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Show BELGIAN WORKMEN APPEAL FOR HELP ! Ask Organized Assistance to Thwart Designs of German Oppressors in Pathetic Statement. "WASHINGTON, March 27. An appeal ap-peal from Belgian workmen for organized or-ganized assistance by neutral governments govern-ments and laboring classes in neutral nations was made public at the Belgian Bel-gian logation. today. It says that 500,-000 500,-000 men have been thrown out of work and kept in forced idleness, which has led the Germans to decree that "either you must sign a contract for work in Germany or you will bo taken as slaves." As a result, it adds, the whole of the working classes of Belghim are threatened with slavery, starvation or death. "Germany," the appeal 6ays, "has condemned her victims to pay an immense im-mense war levy, which already amounts to more than $200,000,000, anil which is increasing at the rate of $10, 000.000 monthly. ''She has carried off and transported into Germany by pillage, confiscation, requisition and forced sale, foodstuffs and merchandise to the value of more ; than $1,000,000,000. She has seised i and pent to Germany the greater part ' of the raw products in our factories, the machinery and all accessories; she has thus stopped our industry and caused an almost general and enforced state nf idleness of the working classos. ' ' Tbe plight of those deported is pictured pic-tured as painful. |