By order of the German military authorities the Mayor of the Aug. 17, 1914. Hasselt. town was compelled to put up the following notice: "Onethird of the male population will be shot if any citizens fire on soldiers of the German Army." 300 inhabitants tied in fours to bridges to prevent the Belgian artillery from destroying them. A German infantry captain put three children round him to proprotect him from Belgian fire, &c. FRANCE Arrest and Cruel Treatment of Civilians, causing the Death of sev eral of them. Aug. 6, 1914.. Liège.. German military authori- 6th Report of Belgian Commission of ties. Enquiry, No. 3. Sept. 26, 1914. Klein-Antwerpen. The Abbé Oudin, Curé of the parish of Sompuis (Marne), was Sept. 7, 1914.. Sompuis (Marne).. German officers and sol- 5th Report of French Commission of diers. Enquiry. (Nos. 1 to 6.) 75,000 workmen, reduced to poverty by the deliberate destruc- SERBIA Beaten and hung up. Frequent tortures-before murder; tearing out eyes, cutting off Men hung up by the feet; heavy weights fastened to feet; Woman undressed and nailed to the ground. Man hung on tree by feet-then set on fire. 30 women (wives of priests and schoolmasters) beaten. The President of Society of Ladies of that town beaten. Even pregnant women beaten; torture also applied; stripped and subjected to other outrages Families compelled to witness executions of relatives.. Leading inhabitants forced to do degrading tasks..... Women in mourning forced to dance the kolo in the very place Lined up women, insulted them, and spat in their faces. Civilians compelled to march in front of Austro-Hungarian troops 1917. Memorandum of Polish Delegation, p. 4. Rapport de la Commission Interalliée, p. 12. Bulgarian authority. Rapport de la Commission Interalliée, 4.-DELIBERATE STARVATION OF CIVILIANS GREECE Systematically organized by the Bulgarians. Nearly 40,000 vic- 1916-1918.. tims among Greek population Eastern Macedonia. Bulgarian authorities (sev- Greek Memorandum, pp. 7, 8. eral names known) 5.-RAPE. In many villages few women spared. Committed by officers and Soldiers suffering from venereal disease ordered to violate girls.. 6.-ABDUCTION OF GIRLS AND WOMEN FOR THE PURPOSE OF ENFORCED PROSTITUTION. GREECE Great number of Greek women sent to Bulgaria for prostitution. 1916-1918.. 1916-1918.. More than 2,000 Greek children, less than 14 years of age, sent to A great number of Greek girls and women carried off and locked 1914-1918. A great number of Armenian women, girls and children locked 1914-1918.. FRANCE 7.-DEPORTATION OF CIVILIANS. German General. 6th Report of French Commission of Enquiry, pp. 7, 8. During Easter week some thousands of inhabitants, including April, 1916. many young girls, were suddenly torn from their homes, deported to other regions, and made to undertake forced labour, which is proved by a German Proclamation of April, 1916 180 women and girls and 164 men from this place were sent to Germany Lille (Nord). Feb. 17,1917.. Nesles (Somme). German troops. GREECE Nearly 70,000 Greeks deported to Bulgaria, where a great num- 1916-1918. ber succumbed to bad treatment, hunger and disease Eastern Macedonia.. More than 400,000 Greeks compelled to abandon their homes and to seek refuge in Greece More than half a million Greeks deported to the interior of Asia Minor, where a great number (more than two-thirds) succumbed to bad treatment, hunger and disease More than a million Armenians deported to Mesopotamia and Syria, where a great number succumbed to bad treatment, hunger, and disease ITALY Deportation of able-bodied men who were forced to leave as soon as they were notified of their destination, even if they were the only support of their family. Two lady nurses were taken from Udine and interred near Gratz ROUMANIA and especially the Armenian vilayets Unspecified.. Italian front. Many cases of deportation of the staffs of communal institutions, Unspecified.. Roumanian front. in order to interfere with the life of the communes. The transportation was often accompanied by brutal treatment. 9th Report of the French Commission of Enquiry, No. 235. Bulgarian soldiers. p. 23. Austrian and German mil- Rapport du Dr. Reiss. Rapport de la itary authorities Commission d'enquête serbe, pp. 3,4. SERBIA Deportation into Bulgaria en masse, including children and the 1914-1918.. Serbia (various places). Bulgarians (ordered by Principal victims: Professors, teachers, priests, judges, lawyers, 1914-1918. Carried off about 10 per cent. of the population of occupied Serbia. 1915-1918.. Serbia.. 9.-FORCED LABOUR OF CIVILIANS IN CONNECTION WITH THE MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE ENEMY, AND OTHERWISE. BELGIUM 1915 June 1915. May 1915. Sweveghem. Unsuccessful attempts to make workmen at the Central Arsenal April-May, Luttre. resume work: 3 persons imprisoned; 190 workmen sent to Germany That French civilians were subjected to forced labour under severe har ishins is clear from the two following documents:1. A proclamation ordering the inhabitants (men, women, July 20, 1915.. Holnon (Aisne). and children) to work in the fields every day, including Sundays, from 4 A.M. to 8 P.M., with a total break of 2 hours, making 11 bours' work. "Idlers" were to be beuten if they were children, and to undergo 6 months' imprisonment after the harvest if they were women |