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Show mm mm BELG1 CBllTIOi Says Relief Work Has Not Ceased; Tells of Impris-prisorcment Impris-prisorcment There, Rriiof work in Ft-lptim iu;m;,ir:ito..l um.I'T the mannptMiUMit of HcrUcrt 0. Iloovor, contrary to ppjirrnl impression, has not ronsc'l, hvx is "nein con tinned by Dutrli aii'l Spanish delegates, t rn l nod niiiler the A ineri :i n a.iinini?T ration ra-tion 1 1 of ore the J louver workers lot t upon the ileehir:i t ion ot w:iv by the United Mate.-. This i;it orncit ion was r on rained in the talk by ";irren W, ti HT I ea, who was endued in the relief re-lief work in Bel pi inn un-u r Mr. Hoover, at a hm.-heou ot" the L'niversity chib yesterda v. Atrocities by the Hermans did oecur in Belgium, Air. Stratron state.!, though he could not verify their extent. Two inM-moes of the male residents of villages vil-lages beinp shot, ooO in one ease and about 4'"n in another, for the reacui German Ger-man troops wore fired unon by civilians, according to the Hun ortieers, were investigated in-vestigated and found to be true by Mr. Strarton. He was unable to learn if civilians had fired at tier man soldiers in these eases. ' Mutilation of children probably occurred, as there were many stories asserThi r it, but I never was ab;e to verify an instance, and I do not believe that the hands and feet of children were cut off by the soldiers to any preat extent, he stated. Mr." Station told of haviug been imprisoned im-prisoned Ty the Germans as a spy. He was fortunate, however, in beinsr j.-laeed in a cell with a Dutch pries;. The latter, lat-ter, upon his release, told the American consul general of Mr. Stratton 's plight and he was freed after two days' imprisonment. im-prisonment. The greatest discomfort was the eoid. though the cell was better bet-ter than most, as it had a hot water pipe ru n n i n g" t h reu Lrh it a n d Mr. Stmt ton perched himself upon this for comfort. The German py system in Europe is exceedingly efficient, Mr. Stratton stated. " In Belgium the American carried to recognize the spies assigned to follow them and often would greet til em in passing-, much to the- d;sg::T of the spies'. Mr. Stratton toid ot aiding in the distribution of the gifts of the Uhristnias ship, sent in 1914 by the children of America to the children of Belgium. The gifts were greatly appreciated ap-preciated and there are many notes from Belgian children to the donors, but as the Germans will not thermit any written 'Mnmunu'ations to pass the border, these notes of thanks iruist still wait delivery at some future date.. Only once was there a violation of ;he rule that the supplies for the re'ief of the Belgians be not giver, to the Germans, Ger-mans, Mr. Stratton sail. This was when a ioldier took bread from a cart find later was punished by his officers. Many aspects of the organization of the i-7:n.ense machinery of relief for the T.oOO.'O people were touched upon, as i were some of the problems involved. One of these was the question of feeding feed-ing the dogs, which in B-ium take , the r-laees of horses to a great extent, j The scarcity of ship-? is h:nderin2 the i relief work, Mr. Stratton said, but the I government has promised to aid in se- i curing more shipping. Clothing now :s one of the chief needs o: the Belgians. |