the information with regard to it Is available und indisputable. "I am advising you to act Usin this matter of taxation now, gentlemen, not because I do not know that you can see and Interpret the facts and the duty they impose Just as well and with as clear a perception of the obligation Involved as I can, but because there is a certain solemn satisfaction In sharing with you the The of such a time. world never stood In such case before. Men never hef re had so clear clcmr or so moving a vision of duty. "I know tlist you will begrudge the work to' be done here by us no more thsn the men begrudge us theirs who lie In the trenches and sally forth to their death. There Is a stimulating comradeship knitting us all together. And this task to which I invite your Immediate consideration, will be informed under favorable Influences If we will look to what the country Is thinking and exHctiug and care nothing at all for what Is being said and believed In the lobbies of Washington hotels, where the atmosphere seems to make It Hisible to believe what Is believed nowhere else. The Nation's Spirit "Have you not felt the spirit of the nation rise and its thought become a single and common thought these eventful day In which we have lieen sending our boy to the other side? I think you must rend that thought as I do. to mean this: That the of this country are not only united In the resolute purpose to win this war, but are ready and w illing to bear any burden and undergo any sacrifice that It may be necessary for them to bear in ordT to win It. "We need not be afraid to tax them If we lay taxes Justly. They know the war must Ur paid for and that It is they who must pay for It. and If the burden Is Justly distributed and the sacrifice made, a common sacrifice from which none escapes who can bear It all, they will carry It cheerfully and with a sort of solemn pride. "I always have been proud to be an American and was never more proud than now, when all that we have said snd all that we have foreseen a)nt our people Is roming true. The great days have come when the only thing that they ask for or admire I duty greatly and adequately clone; when their only wish for America is that she may shsre the freedom she enjoys; wlr-a gr-acompelling sympathy wells up In their hearts for men everywhere who suffer and are oppressed; snd when they see at least the high ucs for which their wealth has been pi lcd up and their mighty power ac cumulated and counting neither Mood nor treasure now that their final day of opfsirtiinity has come, rejoice to siend snd to b spent through a long nitht of suffering and terror In order that they and men everywhere mny see the dawn of a day of righteousness and Justice and peace. The Western Drive. "Shall we grow weary when they bid u act? "May I add this word, gentlemen: Just as I was leaving the White House f wa told that the expected drive on the western front had spmrently begun. Ton can realize how that sb. em nixed my feeling as I came to and how If seemed to strengthen ibe which I have tried to express ptirpoe In these line. "I have admired the work of this .,..!,, . The way In which the two ,ooes of rntigress have Co 0erfitel with the executive ha be-penercii and admirable, and If Is not In any spirit of sncgestlng duty nei;e-ted- , bnf only to remind yon of the common ennse and the common obligation that I have ventured to come to yon today," tax-atlo- n. t. n TAR AND GRAVEL APPARATUS j . i'.i . Invented by New Jersey Man. ufacturer for Heating Material for Pavements. Device Emulating the famous hunter of the .. olden days who killed two birds with one atone, a New Jersey manufacturer has recently brought out a combine- -' tlon tar and gravel heater that bents these two dissimilar materials qufraln- - ' '' dependently but with one operation." The device, which Is shown lu the accompanying Illustration, Is particularly fitted for street paving where block ' pavements with tar Joints are laid. The apparatus consists of two main parts, a rectangular tar kettle and a , gravel bin, with a furnace , extending beneath both parts, from one end to the other. The furnace Is fired from, the gravel end of the de-vice. The smoke and gases escape , through an ordinary stove pipe In the kettle end. The Inside of the gravel' . ' . SrVs-ts- fCT" r sc- - s'.--- . ...hs. v.r. :" sor esses urnx. U OUT suuuct Of SMCK Combination Tar and Gravel Heating Device In Operation. heater la triangular shaped while, the outside Is made up In steps consisting' of perforated metal plates. Thd ' x shaped top acts as a reservoir bin and the gravel feeds down the steps and out at the bottom. The perforations in the step plates allow the moisture In the gravel to escape readily as It Is turned into steam by the heat of the fire, thereby making It possible to heat both tar and gravel. Popular Sdtnee Monthly. BENEFIT tr OF SHADE . - : . i" TREES In Wisconsin Owner Is Given Annual Bounty of Three Cents for Each " Bod of Highway. - The Wisconsin law provides that financial consideration may be given by the state to people who plant and cultivate trees by the roadside. Every person along or through whose lands a highway passes may plant and cultivate on one or both sides of the road where be Shall own land., trees of such varieties as commonly grow at ' least 40 feet high. These must beset two rods or less apart und In. a row within eight feet of the outer line of the highway. When such tree reach 12 feet In height the superintendent of highways shall give the owner upon request a certificate accepting the trees as pub- - . lie? shade trees. Thereafter they be-- " long to the public and are protected a public property, but the title to them or to the fruit they bear belong to the owner aa long as he maintains the tree and replaces such as .die,. The owner shall receive en annual bounty of three cents for enc b rod of highway along which such trea are , planted on one aide nd six rents if planted on both sides, to be creditedon his highway taxes. . -4 - i. -- - BENEFIT OF IMPROVED ROADS',, In f , From Standpoint of Almighty Oollaf It Paya Handsome Yearly DivU lend to Farmer. lt everybody awaken to the Imt portance of Improving the public r"d. for Improved roads will bring: P.etter schools and greater attendance. lietter health and quicker medical attention. Petfer farms and more ruttlvated land. Petfer crops snd better transportation. . - , i eoclal condition and less Isolation. Pctter ctmrche and better hennes. Better men and a better' nation. Improved rosds have a money valtre as well aa a social value. . t Iooklng at nn Improved road from the standpoint of the almighty dolr. V.i lar. It I found to pay a handsome dividend each year. ,' ' t Maintenance of Gravel Roads. : On many trunk highways, a gravel surface wetild ha entlrol tm..tuf.rt. lory, but we must not averlook the . fact that en rosds carrying Compsra-'- traffic the annnal interest tlvely light more substantial rtavement cost of may exceed the maintenance cost of gravel. l IV-tte-r ' . -- Dura bis Roads. . Tlme swvlng, dorshle road are oaf Important as quick firing gun, end It I high time to speed op construe ilea In wder to quicken food delivery. . - ' - , |