Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-10-04 | Page 7 | Huns May Pay for Vandalism

MAY PAY FOR VANDALISM Allies Consider Threat to Wipe Tipe Out Cities Along b Rhine II iii JOIN I I. I It n Correspondent Universal Service London Oct 3 The Tho Tho whole Industrial industrial Indus indus- trl trial l district of ot northern France with cities Lille Roubaix Tourcoing an and Tournai making one ono great urban area with a n. population about equal to that of or Chicago Is now Imminently threatened with tire fire and high Plumer's army In Its Us great reat encircling movement Is approaching Tournai tho the operation being designed to turn this country The enemy is known to have havo mined Lillo and other othel towns and Is Isnow Isnow isnow now evacuating o the Inhabitants preparatory preparatory pre pre- to a n war that will win perhaps within a few lays days accomplish more material destruction than the entire four years of ot conflict on tho the whole western front Already tho the Gorman German general staff has shown that its ruthless will to de destruction do- do Is II unchanged e Within a awe we week th the prosperous cities cities of or rs and SL St Quentin havo have been heen delivered to the tho flames James although tho the allies scrupulously retrained refrained from shilling shelling them i S Whatever er Germany relinquishes she She leaves In ashes I understand that serious consic consideration era era- tion Is being given I to a possible last move by the tho allies to save sa tho the fairest cities or ot Franco and Belgium The rhe suggestion is that solemn formal formal for tor- mal notice bo bl nerved b by all aU allies to Germany that Colo Cologne ne must pay stono stone I for tor stone stono for damage ge wantonly dono done donoto to Lillo outside tho the normal tudes of ot war an and that a similar German German Ger Ger- man town has hns been chosen to expiate life lite for tor life lito tho the destruction of ot each of or tho other cities hereafter ruined b by tho Germans It Is strongly urged that If Ir the th plan were published and made known In Germany It would result In such pressure pressure pressure pres- pres sure on Hindenburg from the Im Int- cities on the Rhino that orders which are known to have o been given would be countermanded I I