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1 1 Charges Against ifi The German Army I : : I ; They are Absolutely Shameful. Say Count-! Count-! I von BernstorfF, German I Ambassador ' it i T J ," i New York, Aug. 29. Count Ton l ' : ; ' ' Bernstorff, the German ambassador 'J to the United Btates, who returned f J1 j here from Washington last night la ! 1' i I sued the following statement today i j In reference to the alleged atrocities 1 j I of the German army. I ' j "Tho campaign of our enemies ! ,' charging tho German' army with cru- I elty Is absolutely shameful. Tho tra- I 1 J dltlons of tho German army are above ! " I Jill attacks In this respect. Nobody j can regret more than I do If women ' ' ( 1 and children have been killed during 1 . the fighting. This If, however, unavoidable un-avoidable If the civilian population of a country Jobs, In the fighting, aa In the, case of Belgium, where soldiers soldi-ers havo been shot In the back where, German wounded have beeen mutilated mutil-ated and doctors and nurses shot at. "It Is absolutely unjustifiable to suppose that Zeppelin bombs were thrown agalnBt anything else but fortifications. Women and children should not remain In besieged fortresses. for-tresses. Not tho slightest harm was dono to anybody In the open city of Brussels whllo on tbe first day of the war French aeroplanes bombarded bombard-ed tho open city of Nuremburg. "It Is inconceivable that any of tho powers who havo Joined tho coalition formed solely for tho purposo of attacking at-tacking us should desire to give us lessons on European warfare after having called oriental races Into the struggle and after having sent col ored African and Indian troops to France to fight their battles for them." Count von Bernstorff alluded tonight to-night to the official protest regarding wireless censorship made to Washington Wash-ington by his embassy which Is now under consideration. He said he hoped hop-ed for a satisfactory decision. "I roly absolutely on tho neutrality of the American government," he, said. "It Is more a legal than a political po-litical question, however. Tho chlof sufferer in this regard Is not myself, but tho American peoplo who have private affairs in Germany. 'Every day I havo letters from Americans who wnnt to get in touch with their interests In Germany and thero are many peoplo In Germany who want to get in touch hero. Many American merchants have been greatly affected by tho cutting of tho cnblcs." mm m - |
