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Show JUSTIFIES THE 1 SLAUGHTER OF THEMIS Correspondent of German I Newspapers Tells of Hor rors Witnessed While Fol lowing Kaiser's Army CLAIMS INVADERS ARE KIND HEARTED Destruction of Towns De clared to Be Necessary to Avenge Deeds of Franc-Tireurs ( o esponden e of e Assoc a Ed P ess ) BERLIN Sept Ac of n d gnat od hat. 1 een called forth through out the wo d vr tes W Sche rmauu a corres od lent of so eral (jerman newspape s iho accompan cs the Ger nan general staff b tho so called cruelty -nth nh ch the -Gem ans are arrj ng o th s war In all countr es that got the news through Engl th and l"ren h so ces s or qs of German barba s n are repeated It s therefore doubly the duty for a war correspond I ent who can spea of what h s ow-n eves la e seen to report what he saw and what he an answer for before the torum of h stor cal truth I ha e spent days n the worst franc t ro r reg ons of Belg um and L France My first mpress ons of the t horrors of war were obta ned at Bat t e on the road from Aachen to L ege where fight ng occ rred between franc t reurs and o r sold ers Instead of a Baour sh ne vi lage w th clean houses and neat Has one, ees there today charred ru ns stretch ng alonf the high nay for a m le - Heartrending Seen s I saw th ngs there that I shall re i member as long as I 1 e I passed YJ through a village that was qu te bujnt BQ out where only a few German soldiers , ere stand ng guard no other 1 ng be ngs v sble anywhere B t when 1 f can o to the doorway of a house that Khadallen n I saw what had probably been the 1 v ng room a wh te ha red woman w th a k tchen Kd fe Tak ng in it the debr s I called to her She d d $ not hear me Her face was 1 ke a graj stone and her ejes fixed as in death he dug as f she was expect ng to find soineth ng under the fallen br cks In a front garden which had been ! scorched by the flames a woman n a black dress vas crouching aud weep ng I ha e stood at many an open grave n the hurch ard but I have ne cr hea d an body weei 11 that woman The sound of it w 11 jin n M ears forever as one of the most terr ble exper enees of my 1 f e Petty Losses, Painful E en the petty losses of property are pa nful to see In the upper storv of one house ever th ng hal been de troved by fi e but at one place smoke beer med there h ng the d scolored I ho or ph of a woman probably long lead At one pla e a bl e enameled his bedstead peerel out ot the smok ng deb s st 1 fi led w th ts cor hed n attress and p 1 ows Who I er has a ch Id at home n ts snow vb te be 1 But a se and thr ce a curse o bobo who caused a 1 th s m serj To he the e 3 no pun sh nentk n th 0 Id ff ent to atone for the r e 1 cc s And when they now denounce 0 r b a c wa r ors as the ea se of th s 1 so at on th a latte slander shameful ab t ops ot we crh n uch n com a o w 1 what the actually d d , Geiman Discipline O Cc nan so e s and landweh eu arched nto the countr of the pn w th the san e or ler and d s 1 e that the ma nta n on the r 1 g ound and n arm aneu ers he p er v ame we u aranteed to he nhab taots se r or e and ope we a e wag ng wa wi h the a m es o the enemy not w f h ! an Batt e the Ce man proclamat on on ug h Belg ans pea e and th ntegr ty of their terr tory -was still seen on the walls of the burnt houses Now what happened in Batt ve Clerjnont Her e Fleron and otfhe Be gian places was w th. s ngu ar , , s rn lar ty as fo lows ; The nhab tants let the Cermans : i march n rece ed them w th cr ng ng fr endl ness offered then w ne an 1 superfluous qaant t es and then fell on then at n ght It goes w thout saying , for jnerc self preservat on demanded t that eve y murdered German was , a enged Where the m rderers co Id be ca gbt they were brought before a court n rt al and f the r gu It was e l dent they were shot or hanged Slain in Perfect Order All th s was done in perfect order prow far tho self cont ol of o r troop extended was proed to n e by an ex ample only day before yesterday At the entrance to the French fortress of Lonwy lust con pleted I saw German :o)d ers bring n a troop of franc t reurs qu te old fellows and among theD a few con mon thieves scarcely be yon schoolboy age all of them w th cr m nal faces of tho hardest type P ty that we d d not photograph them so that the world m ght see what hideous scamps are k 11 ng our men What d d these men do demanded an off cer They put on Red CroBS s a fs t en went on the batt ef e d and mut ated ou wounded We caught them the act was t e reply Why d dn t ou bea he scou d e o dedt at once We da e no do a T ej must be b o gh before a cou mart a Allege Fiendish Acts The eader shou d kno v w at was e cha a te of th s mu a on The eyes of ou wounded men y ng e p ess n he pa n on t e bat ef eld were ut out th kn ves But th s was not b a ne mos crue ng these beas s n ented Od and joung men and wome we e caug t as hyenas of he batt ef e d and he ece ved t e ewa d A Vse a 16 ea odgr had o be o be ause s e was a g n the a o mu an ou wounded The e s o me for sue dee and ere a be none I shou d ke to ow wha o e peop e ri e wo pos sesses he se f e a n n he p esen e of such shamefu me o wa t and b ng e nrws befo e a egu a ou Be ond a 1 dou h s f an eu wa a e aga ns us was o gan ze O e w e wou d be mposs be o exp a n e un form ha ac e o e nu a ons a a ks on fed hosp as he e p s ans e wounded and e e e nu ses fe c ms of he e p eda o s a s n e a a ks n ages and c en he he same tac s we e epea ed o e and o er aga n Sudden he en re age . & pos es on of a m and n wo ases e en of ma h e ns Some Houses Spared n C a he wee A a bedan e e was aug a of d b ng n s nd amn o pa o e s C e mo o h o he and epe edn anods a e om s g e o w o was fi ng em an n n sganghm f q Ga f om anbush B en e e e pe p e ed ea on o o mn a h ma hed o g ve d ot a e he o a po h o o ned e ho te on Ha F o nii o he ag s e ndnhwnoh he ow e doo e n a k w s as Ho e a nod good p op a n nn ate ah sen spa n fed a |