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LONDON, England—Reports from
a variety of sources show that the
German government has adopted an
extensive method of commandeering
labor in Belgium which is declared to
amount to a system of absolute slav
ery.
On Oct. 3 a decree was proclaimed
throughout the provinces of Belgium
and Flanders, under military author
ity, conferring upon the military au
thorities power to compel all labor
dependent on others for a livelihood
to undertake work away from home.
The first towns affected were Alost,
Ghent, Bruges, Courtral and Mons and
at least 15,000 were taken from Flan
ders alone. The entire able-bodied
male population of all classes has been
affected and, in fact, whether employed
or not.
Following the publication of the de
cree, a notice was issued warning all
concerned to appear at a given place
and to bring certain specified articles
of kit, which, incidentally the poverty
of the enormous number of those
seized made them unable to secure.
Absentees were threatened with heavy
fines or prison and municipal admin
istrations which refused to hand over
lists of men out of work were re
placed by- soldiers. Occasionally they
also were imprisoned.
The German authorities appeal to
the Hague convention which declares
a power in occupation must take all
steps necessary to re-establish public
order and insure the maintenance of
public life. They declare that Belgian
workmen prefer to live on charity
rather than work and they blame Eng
land, which forbids the importa
tion of raw materials into Belgium.
On these grounds they declare a state
of inactivity and stagnation prevails
in Belgian industry and that men out
of work must not come on them for re
lief. They further declare that the
works on which the men are to be em
ployed have no relation to the war.
The Belgian authorities point out,
however, that the stoppage of many
factories is due to- the German seizure
of raw material, such as copper 'and
oil, while the Germans have also re
quisitioned machines, machine tools
and so forth, and have closed the Bel
gian market in Holland for metallur
gical products by placing prohibitive
duties on such exports to Holland. Be
1 sides the measures above mentioned,
the German soldiers have rounded up
workmen in the streets, these also
being sent off in many trains, which
conveyed them east, southeast and
i elsewhere.
! It is specifically stated that in one
case young men were employed on mil
. itary labor in connection with an aero
drome and in another case in digging
trenches behind the German lines,
I though the latter statement is not yet
substantiated.
These deported men are certainly
required to undertake work connected
! with quarries and limekilns and these,
! it is pointed out, provide the German
! armies with materials for the manu
| facture of cement, used in the German
■ trenches. Bands of young men have
made desperate efforts to get into Hol
land, despite the German precautions
; which included the provision of fur
i ther electrified wires. Many have suc
; ceeded, but some have been killed.
The Amsterdam Telegraf states that
3,000 male inhabitants of Antwerp
have been conveyed to Germany and
also the whole of the male population
of Waterloo. These deportations have
not been unaccompanied by riots. In
Brussels, when the first group were
assembled' at Gare du Nord, a revolt
broke out owing to an insignificant in
cident and, it is stated, 30 Germans
were killed or seriously wounded and
many casualties occurred among the
Belgians. Brussels is closed and no
one may enter o rleave it.
A common feature of these deporta
tions is the presentation by the Ger
mans to Belgians of a document for
their signature agreeing to proceed to
work in Germany at first call. Many
Belgians refuse to sign and are heav
ily punished With imprisonment—in
one case with starvation—until they!
consent.
Baron Beyens, the Belgian foreign;
minister, has authorized a statement
with reference to these slave raids.
The simple explanation, he declares,
is that- by the seizure of Belgians,
Germans wishes to liberate German
workment to fill the ranks of her de
pleted armies. '
The Belgian government denounces
to other civilized nations, including
America, which is notable for its love
of right and justice, its horror of op
pression and its desire to save numer
ous victims of war, this violation of
the rights of the nations and of the
Hague conventions. It protests as
energetically as possible against “this
treatment of white men in Belgium,
despite the principles of humanity and
international convention.”
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