German Atrocities

About this eBook

Author

Morgan, J. H. (John Hartman), 1876-1955

Title

German Atrocities: An Official Investigation

Credits

Produced by Brian Coe, Wayne Hammond and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

D501: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: World War I (1914-1918)

Subject

World War, 1914-1918 -- Atrocities

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 52679

Release Date

July 30, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.GERMAN ATROCITIES AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION BY J. H. MORGAN, M.A., OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; LATE HOME OFFICE COMMISSIONER WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE Mentem mortalia tangunt NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 FIFTH AVENUE
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.PREFATORY NOTE
4. 4.Chapter I INTRODUCTORY — I THE BRITISH ENQUIRY — II THE GERMAN CASE—A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE GERMAN WHITE BOOK — German Invocation of The Hague Conventions. — Charges against the Belgian Government. — Belgian “Atrocities.” — The Massacres—Andenne. — Jamoigne and Tintigny. — The Tragedy of Dinant. — “We gave them coffee.” — The Children were “quite happy.” — Aerschot. — Louvain. — A “murderous” attack; German casualties—five. — Contradictory witnesses. — The Priests. — What is the true explanation? — III GERMAN CREDIBILITY—A REVIEW OF THE EVIDENCE — The German Diaries. — German Credibility. — The Guilt of the German People. — New Russian Evidence. — The German Ideal—Europe in Chains. — A Moral Distemper. — IV THE FUTURE OF INTERNATIONAL LAW AND THE QUESTION OF RETRIBUTION — The Dissolution of Europe. — The Casuistry of the Intellectual Savage. — Germany as a Moral Pervert. — The Bankruptcy of The Hague Conventions. — The Effect on International Law. — The German as Outlaw. — Conclusion.
5. 5.Chapter II THE BRITISH ENQUIRY IN FRANCE — Methods of Enquiry. — Outrages upon Combatants in the Field. — The Proofs of Policy. — Treatment of Civil Population. — Outrages upon Women—The German Occupation of Bailleul. — Private Property. — Observations on a Tour of the Marne and the Aisne. — Bestiality of German Officers and Men. — Conclusion.
6. 6.Chapter III DOCUMENTARY I — (1) — (2) — (3) — (4) — (5) — (6) — (7) — (8) — (9) — (10) — (11) — (12) — (13) — (14) — (15) — (16) — (17) — (18) — (19) — (20) — (21) — (22) — (23) — (24) — (25) — (26) — (27) — (28) — (29) — (30) — (31) — (32) — (33) — (34) — (35) — (36) — (37) — (38) — (39, 40 and 41) — (42 and 43) — (44) — (45) — (46) — (47) — (48) — (49) — (50) — (51) — (52) — (53) — (54) — (55) — (56) — II DOCUMENTS RELATIVE TO THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF BAILLEUL 93 République Française VILLE DE BAILLEUL, COMMISSARIAT DE POLICE — (1) Procès-Verbal No. 2. Meurtre de trois civils non combattants par des soldats allemands — (2) Procès-Verbal No. 1. Meurtre du jeune B——, Albert, par soldats allemands — Procès-Verbal, No. 3.—Meurtre des nommés Itsweire Donat, et Torrez Edouard, par une patrouille allemande — Procès-Verbal No. 4. Viol de la demoiselle D——, Marie Thérèse, par deux officiers allemands (4) — III EVIDENCE RELATING TO THE MURDER OF ELEVEN CIVILIANS AT DOULIEU Gendarmerie Nationale — IV DEPOSITION OF A SURVIVOR OF THE MASSACRE OF TAMINES Traduction de la déclaration faite en flamand par V—— A—— F——, mineur à Tamines Parquet du Tribunal de 1re Instance d’Ypres Pro Justicia — V FIVE GERMAN DIARIES — Extrait du Bulletin de Renseignements de la VIº Armée du 30 avril, 1915 — VI — I. Violation of a Sister of Mercy. — II. Violation of a Girl. — III. Murder of Wounded Soldiers. — IV. Murder of Wounded Soldiers. — V. Murder of Wounded Soldiers. — VI. Burning the Russian Wounded. — VII. Ill-Treatment of Prisoners of War. — VIII. — IX. — VII THE GERMAN WHITE BOOK — The Introductory Memorandum. — VIII MASSACRE OF BRITISH PRISONERS BY GERMAN SOLDIERS AT HAISNES ON SEPTEMBER 25TH, 1915 — IX REPORTS RELATIVE TO THE USE OF INCENDIARY BULLETS BY GERMAN TROOPS 96 — Use of Incendiary Bullets by the Enemy — X — A FRESH EXAMINATION OF GERMAN WAR METHODS 99
7. 7.FOOTNOTES: — Transcriber’s Note:

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