Reading Mercury Oxford Gazette 05-1915

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SA.TURDAY MAY l ' l~lo

The
Black Book
of the atrocItIes
comDlltted bj German troops In BelgIUm
a.nd France '" as HiS\ cd on Wednesday
C\ elll..ng
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a cI arg~ s "auld not be co mtc ll a ced More
t.b a,n
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find that thetc vere n many 1 arts uf Bel
g um del be ra.te and systcn at c all v o r
gan se d ma ssacr es of the e \ 1 p Opl la t on
accompan ed by m'Llly
soln.ted 11 reI nTs
and outr 1ges
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they fir st ma.kc Ilind I ~ ~ saYIng
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b t \ e bcllOvc we arc
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ChOice York. WiltshIre and

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loiatmg t,! e
neutra.lIty of Belg l In ~ illCh dcfimtel y
brollgl t Engla Id 11 to t l o a.
gamst I e r
lnd s1l1eo she has gone on ~l Pll 01 me to
cr no p hng I P th~ a gony 'lhp !;] ell ng
and droPPlOg of ho :nbs on in fortIfi ed
places the slll kmg of merc l a.nt \ esseis
ha\ 0 pi act en I no m hta y \ <Lin
but
tho\ rouse t Ile llntlsh people tn 1\ WI that
no other mea.sures do Thn.t such aCL
worth man.} al my corps to t l e AI C IS
probably t rue
B It the co ntmuan ce Qf
tJ e crlmes- h as bad more cfCect tl an lob 1.1"
It was wldcl~ rccogl11 scd that tLc gleatcst
of our da.ngers was an ll1cOnClU s l ve peac e

101tunately Germ.ny has by hel own

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;LctIOns n ado It pra.ctlCn.lIy certa.m tha.t
thore '" III be a un an nnous d S TO that l\ a
shall Dot cease ou r efforts untI l bOI po \ or
for In schlef s utt.e rly b okcn It IS now
thoroughly realI sed 3 dn),,, n wal
would

mean notfnng less th tn ao armed ponca
w t h a J en ev.: al of th'" conflIct at the
earliest possIbl e n oment
Just n..l) at the
bcgmmng of the Dln etcentL contul y th e
Napo leOnIC d omlJla.tJOn had to be c rushed
so we have to overcome the military dOIllUl
atlOn of Germany For the sake of future
gene ratIOns and the progress of the", orld
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