OUR TREACHEROUS ENEMY.

Press, Volume L, Issue 15121, 10 November 1914, Page 7

OUR TREACHEROUS ENEMY.

CRVF.L DEEDS GLORIFIED

(fiiom ocn own comiesfondext.) LONDON, October 2. The 3V<"S3 Bureau iss.ias the follow-

Among tho non-infrequent German pamphlets seized by the C.isfom Houso authorities from aliens at ports of landing sonio aro printed in English (or what is expected to pass for English); others are in the original tongue. Among tho latter is a little volume ■called "Kriegs-Chx-onik," consisting party of a. highly chronicle < ? iho Avar, partly of soldiers' letters from tho front.

As showing tne methods of thought of the enomy these last have onsiderablo valuo. It « "ot tho truth or falsehood of the tales in thorn that matters, but the applause and selfcongratulitions of the writers on deeds of gross treachery and cruelty claimed to have been done by tho writers themselves or their comrades. The following raav sen'fi as examples: — (1) "'Bold Exploit of two Dragoons from Duisburg" (Pago 27). "A'patrol of German Dragoons, entering a. village incautiously, woro surprised i to find it occupied by th* French.

'"The majority escaped, but tho two loading -inon woro surrounded by eight French infantry soldiers. Thov pretended to summder, but when a French sergeant cumo forward to re~ ceivo their carbines ono of tho Dragoons, purporting to hand over his weapon,"shot the man through tho head and then galloped off with his comrade. 'The other seven Frenchmen, who had grounded their rifles and wore quite off their guard, failed to hit them as they rodr* off.' .

This' is called "Em Knhness Reitorstuckohen' , (a bold cavalry irick), and spoken -of as a gallant stratagem. (2) Extermination of a Belgian village. Narrative of an artillery officer. (Page 20.)

"The countryside was full of our troops: nevertheless tho etupid peaeante must needs shoot at our men as thoy marched by, from lurking places. '"The day before yesterday morning Prussian troops surrounded tho viUaqo at 4 .a.m.. put women, children, and old people aside, aad shot all tho men : the village was then burnt to ti.o ground."

(3) Guerrilla War in the Vospcs. "A traitor ha* just been shot, a little French lad belonging io one of thofce gj"mnahtic societies which wear tricolour ribbons—that the Eclaireurs or Boy Scouts —a poor young fellow, who in his infatuation wanted to be a hero.

"The German column was puoting alons a wooded dr r tle and lie wa> caught and asked whether tho Freuch were about.

"He refused to piro Information. "Fifty yards .further on thero was firo from the rovr>r ex a v.corl. The prisoner was in French if ho had known that th«» enemy was in tho forest, and he did not ir. "Ho went with firm .ston to a ielepxaph _post and stood up against it with thf* croon ,-ifc his back, and received tho voliev of the firing party with a proud sr»ile on his fare. "Infatuated wretch! It was a pit\ to see <yich wasted courage." This is the sort- of materiii! on v.-Jjich Germr.ny is at present iH.

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