REFINEMENT OF CRUELTY
IEIIMAN TERRORISM IN BELGIUM.
London, June 23. M. Jodin, writing in "i'Auic Beige" "The Soul of Belgium"), a periodical ss:retly published in Belgium, describes the sequel of a trial of many civilians .n Chnrleroi. Tho sentences were unannounced to nineteen' of tho condemn;d men; but their families wcro summoned by telegraph, and informed that six men would bo shot next morning, md perhaps their relative would bo ono :u them. They. vainly implorod tho .iermans to let them know the truth, niil to allow them to visit the prison•rs. They wept and lamented, but tho ditchers desired the cells to echo with no sobs and prayers of all who were sonnocted directly or indirectly with tho =aitenccs, and compelled them to suffer :.nd await tho morning's bloodshed. Tho wives ami children stood all night at tho prison gates, alternating between inlinito despair and senseless liopo. Dawn brought certainty. The t'usilade did !'s work; and inly then the names of :he 6ix men were announced—Aus.Cable Assn.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 237, 25 June 1918, Page 5
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168REFINEMENT OF CRUELTY Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 237, 25 June 1918, Page 5
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