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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1914
Page
7
The official Belgian commission report on alleged German atrocities at Louvain and Malines is published by the press bureau in London. It reviews past incidents and adds new documents and evidence underpinning its conclusions, to be published in due course.
The commission details German requisitioning of food and lodging in Louvain and the seizure of cash. It cites two alleged assaults on women by German troops, bayonet wounds to women and children, and a worker set alight after being doused with kerosene. It notes infighting among German regiments as bombardment began.
The commission charges German forces spread fire in Louvain by entering homes and throwing grenades. It states males from various Belgian areas were sent to Germany and forced to work in harvests as enslaved labor.
Antwerp despatch reports a German cavalry force of 3000 with machine guns and supply wagons was surprised by a French 1000 horse detachment near Hoogstade and Poperinghe on Sept 7. Two hours of battle left 100 Germans captured and 20 French casualties. Belgian Twenty fourth Regiment destroyed a rail bridge and then killed 60 Germans, capturing nine supply wagons, a field kitchen, and motorcycles.
A Petrograd dispatch via Havas reports that the Servians bombarded and destroyed the Hungarian station at Orsova above Hungarian territory on the Danube cutting Hungary from Roumania. Orsova was used by German sailors to reach Turkey. The Japanese Red Cross sent a 200 bed field hospital to the scene.
A Petrograd despatch describes a gorge near Mikolairoff, called the Valley of Death, where 15,000 Austrians faced heavy artillery and surrender. An Austrian general, witnessing the rout, shot himself as his standards were captured.
An arriving officer reports a German general commanding an artillery division attempted death by own action upon receiving a retreat order. He was captured by the French and sent to central France.
Tokyo September 15 The Japanese government ordered the Herald a German controlled Yokohama newspaper and the Deutsche Japan Post a German news agency to stop publication.
A British mine hunting boat captured a mine laying trawler manned by Germans. The captain lined up captives and placed the weakest man in the bow, claiming the mines would target him first if struck. The ship steamed through mined waters, later recovering nearly 300 mines while the prisoner remained in the bow.
New York dispatch notes that refugees from Boston and New England arrived aboard the Potsdam from Rotterdam and the Frederick VIII from Christiansand and Copenhagen, docking at Hoboken. They had no new experiences to share of escape from war in Europe, though hostilities had trapped many before safe embarkation.
The four new pacts with Great Britain France Spain and China aim to curb war risk by binding signatories to dispute investigations before hostilities. Secretary Bryan hailed the move noting it covers over 900 million people and shifts diplomacy toward universal peace while Japan remains outside negotiations.
Lord Selborne urges a sworn, independent inquiry into German atrocities reported in wartime. He insists on named, verifiable particulars and warns the Times against publishing anonymous claims, proposing neutral lawyers or judges from nations like the Netherlands or the United States supervise.
Treaties between the United States and Great Britain France Spain and China were signed by Secretary Bryan and the respective ambassadors. The agreements aim to make armed conflict almost impossible and require all disputes unresolved by diplomacy to be submitted to a permanent commission for one year.
In a curt exchange from the prior year a journalist pressed for a definitive statement on the alien land dispute saying, was this the last word. The reply hinted at continued deliberation without closing the matter.
A joint meeting Friday evening will discuss uniting the Somerville and West Somerville boards of trade. A committee from each group will attend and both organizations favor consolidation. Mayor Cliff supports moving forward with the plan.
Edinburgh Scotsman reports that the German submarine responsible for sinking the British cruiser Pathfinder was herself sunk. British cruisers converged, the periscope appeared, and as the conning tower surfaced seven British guns fired. In about ten seconds seven hits doomed the submarine.
Brigadier General Neil Douglas Findlay of the Royal Artillery is killed in action. He commanded the first division of the Royal Artillery since 1910 and served in the South African War. He was born in 1859 and was twice mentioned in despatches with the Queen's Medal.
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