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Show YOUTHFUL BELGIAN SLIJfGEliS Captain of the Squad Re lates Tragic Incident of the Campaign (By Associated Press ) LONDOIJ Sept "One of the most vivid accounts of an ep sode of war comes from the Lokal Anze ger of Au pist 24 It s a letter from Paul Os kar Hoecl er a Berl n playwr ght now serv ng as capta n of the reserves H s play A Nat on m Arms s be ng given at the Berl n opera houSe He deser bed a m ss on on wh ch he was d spatched to search for arms m Belg an v Uages in wh ch shots had been f red by c v 1 ans on German troops H s nstruct ons were to sum moo the v llagers to del ver up the r ar ns and those in whose possess on arms were found after they declared that they had none were to be nstant ly shot Deser bmg a v s t to Jungbuscb, he sajs that n one house were fo nd an old n an a woman and a g rl of 13 Then a terr ble th ng bappe ed 4. sergeant and a pr vate dragged a young fellow out of the house They hal found h n hid ng an ong the st aw n the loft He had m h s hands a Bel g an r fie loaded w th f ve cartridges From the open ng of the roof he may have a med at many an honest Ger man The youth had to put h s hands p Stammer ng and deadly pale he stands there Who s th s youth? I asked the old man As f struck by 1 ghtn ng they all three fell on ther knees v,alng The woman groaned He 3 n v so For Cod s sake you arc not o ng to k 11 h mt and the 1 ttle g rl sobbel as f her heart would break The pns oner tr ed to escape but was put up a"a nst the wall b-v the men I had to p cturo to my elf by force tic Cern an patrc s r d ng thro gh the n ght t th the bullets ot t eacherou'i "m pers wh stl ng round the r heln ets and tn nl of the tall f gures and br ght ejes of o r good Cern an fellows n order to master n ncr es n face of th s sorrow and fulfill ny order He has to be shot Three n en Eead ! The three nen comman led who were fathers of fam 1 es two from Ber hn and one a farner lid not turn i ha r Th s s a lust bus ness We ha 1 got a r ff an who mer ted no compas s on The vollev rang o t The trem bl ng bodv collapsed to the gro nd and d d not mo e aga n Three t n holes were v s bio n the blue bio se The boy s eves are closed II s fac his not change 1 ts espre sion Death b o r r fie s pa nless We o ght to burn the old man s house o er h a head sa d one of m men March qu ck I ordered The three pea ants are st 11 kneel ing on the ground the corpse lies uj against the wall |