| Show GI GlINT NT KRUPP GUNS ARE NOT TO BE FIRED BY GREEN TROOPS United Presa Staff Correspondent LO DOX Sept 15 by b mall matt to New Tork The Tork-The The terrible destruction wrought b by tho the gr great t. t siege guns guns of or the German army has hils been one of or astounding features features features fea fea- tures of or the great s war war- warnow now raging across across' the English channel It was at Liege e that these thue terrible weapons sot Jot their first real us use and there they proved their ef effectiveness ef- ef teeth mesa in Sn reducing fortresses cs to sub sub- mission Ordinary arm army men gunners runners men who ho ho have ha seen en years carB of service eT handling ordinary alec alego guns and ami cannons of or all kind kinds kinds- cannot handle the new product of ot the the i Knipp Krupp facto factory Special men framed rained In I from the tho Krupp factor factory experts experts who have hlL been specially trained In the use of the great preat alegre IeSo cun Jun guns JunGo Go co with every everyone everyone one of th the great groat siege guns sent to the front Albert J. J Leroy an Englishman who i ho was Wag a present when the lie bombardment oft Lle Liege e started has returned to London I and t tells some very eo Interesting facts co con concerning tort the f fall Jl of at the forts forta of or that city lie ilo saw paw on one shell fall in tho the town It It Its I blew a largo larco house houF to pieces Three forts gave in within a week 1 after the I first were Ue nr fired d. d Three fort forts still held out and the lie Germans were forced to bring their great reat siege Runs suns through the thA town to To do this the they built a l special J railroad to run the suns guns over O The guns Juns were ere moved moed on flanged wheels heels about seven se feet hl high As As a sailor I have ha been all an around the world said Lero and hu f I II 0 rid Leroy never I seen en such uch large guns un as QS the they were pre To ToI I silence the forts with these guns Jun took only t two o hours For one of or the forts only four shots wore required d. d l I v sw of or the wounded taken from these forts Their condition w was s horrible They were blackened by explosions and so burned and injured that the they dl died the same night One Ono thing that tha t I especially wish to state and that Is that I caw saw the Germans fire on the Red Cross Cros I saw a aRed Red Cro Cross s wounded and dead The to took k their Germans from th the Belgian Red IUd Cross Croe on the plea that th thy they were not being well ell t treated rea This I despite the fact that the tIe chief medical medic I 1 officer had taken wounded G German officers ofil- ofil cers cen to his home hom to Insure their theft being well taken care of ot The last lat forts were vera silenced about fourteen or or fifteen days after the the- bombardment first started I Iwan wan arrested a ata t an English spy and Imprisoned Imprisoned imprisoned Im Im- im- im for tor six days in a room at th the r railway station D By tho the soldiers I wa wAs treated very C badly The They kicked me if I J dared dated to 10 move mo after the they had told me to lo tolie tolie I lie Ill down on n the tho straw stra and sleep They uThe hit bit me with the butts of th their lr I guns several s times All AH I had to cat eat was wal bread and nd soup Finally I v was Wa a released and went to Li e. e out nut of which I es escaped escaped es- es capet by 8 securing under a false name n It pass pan to go o to Maastricht and bu buy some food The Journey Journe to to Holland took me six hours on foot Managers of the Belgian powder factories refused ed to work ork their places place for the German Germans Germans Ger Ger- GerI I mans man even en in the tho face race of being threatened threatened threatened threat threat- ened with death Leroy Lero declared II lie He said the members of or the firm that built the defenses of Antwerp also OlEO w were re threatened with wIlk death If Ir the they did not I e up the i plans lans of or that city They The refused to do dot dOl FO so he said Both they hc and th the powder 4 r ere how the ever Germans ls not carrying out cut their threats r B Belgian 1 nn unemployed were offered dol double ordinary wages to work ork In tho the powder S I factories l and build trenches ho he said Tho They were not tempted bv by the orre offers h however we er I refusing to do the Germans Germans' hl bidding Th The G Germans had Iti a great reat number In InJured Injured ins In- In in the fighting near Liege Leroy s raid ald as every nl night ht he could hear wacon wac Jt on ons b by the time score p peeing through the I streets streets- loaded loade with Gorman Grmon wounded l J Thc They were erf being taken n hack back of or th their Irown own lines hues to field fleM ho hospitals for tor treatment Ir 4 Leroy lAro confirmed the report that the Germans Ger Ger- J I i mans placed Be Belgians In front of jho tho soldiers sol sol- Biers diers to prevent cut Belgian Bellan aviators from roar dropping bombs bomba on them These aviators a dropped dropp ti leaflets In the forts fort UI urging timing them to hold out saying saying- that t the allies would I soon appear Only German money monc l io is used in Liege Llego 1 1 so and on only German is spoken there them Leroy Lero asserted SPoken |
