Show I I I 1 n 1 J Germanys Germany's s Foul Policy J JT T fIg FIE barbarous ci cruelty t practiced by Germany in the J- J with determination determination de de- conduct of this war has fired the ills world a tl termination n never to rest until she has been defeated In the ton long Ions run therefore it may be 10 said that the breaking breaking break break- ing ing- of treaties the defiance of international law and the abandonment of civilized practices does not pay Yet let up to this time speaking in n l strictly military sense sc Ger Ger- German Germany man many has only profited by hy her lapse into barbarism A refugee who recently escaped from occupied France brings this picture of German Germun methods The Tile Germans have ban organized a slavery shnery army in the zone of northern France When I left loft St St. a few weeks ago g conditions conditions conditions con con- were unbearable All tho the men hel between 1 17 and 50 oO had bud been taken away Unmarried women under 40 to arc are obliged to work in the fields while girls girl from 12 13 fo 0 o 14 must collect acorns and anti nettles If Germany had not in August Aug 1014 deliberately ab abdicated rib rib- civilized nation nation nation-if if she her r right ht to be he called a had not then and since then refused to live up to the rules of international law which she herself helped to the frame frame the he people of the occupied territories during clurin these years of war would have lived their lives in in much tho the same same manner that they lived them diem in peace pence times rhe They wot would d not brought to the lie verge o of stana tion They would not have hwe been forced into sla er slavery They would not have been murdered by German bayo buo bayonets nets while whilo their homes were laid W waste In taking the course that she has taken Germany has been influenced cd by this logic loic Victor Vidol Victory is everything and amI nothing nodding else counts Slavery will help p insure v victory clory because c every fighting a foam ban must be supported by from froma five to ten workers behind the lines Starving the people people people peo peo- in the occupied territories i is a n wise policy first because he- he ca cause sc it leaves moire moie more food for the Germans and secondly it makes the friends and relatives es of the lie starved ones in unoccupied territories active workers for peace at any price Killing some of the slaves is ig sound policy bee be- be cause ause e it makes the others better workers an and more more- easy casy to handle From the first Germany has lias counted on nothing but victory She has has' felt that as a victor she need not care what hat Hie lie rest of the world thinks But suppose she hc is defeated 1 In Tn that event event and and defeat seems inevitable in inevitable in- in evitable now now millions millions of Germans yet un unborn orn w will ll pay and pay Ml dead dearly for the mad roIly fully of her present ruler rulers 1 Im Kl f 53 i |