BELGIANS EXECUTED
Word has been received at London I at the Belgian official quarters of 58 more official executions in. Belgium. This brings tho number of Belgians executed sinco January, 1917, to 170, among whom were at least two women, three girls from 14 to 16 years old, and several youths under 20. . ■ All the executed Belgians were as. sumed by the. Germans to be guilty of spying, and in many cases arrest, condemnation, and execution took place within three o>- four ,ckys, and, therefore, no serious enquiry could have been made. , Under the rule, of the late GovernorGeneral yon Bissing 100 executions took place in one year, according to the German official reports. Governor-General yon Falkeiihausen has increased tho record threefold and he ceased publishing th*> names of the victims in order that, they could not be identified as martyrs by their compatriot.;. As- a further precaution the execiited persons have been buried inside the prison walla,
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Evening Post, Volume XCV, Issue 43, 19 February 1918, Page 5
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