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Show r Sit Written by a frusstan Upcerzj? JrTio Participated in the Ravag-- . ing and Pillaging of Belgium h IktroU CopfHfht Put .'v Pru$ CIVILIAN DEAD STREW STREETS OF FRENCH TOWNS AS FOE SWEEPS ON TOWARD PARIS Synopsis The author of these confessions, an officer In the pioneers' corps of the Cermun army, a branch or the service corresponding to the engineers' corps of the United States array, is sent Into Belgium with the first German forces invading that country. Igno-mof their destination or of the reasons for their actions, the German soldiers cross the border and attack the Belgian soldiers defending their frontier. Clvlluns men, woman and children are driven from their burning homes as. the Zeppelins and giant guns of the Germans razed the strongest fortifications. The Germans sweep on across Belgium, slaying and burning under orders of their officers to show no mercy. Some German soldiers who tried to aid helpless refugees were rebuked by their officers, one of whom declared that such a thing as pity was Insanity. The German pioneers throw pontoon bridges across the Mouse in the face of a murderous fire from the French. French troops are slaughtered when, surrounded, vhey throw down their arms aud surrender. nt CHAPTER V Toward one o'clock the battle south of Sommepy reached Its climax. When the Germans advanced to make storm-Di- g attacks on all points the French gave up their positions and retired in the direction of Sulppes. Whether our company was no longer considered fit to flrtit or whether we were not needed any longer I do not know. Wo received orders to go into quarters. But neither a barn nor a stable could be found so that nothing remained but to camp In the oteii. The houses were all filled with wounded. Citizen of the town, who had not lied were all gathered in a large barn. Their houses were most ly deKtroyed no that they had to make use of what shelter was offered them. There was one exception to this arrangement and that wish very old little motherly woman Hitting, bitterly crying, by the debris of her lnte home and nobody could induce her to leave. In the barn, which served as a shelter to the civilians, were thrown together men and women, youths, children and old men. Many were wounded by nhell splinters and cartridges and others had suffered burns. Everywhere was the most terrible misery; Irk mothers and half starved Infants for whin there was no milk were obliged to perish here; old people died from the excitement and fright of the previous few days and last of all men and women In the prime of life slowly died from wounds bemuse there was to care for them. aody A company of Hessian reserves, every one a veteran, pawned with bowed heads and tired feet. They must have had a very long march. Their officers tried to mnke them move more lively. They ordered that a song be sung but the Hessian were not in the mood. "WW you sing, you pigs?" cried an officer and the pitiful looking "pigs" tried to obey this order. Faintly sounded frm the rank of the overtired men: "Petit htsnd, rcntch1and Fcbcr Alle. fcher A'lo In Fkt Welt." Despite their broken strength. tblr tired feet. dlgTi1ed and resentful, these men sang their symphony of n use of tho roads while the armies needed them, w hich was practically all the Continued. tn, Several comrade who like myself bad watched this troop ps came to u go to the ramp fne and nld. "Iand try t sleep so that we might forget all this." We were hunrry and on the wa home cancht several rhltkcn. We ate them half-raand then laid down In the n and slept nll four o'clock In the morning bcn e bad to be ready to march. fmr ricsMnnMnn on tbl day was Sulpjw. Before the march started the following army order wa rend: "Soldier, Ms majesty the emperor, nr supreme war brd, thank the soldier of th" Fourth army and send to (em M fn'l appreciation. Ton have saved cur txloved Germany from the Initf-tii of horde. We will not r t nt !'! tie enemy lie on the ground and before the leave f ill from e J,j return home the tree U, enemy ) in fyil retrofit stid the AIi'iiity Bill Mc our ar.n fur:l. r." Af'er t'.is t.i'k ft reo cheer. or; tt i! z !,ftt had become routine for And ti.tri rei;iK.. ,,- fiiMr I,. We roe b,i j plenty of time and npportwn'ty to di the gratifiedrtprese..,! ,r iftt, M,j,r,e mit lord. We e.u: I r,.t i,(;i.e out j it wht fatherland we l o'l to t, l so far In Franre. tne of the soldier the f.j inion that tti Ia.M bal bl..wl tir arm, to whlfh another rep!ied: "A t'licioii men repeating wh tiiliy rit.. f t I gaiifj of saeriiege, if he apeak seriously." F.cy where, ton th mar eh to puip. pon. In the field and In the ditehe. of thorn with lay dead soldier, tune. In tho evening, after a long march, we reached the town of Sulppes. Here our captuln told us we would find numerous frank-tlreurWe wtye ordered to bivouac, instead of being assigned quarter, and all going into the village were obliged to tuke guns and cartridges with them. After a brief rest we entered the village in search of food. IVad civilians lay In the middle of the Mreets. They were citizens of the village. We could not learn the reuson for their having been shot The only answer to our questions was a shrug of the shoulder. The village Itself hod not suffered to any noticeable degree as far as destruction of buildings was concerned. but never In the course of the war had I seen a more complete Job of plunder ing than had been done In Sulppes. That we had to live and eat Is true, and as the Inhabitants and merchunts had flown there was no opportunity to pay for our necessities. Therefore we simply entered a store, put on stock Ing. laundry, and left the old things. then went to another place, took what ever food looked good to us. and then s. J H mm-- M b .a. w i a j TIMES-NEW- S. as yet Intact with all the rooms locked. It was evident that a woman's baud bad worked In this house, for every- The ConfeSSi pns JiC5GltGr THE : i thing; was neut and cozy. But all this order was still surpassed by the arrangement in a large room, which apparently bad been Inhabited by a young woman. We were almost ashamed to enter the Bnnctuary. To our astonishment we saw hanging on the wall opposite the door a picture burned in wood and under it a German verse : "Honor the women, they weave a braid of heavenly roses In their earthly life." (Schiller). The owner apparently was a young bride,, for In the wardrobe was a trousseau, tied with neat blue ribbons, carefully put awny. All the wardrobe drawers lay open. Nothing was touched here. When we visited the same place the next morning, impelled by aome Im pulse, we found everything In that house destroyed. Barbarians hod gone through this home, and with bitter ruthlessnoHS hud devastated every thing, with every evidence of having utterly cast off the ethics and stand ards of civilized races. The entire trousseau had been torn from the drawers and thrown partly on the floor, rictures, photographs. mirrors, everything was in pieces. The three of us who had entered the room clenched our fists with impotent wrath, We received orders to remain in Sulppes until further notice and the next day witnessed the return of many fugitives. They came In great throngs from the direction of Chalons-sur- Marne. They found Instead of the peaceful homes they had left a wretch ed and deserted ruin. A furniture dealer returned to his store, as we stood In front of his house. He broke down when he viewed the remains of his enterprise. Everything had been taken away. We approached the man. lie was a Jew and spoke German. When he calmed down a little he told us that his store had contained mer chandlse worth more than 8,000 francs. "Had the soldiers only taken what they needed for themselves," he said. "I would be satisfied, for I did not ex pect anything else. But I never would have believed of the Germans that they would have destroyed everything." Not even a cup and saucer were left In this man's house. He had a wife and five children, but had no Idea of what hud become of them. And there were many more like him. The following night, remaining in Sulppes, we were again obliged to camp In the open "because It swarmed with frank-tlreurs- ." Such were our instruc- tion. In reality nothing was seen of frank-tlreurbut by this method the enmity toward the people living In the towns along our line of inarch was The Germans practiced maintained. the theory that the soldiers fight bet ter and are more amenable to dis cipline when filled with hatred of their enemies. The next day we were obliged to march to This was one of the hardest days we ever had. From the very beginning, as we began our journey, the sun blazed djw-npon us. It Is about 33 kilometers from Sulppes to Chalons-sur-MarnThis distance would not have been o bad, despite the heat ; we had already made longer inarches; but the beautiful road from Sulppes to Chal ons goes with unending monotony with out so much as a curve or a bend to the right or left As far as we could see It stretched before us like a long white anake. Many soldiers fainted or were strick en with sunstroke. They were picked up by the Infirmary columns which followed. That the tmope who had trav ersed thla road before us had fared wotne was evident from the many dead German who lay along the road. The commander feared that he could not get the machine In motion again If It was halted, and permitted to stretch It weary limbs on the ground for a And so It crept along like brief a snail. Only, Instead of having a snail' shell on Its bark, there was a leaden burden. The monotony of the march waa broken when we rnched the enor nvm camp at Chnlon. This Is one of the larget of the French army camp. v e saw Chaton from the ins tance. A we halted about an hoor later outside the city In an orchard, without a single exception every man fell t the ground exhausted. The field kitchen were soon bronchi np, but the men were tort tired to eat. We did eat Infer and then wanted to go to town to purchase some article, particularly tobacco, which we mlwd mot. Nobody w allowed to leave camp. We were told that entering the city wa strictly forbidden. Cbalon had paid a war contribution and therefore no one wa permitted In the city. We heard the dull sound of the cannon In the d'tnnce and tirpcrted that cwir ret would hf brief. The rolling of gunfire Continued to grow fmricer. We rtid not know then that fcht bad hegun hlh wa destined to become fatal to th German. The firt day's lattle of the Mam bad bcg'in ! Chalons-sur-Marn- e. ret WM, - Sitting, Bitterly Crylnp, by th Dtbrls of Her Lata Home. to wine cellar, there to ejw as much as otjr hearts desired. The men of the ammunition column, located In the village as well as the snnitnry aoMier and cavalry by the hundred, senrrbed the house and took whatever they liked best. The finest and lflrcet buMne place In Sulppes ervel a very large mral dictrict sur rounding and therefore were storked Within a tip on almost rverythlng. Mrt time thc place bail been rlenno'l out. The munition driver and train co'titm esrricil f)fj piece of siik, ladle' dre-- . linen, )hof, lre gtwl and every other Imaginable, and tore! them away In their ammunition cse. They toeik rhildren'a and women's shoe, and Terrific rJaughier marks the everything ele they could lay their opening of the battle ef the han't tipon, althoneh many of these Mittit, when the German hordes, article had to be thrown away short rushing forward e rapidly that ly afterward. Later, when the field their supply lines ar broken, are pot wa developed my) pave regular caught In a Frendh trap. The servlre, many of the thing were sent next Installment contain a vivid borne, thla hisstory ef the opening A lerge rhocolafe factory ws robbed battle. toric and chocolate and ecTrj.letejr, candy l tioj.p were trampled In the ground. Rtopty hone were broken Into and iTJ BIS CfiKTiSl Klil wrecked, wine e!lar cleaned out and tldrt)-UoklnThott-aanw Indowa smabed. the latter tvprrt wonrxl. Cava fee Anger. being a f huge flies alarmed on the rpoctat patlme of the cavalrymen. A r.eporter Major Ball is outside with . eorp-wl, and giv- we had to pa the plebt In the open, a gnn. ing off a ferfril stench. Arnor.g thee we tried to find some qnilt end en- Kditor What fh mattery rortrv. tin'hejfrfri andir a lt7iriar feret j grocery store and market Itefmrter In the try ntvnjf tl'm wretrlte-wn, were The rtore a partly demol- - we printed that hi life was foil of fort-i'tty were, l len the j Ishefl. but the apartment tipotalr was bottle instead of - proccedi-- d lt i. nt d'. g ar-tir- le efrrel frt d dee-om- i fuel-Uve- p'c. tttl'. 1 NEPHI. UTAH. 110 PEACE 1IIL HUH S CRUSHED SAYS PRESIDENT Speaks at Washington's Tomb on Independence Day. SETTLEMENT MUST BE FINAL Says "Blinded Rulers of Prussia Have Roused Forces They Knew Little Of Forces Which Onco Roused Can Never Bo Crushed to Earth." Mount Vernon, Va., July 4. rresl dent Wilson in his Independence day address at George Washington's tomb here said that the father of his coun try and his associates spoke aud act ed, not for a class, but for a people and that It has been left for us to see to it that It shall be understood Unit they spoke and acted, not for a single people only but for all mankind and were planning that men of every class should be free and America a place to which men out of every nation might resort who wished to share with them the rights and privileges of free men. The president then referred to the present world struggle and said that the peoples of the world find themselves confronted by a aelfish group of nations who speak no common purpose but only seltisb ambitions of their own and by which none can profit but themselves and whose people are fuel in their hands. He declured that these governments are clothed with strange trappings and the primitive authority of an age that Is altogether alien and hostile to our own. He said the past and the present are in deadly grapple and the peoples of the world are being done to death between them. The rulers of the central powers even feor their own people, aald the president. He declared that there can be but one Issue In this war and the settlement must be final; that there can be no compromise and no halfway decision Is conceivable. The president urged the establishing of an organization of peace which will make It certain that the combined power of free nationa will check every Invasion of right and serve to make peace and Justice the more secure by affording a definite tribunal of opinion to which all must submit. The president In closing bis address said: "The blinded rulers of Prussia have reused forcea which aroused can never be crushed to earth again for they have at their heart an Inspiration and a purpose which are deathless and of the very stufT of triumph." Test of Address. The text of the president's speech 'ollows: "Gentlemen of the Diplomatic Corp and My Fellow Citizen: I am happy to draw apart with you to this quiet place of old counsel In order to speak a little of the meaning of this day of our nation's Indeiendence. The place aeeins very still and remote. It Is a serene and untouched by the hurry of the world as It was In those great days long ago when General Washington was here and held leisurely conference with the men who were to be associ ated with hlrn In the creation of a nation. From the gentle slopes they looked out upon the world and saw It It with the light nf the fu hole, ture upon It, saw It with mix I era eye that turned away from a pat which men ef liberated spirit could no longer endure. It Is for thsl reason that we ronnot feel, even here. In the Immedi ate presence of this sacred toinh, that a this is a place of death. It place of achievement. A great promise Ihst was meant for all mankind wa here given plan and reality. The by which we are here surrounded are the lnplring aocjat!nn of that noble death which I only a glorious consummation. From this green hillside we also otieht to be able to see with comprehending eye the world that lie about u and should conceive iow the purposes that set men free. Planned Universal Freedom. "It I significant significant of their own character and pnrjwwe and of the Infliienct they were setting afoot that Washington and hi cstei. Pke the baron at Ittinnymele, poke and acted, not for a cia. but for a to see people. It ba been left for to It that It sbsll be nnlerfood tr.st they jke and acted, not for s ins1e people only, but for all mank'id. Tier were fhlnklna. not ef lhemeHe and of the tnaterisl Interest w hi h cen tered In the little group of lan'lhnM- er and merchant and men of affnir with whom they were accijtfmel to act. In Virginia end the colonic to the Borlh and aonih of br, but of a pee.jOe which wished to be done with and apedai lntere1 and the anthr- they bad not them-setvly of men whom rhoen to rule over them. They entertained no prlva'e ptirpoev o sired no peculiar prtv!1eEe, They were coneton?y planning ahonld be fre that men of every e1 and America a place to whl'h men ont of every nation might resort who wihel to share with them the rleht and prlrlletre of free men. And we tVe our cue from them i we not! We Intend what they Intended. We here In America te!T our partlctfrtr-fioIn thi prent war to be on'y the fmltaee of what they planted, fmr rase differs front their only la this. ur tu e KAISER ANGRY OVER KILLING OF ENVOY ORDERS VON KUELMANN TO BREAK OFF NEGOTIATIONS WITH BOLSHEVIKU March on Moscow Freely Predicted as Result of Assassination of German Ambassador to Russia by Opponents of Bolshevikl. Loudon. As soon us Emperor W1W heard of tho uss;i.siuutlou of Count von Mlrbuclt, the Geruiun embassador to Russia, according to uu Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Uusslu, ho ordered Secretury von Kucliuuim to break olt negotiations with the delegate in Berlin. A strong guard has been placed before the house of the Bolshevik In Berlin us It is feared the populace of the capital will lnutigujf te demonstrations. All the Herman newspapers declured the murder of Count von h must Inevitably have a great influence on relations. It la being freely predicted that troops in a y be sent uguiust Mowow by tho kaiser in revenge for the murder of his representative. Fragments of news from various sources indicate that the usn."smutlon of Couut von Mlrbach, the (jermnn ambassador to Itussla, was accompanied by a formlclublo uprising ugalnst tho Hum or Mlr-buc- Uusso-Uermu- n BolxhcvlUI In Moscow. A liussliiii wireless dispatch claim that the uprising has now been com- pletely suppressed, and the tone of the message Indicate that the suppression was accompanied with sanguinary violence, tho orders being that all who showed resistance to tho Bolshevlki should be "shot on the sput." ANOTHER GOOD INVESTMENT. Treasury Certificates of Indebtedness Now Being Offered Loyal Americans. Sun Frunclsco. In anticipation of the Fourth Liberty Ixwin, which will probably come in October, United States treasury certificates of indebted-- , lies nre now Ining offered throughout the country. I taring the intervals between sales of bond the government finances Its war oxratiin by the salo of these certificates, which provide a steady flow of funds from the banks Into the federal treasury. These offerings, in block of fT.Vi,- IM),WM, Willi varying dates and ma turities. wlll.be continued every two weeks uitill the lutter mrl of OctoU-r- . The quota of the twelfth federal reserve district (comprising the states of Arizona, California. Idaho, Nevada. Ore gon. Flah aud Washington) Is $.Y!.0.-- , for each Issue. The government ha allotted ertilicn(,-- s in every bank in an amount equal to two ami one half sr cent of its gross trees, which it may purchase for It own account and resale to Individuals. Cert (finite may le purchased ,y tl, pnbiic through banks. .- -e certificates benr Interest at the rate of four and one hitlf per cent jer annum. The certificate are offered, at par and accrued Interest, In denomina tion of f'n ll.tsnt, s..,iii sto.isxi. and fl'st(t, and will be paid at ma turity in cssli or may ls exchanged for Liberty bond of the fourth Issue. r-- New York Publisher Arretted. New Yotk. tr. Kdwnrd A. Uunidy vice president and treasuier of mt Mail and Fprc company, publishers of the New York Fvoiilng ilHit. wa arrested here Monday, chars-- d with tsrjury in a rejs.rt to A. Mit.hll Palmer, alien p'tqwrly custodian. The complaint Sk...u.t Ir. IlumHy charge that In making a report to the alien prowrty custodian regarding tne trotis-acllobe failed to disclose n:s relation with Count on I!emsiorrr,t;ennnn ambassador In the Culled sttate. and Ir. Heinrich F. Alltert. commercial attache of the (tertunn embassy. n. v.n-e-t- if mt c'c that It Is our inestimable privilege te concert with men out of every nation what shall make not only the liberties ef America secure but tho liberties of every other people as well. We are happy In the thought that we are per mitted to do what they would have done had they been in our place. There must now be settled once for all what was settled for America in the great age upon whose Inspiration we draw today. This Is surely a fitting place from which calmly to look out upou our tusk, that we may for f.fj our spirits for Its accomplishment. And this Is the appropriate place from which to avow, alike to the friends who look on and to the friends with whom we have the happiness to be as sociated lu action, the faith and pur pose with which we act. Hun Rulers Fear Own People. "This, then, is our conception of the great struggle in which we are engaged. The plot is written plain upon every scene and every act of the su preme tragedy. On the one hand stand the peoples of the world not only the peoples actuully engaged, but many others also who suffer under mastery but cannot act ; peoples of many races and In every part of the world the people of stricken Itussla still, among the rest, though they are for the moment unorganized and helpless. Opposed to them, masters of many armies, stand an Isolated, friendless group of governments who speak no common purpose but only selfish ambitions of their own by which none can profit but themselves, and whose peoples are fuel In their hands; governments which fear their people and yet are for the time their sovereign lords, making every choice for them and disposing of their lives and fortunes aa they will, as veil as of the lives and fortunes of every people who fall under their power governments clothed with the strange trappings and the primitive authority of an age that Is altogether alien and hostile to our own. The past and the present are In deadly grapple and the peoples of the world are being done to death between them. Settlement Must Be Final. "There can be but one Issue. The settlement must be fluul. There can be no compromise. No halfway de cision would be tolerable. No half-wu- y decision Is conceivable. These are the ends for which the associated peoples of the world are fighting and which must be conceded them before there cao be peace: L. The destruction of every arbitrary power anywhere that can separately, secretly and of Its single choice disturb the peace of the world ; or, if It cannot be presently destroyed, at the least Its reduction to virtual Impotence. "2. The settlement of every question. whether of territory, of sovereignty, of economic arrangement, or of political relationship, upon the baals of the free acceptance of that settlement by the people Immediately concerned, and not upon Hie basis of the material Interest or advantage of any other nation or people which may desire a different settlement for the sake of Its own exterior Influence or mastery. "X The consent of all nations to be governed In their conduct toward earh other by the same principles of honor and of respect for the common law of civilized society that govern the Individual citizens of at) modern states In their relations with one another; to the end that all promises and covenant may be sacredly observed, no private plot or conspiracies batched. no selfish injuries wrought with Impun ity, and a mutual trust established upon the handsome foundation of a mutual repect for right. '4. The establishment of an erganl- zatlon of peace which shall make It certain that the combined power of free nation will check every Invasion of right and serve to make peace and Justice the more secure by affording a definite tribunal of opinion to which II must submit and by which every International readjustment that cannot be amicably agreed npon by the pen. pie directly concerned shall be sanc--t loned. U. ft. Can Never Be Cruahed. Thee great object can be pit Into a single sentence. What we seek I the reign nf law, bed upon the of the governed and sustained by the organised opinion f mankind. cannot be "These great end achieved by debating- and seeking to and accommodate what recr.nc! tateroe,i may wlh, with their project for balance tf power and of national jpportnnity. They can b"! rear bed only by the determination of "list the thinking people of the world desire with their bnring hope for jn.tice and for social freedom and j Save Six Hundred Live. After saving the live of Vt cannery employe. Including tentyitie tiled tiijirisitied on an Iceberg tbmo and towto safely, lb ing threw 1,1 veswl Ffiifed X'files steamer It'n-telt- . ret tl rr Oj.'iiin II. 9 wat port Monday from 8eip. more than fr we-Us- , 11 r. Alii-ka- Baktr Abolishes War Council. Wshit'tton. retsirv I'.i.ker rn Moftd.'y forniflily n!n;i-.i"the war rotitujl nf,, ttrn,., over l? principal functions to ),e a'it!if(t ef war, Ctnenil M:irh. fhiif ef .tfT, K-- f l fancy that the a!r of fhi e of n"h pi see ctfrrie the with a proTidef Here tb"re parted force which the tret and Major ; t,ersl lopeilifils. ; chief ! . hl'h they were rifitjon In charge of stor.ii.-an I d"re-teat recorded e a trtff.e. revcli gaint It ati'lmfty bnt whirh bs long since seen to bare ben a Rumanians Accept Hun Peace. tep In the ;ierMrn of t on peoAmsfer'littn. The nuniabian .na'e ple a well a of the pop of the ba adopted the Li rtcmn peacp tre!r, nd I stand here now Fnited State to I'.o. tidrest advice. according it to speak, pcfik proudly and with hope of the Spread of th; Must Pay for Pace Riot. this litwratlon to the ST-fte Washington. I'nymotif of SWfxiO by of the world Itself, The blinded ftit-r-r have aroused forces they (be Fnited Jtte to tireei-- for Inof knew little of force vhi'h, once juries suffered bv tJteek citizen sf aroii.-d- . run never b rmhed to earth Omaha February 21, i:r;t, during race, I aiishoriwd by a bill again for thr have at their heart an riot. which sre by the senate and sent to the houe. Inspiration and a pnrpo deathless and of the very staff of Iron Workers Ask Increase. f'an Irart'isco. Wage lncreae n meet recent advances In the rfwt r,f Pvtt Work en Locomotive. are it, he demanded for W.im WMneon. Jity S.Th f!rt of livirig worker lf"t and hip'miM- - n the ordered ty the the 1.4i,"i IrnTirisco rtgnm. aenording railroad adTiinlklfiti n tn Msj to an annotifceToent Min l.,y. been completed "1 ca I rti! prin-rJp1- ktn-lries- ei-'i'e- 'y ft pir-l,;ie- crn-fjdef- lt, rmls pcd ncio!e in f,f jue |
