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Show MISERY OF BELGIAN REFUGEES. vwful" Sights Witnessed at Railway Station in Paris. Paris. 'Mrs. Herman H. Harjes, wife of the Paris banker, who, with Dther American women has been deeply deep-ly interested in relief work, visited the north railroad station and was shocked shock-ed by the sights she saw among the Belgian refugees. "The station," said Mrs. Harjes, 'presented the aspect of a shambles, t was the saddest sight I ever sar. It is impossible to believe the tortures tor-tures and cruelties the poor unfortunates unfor-tunates had undergone. "I saw many boys with both their hands cut off so that it was impossible 'or them to carry a gun. Everywhere ivas filth and utter desolation. The helpless little babes, lying on the cold, wet cement floor and crying for proper nourishment, was enough to bring hot lears to any mother's eyes. "Mothers were vainly besieging tno luthorities for milk or soup. A mother tvith twelve children said: 'What is lo become of us? It seems impossible lo suffer more. I saw my husband bound to a lamp post. He was gagged md being tortured by bayonets. When i tried to intercede in his behalf 1 was knocked senseless with a rifle. 1 never saw him again.' " |