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Show BELGIANS GIVE PARTIAL LIST OF ATROCITIES Commission Now in This Country to Place Before President Wilson Their Stories ELEVEN MEN BEATEN TO DEATH IN DITCH Woman Forced to Run for Her Life Amid a Hail of Bullets, Finds Husband Mortally Wounded TsEW 10EK Sept 11 K part al 1 st of the alleged German atroc t es n Bel gut aga nst wh cl the Belg an 1 ng has sent a protest to P es dent W lsou was made publ today by Count Lou s de L chter elde secretary of the Bel g an comni ss on bear ng the protest The conini ss on reached th s citj today on ts way to Wash ngton 4.t L nsnieau when the Germans en tered the v Uage two un formed gend a mes attacked the Germans the o nt sa d In re enge the llage was n vaded on the n ght of August 10 Two farn s were destroyed the crops were de stroyed or carr ed awaj s x ho ses were burned and all the men were con polled to hand o er the r arms It was found that none had been d scharged recentlv and hnall tl e m n were separated into three detacl nents Two of the detachn ents d sappeared A th rd cons sting of ele en n en wta dr ven at the po nt of the ba onet nto a d tch and when thev were $ led n the German sold ers set on them and beat the r bra ns out w th the butt enBs ot the r r fles The el en tattered bod es were found later by Belgian troops Murder Alleged On August 2 after the batle of Haelen Colonel van Damme con mander of a Belg an reg ment was ly ng w ound ed on the battlefield He was unable to move beveral Gem an sold ers f o nd hkn and plac ng the r re olvers aga nst h s mouth blew n s head off At Boucelles the Gern an troops went nto batte carry ng the Belgian flag On August 10 the Gern an caval v ra ded the town of Velen wh le the n hab tants slept One nstancc of what they d d may be c ted n the ase of a man nan ed Begl n me whose ho se was fired and looted He and h s w te we e taken f om the ho se halt na od she was (.ragged awa n one d re t on he n another bhe was eleased when two m lessaway and told to run When she ran the German sold ers fired at her b t she escaped the bullets and staggered back to the s te of her ru ned hone a a p t able co d t on Her husband also was released and fired on when ho ran He was f n mortal wo nded next da; on tho road outs do tl e town Accuse the Kaiser Count L chter eldc sa d hn had ead the staten ent attr buted to the German emperor n wh ch t was sa d that harsh treatment of Belg anB was made necos sary n some cases be a se Belg an c 1 lans fired on German sold erif I do not sec how t s poss ble fo a man to 1 o so Count dc L htc e lo sa d ount 1c I c te e e a 1 t d 1p si e Pre dent W laon s nbse c e Began conn s on n ght lea e for Uash ngto tomorrow M n s e Ha en th lad nformod tho co m ss on le sa d that Sec ctary Brvan wo d meet the comm ss on aua extourt ofh al co tes es nt 1 the i res dent ct ned fro Corn sh Tho suffer ngs of the Belg an people are beyond all nag nation sa d Lo nt de L chtervelde In the large th j are appall ng in deta 1 the are heart break ng and s cken ng There has not been and hardl can ho a o erstatr ment of ther suffer ng phys cal an 1 mental We s ncerely 1 el evo II at thi An e can j cople w II characte st ca 1 lo s share n s ppl ng rol ef fo these tho sands ot our j co le wlo 1 w ho t food an 1 a 1 and who h far s can o v sec ha o no ca el hn fie o n in spent n st tl n a pe ded roo at an on ho t ansact n(, rortant r ness |