| Show HUNS IMPOSED ABS ABSURD URD FINES state department archives at washington agton record the st story try of Sis sorine COMMUNE UNABLE TO PAY vet van ft buelow elov on en T that hat A account count threat enad ad to 0 destroy amy horn of prince of me monaco so who A appealed posted to president wilton wilson the condemned G german e at of theory money fro frow captured communities sit u shoun shaun by the foll following ng documents published by the committee coner atile on ch public afa itan fro A shik I 1 ng ot of the fierce brutality of ge german an methods Is contained 1 in the archives ot of the stats mt de apartment part ment to because cadose the prince of mon man aco appealed P PI to president wilson again 5 1 the injustice of floe fine imposed upon a squall small and impoverished sit RICO lags the following documents from the state department ardt hj lyea tell the m story they teed need no corma comments m tells tarts oct 27 1914 1014 so Sw mm of state washington prince of me called nod this morn aa 1 ine 19 9 and ad aalee led that hot the fall following g cos case be submitted to tte the president tri prince beatea to to that 1 0 general tell TOO a h ba ell E buelow slaw for far weeks has bee been inhabiting princea arl tree ancestral coat cal here ves near be historical monument contain certain ing norka arks of al a art and ad family heir beir looms leares that von ton back be imposed fin fine ot of BOO 0 fr franca on an tillage alg of some sam miles distant fr from chat ell aa be sea use of broken broke gloss class found on road ad or v ag simon Sla sonne being to nn able sic abode a to pay be baa raised with a iB aniber of f other ie neighboring villages franca but von van buelow has haa sent t two mo messengers song frone from Sia sonne me to pr prince that at on unless acas latter it pays pay fine tr tor far saum Sifi sonne the elm chateau t me and a adjoining dj lnIg ill lage go as won well as si v in be deon decd november lit PM prince be has tain answered vered r refusing erasing to pay so sunt ra now but willing to fo give his word sold to get ger roan scope emperor tb that I 1 amount at would be paid after it removal of danger of fresh flesh war mar inel incidents drom P prince rire now case f fearful ami lost lest returning 19 messengers gets as well wall as aa male a employee amy on his estate be shot sn be because of or j to pay I 1 be bate arranged aged meeting this afternoon be between sit spanish amb ambassador amador and ts prince t to whom m I 1 time suggested that matter b be awe to gerarb gennaci go government through lb spanish ambassador at berlin inasmuch as prince s threat ened sit property la in in france HEB niCK V von buirl bue lows W threat to um the W mayor of the commune of S at it he has bee been proven th that the rond between 11 81 the sassy railway station as of Slon taiga was on an september drift strewn with broken flass along a dis distance ill of 1 one cliame ter and ad at intervals of at 50 meters for the pur purpose poss no debt floa ot of IP impeding edl automobile to bh tr traffic afflic 1 I hold the tha commune ot of sis some rap bolde responsible for far this act of 0 hostility bust lity on OB the part of its inhabitants and d 1 I po punish 1111 the sold bald community by levying ing up upon it ft a contribution of at fonca 0 five e hu hundred netted thousand francs this thi sum con arost st be entirely paid late into the treasury cry of the empe by october the inspection of the erato a now aw bt t montcornet Mont cornet he ha be been directed to enforce force execution of this order the genere I 1 commander in chief of the th army amy TON VO BUELOW protest f P of mesa monaco monaco oct 1914 sart b 1 I forward to y your majesty several cements relating to A very grave and d u argent matter erh the e general van ton bigelow has palies to re le be occupied since one month and a halt half my resi residence denoe ot of Mar marchere marchers chers sit it net isted I 1 at five alva kilometers tram from th it of Sia sonne the ehfe general basic has lev led up upon the 1500 inhabitants of this poor coined village a war contribution ot at no fr franca 1 6 ot which they are which unable to pay imy l more than anuar ter moreover he has bag sent seat to me two emissaries art hearing R dt document ID chu which ch be th threatens threads reals to destroy 7 my Y proper property tv and the village of marchalk Mar Mo chala over and above that of ence in the event of my not disbursing myself the sum urn to fo question before the end of the ta mouth month of october that la how P prussian fim general I 1 treats at totaling reigning prince who for 45 years be has been bee B friend to germany nod and aho vho he la in SH all im ot of the world Is IB surrounded with respect and gratitude tor far lal hl work IB reply ply tu to tha e summons m 0 of f abe st bogis in y general genera von B buelow 0 w ih I 1 aliat liat a given m my aruto word it of he honor to rom the above contribution in order to avert a hor elble in action n id in col blood bat adding beg that a 8 a prince I 1 submit this matter to thi the judgment of 11 in the a emperor by y ing a that the anad to mon um shall hall be b paid when the chateau us de Idar imis rl be fret free from the danger of 0 intentional dest I 1 am with great respect your year to devoted solvent servant and cousin ALBERT PIC of at monaco letter efte add addreen reed c to V van BI buelow afoot monaco oct OCL 22 1814 1914 to avert from the commune ol of IRS Sisson DD and ad that of marchlak Marc blar hlas the rig ocanus oroua treatment mith yon yen be hay threatened them I 1 give my word ol of honor to remit to hit his majesty the emperor E william should the we carlo com to an end without I 1 intentional to coal 0 damage being caused to my reald enca or r to these two me communes the feces ore sary only so sum to complete the amount of ODO franca franc imposed by you upon Vs A As a sovereign prince I 1 wish to deal in this thin matter with the sava sovereign g Z who abo during 15 ye years called tied me his bis friend and has decorated decorate me with the order of the knight of the black eagle my conscience and ad my dignity place piece me a above be fear a 1 al also my per do bonal al will shall hall elevate me a she above ve re gret but should you destroy the chateau d de hah 1 la one cas of the centers center of at universal science and ob charity aritY should you yon reserve to this archaeological and historical gem the treatment trent ment you yon have given to the tha C cathedral of helms when ohen no reprehensible accito cd has box been bee committed abera the the whole world will judge be mer you and myself 1 1 is tender der to your excellency the ex pressia preas loa of at my high regard albrt ALBERT S sovereign prince of monaco deportation end nd forced lb labor until the present war the whole dt cis used world has boosted boasted of its advance 1 in humanity hutnan tty this drame haa bee been bee cited 1 in many say fields field and ad I 1 in one none had great greater progress beads been made the than 1 la the protection to be given give to the private late citizen in im an invaded country AS aa tar far back aa 1863 1 in the instruction fr for the government of annaca of the united states in the field the united states dollar declared d 1 I 23 private citizens at ar a no b longer br r ordered murdered enslaved or carried le ott to distant parts and ad the tha in inoffensive R in ab ad 1 Is as little disturbed 1 in hla his arit private rib relations as aa the tha Cowf commander do of the hostile troops can afford to in grant 1 tn the demands demand of t vigorous war 24 the almost universal rule in beaute times dams was and ad cont continues lont to bo be w with tin barbarous armies that the private al individual of the hostile country Is 19 destined to suffer every privation of it liberty and Mate protection tion and every disruption of family ties protection ras a and ad balu till 1 is with uncivilized ps peo via ile the exception reversion to barbarism Barb arlun these declarations declara tlona were made 1 in the tha mid ilist at 0 of car civil liar one ne of the fiercest world B fiercest conflicts A halt half cen ter tury IS later ter after more than 50 you years of if Pro progress gless the german go government he lai gone coal back to the methods method used old by 17 barbarous barbaro aff arar bmw nod and uncle llred people it has bus deliberately adopted the policy of deport deporting ilg me men rod ind we women boys led aad girls and ad of forcing arcing then to lack boric for far their capers lots it has can compelled them to in male etke arms armi and munitions for far use against their allies and their vot own aflean CS nd ad blood no ho other set act of 0 the german govern e ed di meet meat has baa aroused such horror and df test tet atlon tn throughout throng hont the civilized d world valid th thousands ads of helpless so men and women boys and g girls AS have been beca enslaved loved families have bee been brolien broken al ap girls bus have bee been carried tried off ff to worl work or worse la in a strange lead land led and their r relatives OUR h have not at k known she here they bebe have been taken take or their I 1 fate to has been WhA locks kB story of horrom in less lesa moving phrases but in do deadly ad corroboration the contat continuation lation of tin the report ol of minister whitlock sayd 70 the rho rage the terror and ad despair excited by bf th this measure all a or be B glum gium vere men v ere beyond anything we had bad sine elace the day the get germans poured into brussels the delegates dele gatea of th the e CO leso for relief in belgium r returning junul Us to brussels told the most at distressing 9 ratio of the aa bienda of C cruelty colty olty and ad am sorrow attending the be of seizures race and daily hourly almost 1 t since that time at stories h have been related by Bel Hel flana glens cutting coming to the legation it is impossible fur far us to verify them fret first because it 1 la me necessary ces r for us tia to exercise all 11 P tact met a dealing with the subject at all and secondly because there 1 la BO be means ot of communication between the occupations occupation gehl gentet t end and the gabler transportation often everywhere lumber lu in belgium 1 la difficult the railways colway scarcely ady operetta operating any a more because of the lack of oil 11 while bit nil a the horses horse have been ahk the people who are forced u go fr roia one cre village to another most do a so on foot fact or r la in vans hanx drawn by taa th few I 1 able his hotels that eye are left the wage of the broun breweries ries the on institution that the germans he hata respected ted are heated by 00 oxen oo |
