GERMAN BARBARITY
THE MURDER OF WORKERS IN LIEGE _ By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received July 11, 4 p.m.) i PARIS, July 11. An escaped Belgian narrates that some workers in Liege recently refused tc work under impossible conditions, and, as a punishment, eight, including wo- ' men, were arrested and charged with espionage and shot m front of the rest of the inhabitants in the central square of the town. All the workers in Menin who were unwilling to continue working for the , military authorities were beaten with swords and clubs until they returned, while their wives were thrown, into prison. - ■ s ■
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New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9093, 12 July 1915, Page 7
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99GERMAN BARBARITY New Zealand Times, Volume XL, Issue 9093, 12 July 1915, Page 7
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