UNPARALLELED ACT OF BARBARITY

' FAMOUS BELGIAN CITY RAZED GERMANS FIRE UNIVERSITY TOWN OF LOUVAIN (Eec. August 29, 7.20 p.m.) London, August 28. ■■ The Belgian Minister states'that the Germans, after receiving a check', \vithdrew_ from Louvain in disorder. A German guard mistook the retreatere for Belgians and fired on them. Afterwards they pretended that the inhabitants had fired, though they had been disarmed a week ago. - ■•■- ■■••-•■• The Germans then cleared out the inhabitants, made prisoners of -some of the men, shot several of the notable ci tizens, and ignited the town with bombs, blowing up some of the city's famous -buildings. _ Louvain is now a heap of ashes; \ •' -, (Reo August 30, 5.5 p.m.) \ : . , '■■.■*■'■ Copenhagen, August 28. The destruction of Louvain is fully confirmed. Refugees state the Germans were chagrined owmg.to the defeat .on. Tuesdays When it was necessary "to cover up their -comrades' mistake they commenced, pillaging and destroying and expelling the inhabitants at the point of the bayonet. The murdered include English and American clergymen. The buildings- destroyed include the magnificent cathedral, the university, and the library. . . ' ■ ■ - GERMAN-EXCUSES FOR THE DEED, : (Rec. 'August 30, 5.5 p.m.) * ... 'Berlin, August 29.. < The "Vossische Zeitung" eays Louvain was destroyed because the whole of th«) population fired on the Germans, and women on the roofs poured boiling 'oil on them. ' ,• ' "'■ . c v , - (R«o. August 30, 5.5 p.m.) ' . , -~ )■ - .!; ■ .. : . ' Copenhagen, August 28. .. • The '"Berliner Tageblatt" announces that Louvain has been bitterly ' punislied for. civilian uprising. ■' - '■'>'. . ''■ London, August 28. A Marconi station intercepted a German official statement which said that, owing to arms and ammunition having been distributed among the oivil population of Belgium, the only means of preventing surprise attacks from the civilians was to use unrelenting.severity and create examples which, by their frightJulness, would be a warning to the whole country. '. "• ■ ■ '■ i , ■ - DONE TO COVER UP GERMAN' COMMANDER'S BLUNDER. , ■■••. -..■ . ( .:; ■••*. ■: (Rec. August 30, 5.5 p.m.) •■• ' : ' ■•. • •■■ London, August 29,^evening. The Press Bureau states, that the destruction of Louvain was an unpar-. donable act of barbarity and vandalism and it can only he supposed that' in his desire to conceal the facts and cover the blunder of his .own men, the German commander seized upon tho first idea occurring as an excuse. ' The act-is unparalleled in history and civilisation. Louvain' was miles from the real fii»htina, and international law recognises that the only leei- - timate aim of war is the weakening of the enemy's army. The rules forbid the destruction and seizure-of property not imperatively called for by military necessities. By destroying -Louvain the Germans have committed a crime for which there can be no atonement. Humanity has suffered a loss which can never be repaired. v , .... AMERICAN ATTENTION DIRECTED TO OUTRAGE, .(Rec. August 30, 5.5 p.m.) " "' ' ~""7" ' .-....■' Washington, 'August 28. ■ The Belgian Minister conferred with Mr. .W. J. Bryan, 1 Secretary of State, ' protesting against the destruction of Louvain. The Minister called the attention of the United States.to the outrage,'-which was unequalled in. the world's history. ' . . ' .;.-•" SEVEN PEIESTS SHOT BY GE BMANS. ' (Rec. August 31, 0.5 a.m.) )" v : Amsterdam, 'August 29. After the firing of Louvain, seventy-two residents were handcuffed and marched to Campenhout, where they were fored to witness the shooting of seven priests. , . , The prisoners were subsequently driven as a screen betore the trerman soldiers across the country and released when they neared the Belgian outposts.. One refugee asserts that the Burgomaster of Louvain and a number of notables were shot. >