gy is required for giving the British public every possible oppo

te in one of the higher courts of law (Kammergericht). Chapter III of his work is entitled: "The Belgian Outrages;" in the foregoing chapter he endeavours to show that the Belgian

rasshoff: "Belgien's Sch

ition to satisfy the desire for sensation with a cabinet of horrors. The equipment of the German army does not include either the jars or the c

of Western Europe, then she will not forget to add the above articles to her equipment i

f truth in Germany's accusations. The Berlin Government has circulated photographs of dum-dum bullets, i.e., English and French bullets with the points cut off. It is true no statement is offered regarding the time and p

German informants and their regiments. In each case the "evidence" is of an exceedingly doubtful character; in view of the gravity of the charges, the lack of cor

precludes the probability of all impartiality in the witness and makes bias (Befangenheit) his simple duty. Another important factor to be borne in mind is the hysterical, morbid self-importance

and three hundred and seventeen pages of sworn evidence of German officers and soldiers taken for the most

and young girls participated in these atrocities. Hence German wounded have had their eyes gouged out, noses, ears, fingers and genitals cut off and their bo

a breach of Article I., Convention of Geneva,[120] and the princip

d outlaws cite the law when i

he latter has made an attempt to rid itself of responsibility by ascribing the guilt to the rage for destructi

ly, just as in Germany

alleged cruelties of German soldiers, and the evidence thus obtained has been made the s

igations conducted by any examining commission whatsoever, can never dispose of the irrefutable fact that German

rivates, and the behaviour of German soldiers to fellow-subjects is aptly illustrated by

y of belief. According to the nature of things, the commission is not in a position to test the veracity of such rumours or to apprehend the association of events

ng war in an atrocious manner, as well as the report of Lord Bryce's commission and Professor Morgan's report in the "Nineteenth Century" for June. In

egsm?rchen gesammelt von Bernhard Duhr, S.J. ("The Spirit of Lying in the War of the Nations," War Legends collected by the Rev. Bernhard Duhr, S.J.).[123] The reverend gentleman castigates all the nations at war with th

hopes to publish a compl

ogne has taken great pains to expose and refute lies as fast as they have appeared. The origi

ges by Belgian and French Catholic priests. Whatever their motives may have been, one thing is certain, they have produced most convinc

ot introduce the Kaiser's name into his booklet, but in the introduction he remarks: "Finally the refutation of such fairy-tales is a patriotic duty. Nothing is more essential for us Germans, especially in war time, than unity; but this harmony

h and Belgians of atrocities on German soldiers. A few illustrations will suffice to show the absence of all foundation for the charges against the Belgians

bendzeitung of this incident. South of Cambrai a column of German motor-cars was attacked by a company of French cyclists. For the most part the guard was killed by rifl

eally made the report at all. So much is certain, however, that in the matter of eyes being gouged out, an absolute mania of gruesomeness broke loose. An

s work on Cologne Station were informed with every assurance of truth, that a hospital at Aix-la-Chapell

n replied: 'As regards the rumour mentioned in your letter, I beg to inform you that I at once put myself in communication with the authorities. I inquired of the doctor in charge of a hospital here (he is, by the way, a famous

d that a wounded soldier had told him that he had heard[124] that in the monastery Bl. by V., in Holland, there were twenty-two wounded German soldiers whose eyes had been gouged out by Belg

" and "heard" occur very frequ

he Rev. Duhr's b

ailed down by the Volkszeitung. Inquiries were made in all directions wherever a cas

on September 2nd, 1914, he communicated this statement: "The English will inform your countrymen that German troops have burnt down Belgian vi

our invading armies in Belgium, had perpetrated all sorts of cruelties on helpless German citizens. Indeed, when they were searched on their arrival at the prisoners' camp fingers with rings on them, which they had hacked of

s assertion of a Berlin paper that fingers had been found in the pockets of Belgian civilians in this camp is false. Neither has

126: Ibi

at the deed had never taken place. Among the monstrous lies exposed by these investigators, are reports that Belgian priests paid eight shillings for every German head brought to them; high treason ch

e. In the same compartment there were four privates from Infantry Regiment No. 94. One of them named R?

erwards the priest promised a boy of thirteen that he should go straight to heaven if he would murder t

s, the soldier swore to its truth, and became very impolite to

ed: At the beginning of the campaign as the troops marched into a village-name unknown-they saw by the roadside two or three dead civilians. One was apparently a boy of about thirteen, while the o

told as a "rumour" to all the troops marching through. It is impo

ed by

AND WAGN

127: Ibid.

rman War Office that Belgian civilians were actually shot down without rhyme or reason. Apparently German soldiers (!)

all sides must be classed as a morbid phenomenon, a sort of blood-cult. Their consequences co

128: Ibi

also capable of perpetrating them. They did not spring from the imagination of an Edgar Allan Poe, but arose in the minds of Germany's brutal peasantry and bloodthirsty wo

ierteljahrshefte, published by

le" known to the world as Germany. Without further comment readers are left to form their own opinion of a Press which breeds such filth, and the cultura

he story. "On October 10th I entered Wilryk, near Antwerp, and took up my quarters in the Italian Consulate. All the houses had been deserted by the inhabitants. Immediately after entering the house I perceived that English soldiers had been here and behaved in a barbarous manner. Mirrors, valuable objects of art, etc., had been smashe

mplaints from the inhabitants that especially the English troops had acted in the mos

rd Grasshoff: "Belgi

s a fitting supplement to them. Yet it is psychologically interesting to note how difficult it is for Germans who burn, des

oor. Orders had been issued that only food and shirts were to be taken. The cellar was full of wine and champagne. A corporal brought us some of the latter. After half an hour the rooms looked v

on such a shirt as he had never dreamed of before. Even ladies' chemises were commandeered, and s

so the men resorted to the corresponding article worn by ladies."[131] (This writer refers in other part

"Mit den K?nigin-Fusilier