IN TOUCH WITH WAR’S HORROR.

Taihape Daily Times, Volume 7, Issue 236, 26 June 1915, Page 2

IN TOUCH WITH WAR’S HORROR.

War is a frightful thing at the best, but I can tell you the horror of this war must be seen to be felt. I have just come back from “B. le P.,” close to the firing-line, and the things I have seen with my own eyes pass belief. You in New Zealand have heard of outrages of which the invaders have been guilty, but have you seen any of those they have mutilated Any children with hands cut off? Any women who ? Until then you must remain silent. I have seen little children who have suffered in this way. I have spoken with the women, who have told me that wherever th e German soldiers ■have passed they have left absolute misery and desolation behind them. What adds to the tragic horror of these women’s sad situation is that many of them are fatherless, brotherless, husbandless. Their men-folk are all dead, or crippled. They are alone with their old .folk or their children, facing devastation where once their homos stood.