The Bamberg herald. (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, June 06, 1918, Page 4, Image 4
GERMAN WAR
Edited by Dana C. IV
versity; George C.
of Wisconsin, and
University of
Issued by the Committee
"However, the men maintained
their refusal to work, 'because they
were unwilling to co-operate in acts
of war against their country.'
"On April 30th the requisitioned!
workmen were not released, but shut
up in the railway carriages.
"On May 4th, 24 workmen detain-;
ed in prison at Nivelles were tried at;
Mons by a court-martial, 'on the
charge of being members of a secret I
society, having for its aim to thwart
the carrying out of German military
measures.' They were condemned
to imprisonment.
On May Sth, 1915, 48 workmen:
were shut up in a freight car and j
taken to Germany.
"On May 14th, 45 men were deported
to Germany.
"On May ISth, a fersh proclama- j
tion announced that the prisoners;
would receive only dry bread and1
water, and hot food only every four'j
days.' On May 22nd three ears with j
104 workmen were sent towards
Charleroi."
"A similar course was adopted at
Malines, where, by various methods
of intimidation, the German authorities
attempted to force the workers
at the arsenal to work on material
for the railways, as if it were not
plain that this material would become
war material sooner or later.
"On May 30th, 1915, the GovernorGeneral
announced that he 'would
be obliged to punish the town of
Malines and its suburbs by stopping
all commercial traffic if by 10 a. m.
on Wednesday, June 2nd, 500 workmen
had not presented themselves for
work at the arsenal.'
"On Wednesday, June 2nd, not a
single man appeared. ' Accordingly,
a complete stoppage took place of
every vehicle within a radius of several
,kilometres of the town."
"Several workmen were taken by
force and kept two or three days
at the arsenal."
Belgians Asked to Make Barbed
Wire.
"The commune of Sweveghem
(Western Flanders) was punished in
June 1915, because the 350 workmen
atx the private factory of M.
Rekaert rerused to make DarDea
wire for the German army.
"The following notice was placarded
at Menin in July-August,
1915: 'By order: From to-day the
town will no longer afford aid of any
description?including assistance to
their families, wives, and children ?
to any operatives except those who
work regularly at military work, and
tasks assigned to them. All other
operatives and their families can
henceforward not be helped in any
fashion.'
Punished for Refusal to Work for
German Army.
- "Similar measures were taken in
October, 1915, at Harlebekelez-Courtrai,
Bisseghem, Lokeren, and Mons.
From Harlebeke 29 inhabitants were
.-transported to Germany. At Mons, j
in M. Lenoir's factory, the directors,
foremen, and 81 workmen were im-j
prisoned for having refused to work I
in the service of the German Army.
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M. Lenoir was sentenced to five | ,
years' imprisonment, the five direc/
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tors to a year each, G foremen to six i
. months, and the 81 workmen to eight!
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Interference With Red OroSs. J (
"The General Government had re-:
course also to indirect methods of
compulsion. It seized the Belgian
Red Cross, confiscated its property,
and changed its purpose entirely. It j
attempted to make itself master of j
the public charities and to control!
the National Aid and Food Commit-1
tee.
Trickiness of German Rulers of
Belgium.
"If we were to cite in extenso the
decree of the Governor General of
August 4th, 1915, concerning measures
intended to assure the carrying
out of works of public usefulness,
and that of August 15th, 1915, 'concerning
the unemployed, who,
through idleness, refrain from work,'
it would be seen by what tortuous
means the occupying Power attempts
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io atiacK at once uie masters ana me
men."
October 12th, 1915, the German
authorities took a long step in the
development of their policy of forcing
the Belgians to aid them in prose-1
cuting the war. The decree of that |
date reveals the matter and openly!
discloses a contempt for internation- j
al law.
Decree of October 12, 1915.
"Article I. Whoever, without reason,
refuses to undertake or to continue
work suitable to his occupation,
and in the execution of which the
military administration is interested,
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such work being ordered by one or
more of the military commanders,
will be liable to imprisonment not
exceeding one year. He may also be
transferred to Germany.
Germans Flout International Law
and Order Belgians to Work
For Them.
"Invoking Belgian laws or even international
conventions to the contrary,
can, in no case, justify the refusal
to work.
"On the subject of the lawfulness
of the work exacted, the military
commandant has the sole right of
forming a decision.
"Article 2. Any person who by
force, threats, persuasion, or other
means attempts to influence another
to refuse work as pointed out in
Article 1, is liable to the punishment
of imprisonment not exceeding five
years.
"Article 3.. Whoever knowingly
by means of aid given or in any
other way abets a punishable refusal
to work, will be liable to a
maximum fine of 10,000 marks, and
in addition may be condemned to a
year's imprisonment.
"If communes or associations have
rendered themselves guilty of such
an nffpnro flip hpads of the COlll
mimes will be punished.
"Article 4. In addition to the
penalties stated in Articles 1 and 3,
the German authorities may, in case
of need, impose on communes, where
without reason, work has been refused,
a fine or other coercive police
measures.
"This present decree comes into
force immediately.
"Der Etappeinspekteur,
"VOX UNGER,
"Generalleutnant.
"Ghent, October 12th, 1915."
Cardinal Mercier's brief comment
is as follows: "The injustice and
arbitrariness of this decree exceed
all that could be imagined. Forced
labor, collective penalties and arbitrary
punishments, all are there. It
is slavery, neither more nor less."
October 3,1916, German Government
Inaugurates Wholesale
Deportations.
Cardinal Mercier was in error, for
the German authorities were able to
imagine a much more terrible measure.
In October, 1916, when the
need for an additional labor supply
in Germany had become urgent, the
German government established the
system of forced labor and deportation
which has aroused the detestation
of Christendom. The reader
will not be misled by the clumsy
effort of the German authorities to
mask the real purpose of the decree.
Thpi Decree of October 3. 1916.
"Decree Concerning the Limiting
of the burdens of public charity * *"
"I. People able to work may be
compelled to work even outside the
place where they live, in case they
have to supply the charity of others
for the support 'of themselves or their
dependents on account of gambling,!
drunkenness, loafing, unemployment, I
or idleness.
"II. Every inhabitant of the
country is bound to render assistance
in ca=e of accident or general
danger, and also to give help in case j
of public calamities as far as he can,'
aven outside the place where he lives; j
in case o refusal he may be compelled
by force. '
"III. Anyone called upon to
work, under Articles 1 or II, who
shall refuse the work, or to continue
at the work assigned him, will incur
the penalty of imprisonment up to
three years and of a fine up to 10,000
marks, or one or other of these penalties,
unless a severer penalty is
provided for by the laws in force.
"Tf the refusal to work has been
made in concert or in agreement,
with several persons, each accomplice
will be sentenced, as if he were
a ringleader, to at least a week's imprisonment.
"IV. The German military authorities
and Military Courts will enforce
the proper execution of this
decree.
"The Quartermaster General, SauBerzweig.
"Great Headquarters, 3d October,
1916."
(To be continued next week.)
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