Absentees, tenfold tax on,298-9Accusations, German, of Belgian cruelty, why made,36;absurdity of,36-7;progress of,38-49;against the Belgian Government,89-92Administration, German, of Belgium,295-338Aerschot, return of prisoners to,95;German burgomaster of,140-1;massacre at,166Agadir Crisis,27Agents-Provocateurs,317-20Aggravations,336-41Agreements, attempt to enforce illegal,320-4Air Raids, German,122-4,259-60,seeDirigiblesAlbert, King,178;his patron saint's day,268-9;portraits of,269-71;his birthday,272;German abuse of,282-3America, Germany desires to influence,38;sends help,173;Belgium's gratitude towards,178Andenne, massacre at,164,326-33André, M. François, speech by,139-40Anseremme, men sent to Germany,119;Germans hide behind women at,119-20Antwerp, siege of,51,144;bombardment of,123-4,128-9;the city fired,148;sorties from,163;flight from,166Arlon, massacre at,349;narrative of an eye-witness,349-54Arms, surrender of,90,207Army, Belgian, the "enemy,"272-3;correspondence with,356-7Army, German,seeGerman soldiers, Prisoners, Wounded, OfficersAssessment Bureau, suppressed,304Asquith, Mr., speaks in Dublin,53Atrocities, pretended Belgian (98-108);refuted byVorwärts,102-3;by German wounded,104-5,106-8Atrocities, German,63, (70-88);responsibility for,70;formula for excusing,74-5;method of,91-2;repetition of,164-5August 4th, Anniversary of,276-9August 6th, Anniversary of,279-80Baer, on "military necessity,"82Bas-Luxembourg, massacres in,71Belge Neutre et Loyale, La, by E. Waxweiler,37,49,75,189,200Belgian Army,seeArmyBelgian Government, proposals made to,50-1;accusations brought against,89-92;preventive measures taken by,108-11;people incited against,289-94Belgium, invaded,30-2;her attitude in defence of her neutrality,33;invasion of,34;pacificcharacter of,53;disinterested behaviour of,61-2;offered a bribe,61,140;famine in,164;present administration of,295-333;seeInvasionBernstoff, Count,32,124Bethmann-Hollweg, his "scrap of paper" speech, and denial of same,31;the "strategic necessities" speech,31-2,34;admits injustice of invasion,63,140;refers to "gouged-out eyes,"207;libellous declaration by,209,263-4,281-2Bismarck,9,31;boasts of Ems telegram,218Bissing, Baron von,23;incites to massacre,70,83,139;cynicism and audacity of his lies,188,238,336Blinded soldiers, legend of,99-100,102-3Blindness, deliberate, of German "intellectuals,"204,209Blöm, Captain, on theory of terrorization,89,164,197Boiling oil, legend of,99-100Bombardment, of coast,121-2;of open towns,123-4;of monuments,124-8Brabançonne, the, prohibited,273-4Brabant, return of prisoners to,96Bredt, on Belgian art and character,69Brussels, supposed "francs-tireurs" in,81;return of prisoners to,94;pretended outrages on Germans in,107-8;the truth,110-11;the city fined,147;contributions imposed upon,156-8;Palais de Justice in,162;Belgian colours prohibited in,268;shops closed as demonstration,275Brutality, the Kaiser calls for,335Bueken, the curé of, tortured and murdered,238Buisseret-Steenbecque, Count,49Bülow, General von, responsible for massacres,71Cæsar, sells Belgians into captivity,93Camps, prisoners',92,94Capelle-au-Bois, atrocities at,338-9Carte de ménage, the,172Catholic priests, German, servility of,216-17Censorship, the German,14-16,204;censored papers,258-9;examples of censorship,259-60Chamberlain, Houston Stewart, shameful libel by,237Chancellor, the German,seeBethmann-HollwegCharleroi, atrocities at,75;German story of,100,118;Alfred Heymel's account of,195-7,230,354Churches, German hatred and destruction of,73-4"Circulation," prohibited,169;allowed,296Civil population, attitude of,89-90;accused of guerilla warfare,91-2;more civilians killed than soldiers by Sept. 14,131;lying accusations made against,188-90Civil Prisoners,seePrisonersClergy, German hatred of,72;murdered and tortured,72-3,238,343Cockerill workshops,55-6Coercive measures taken by Germans,115-17Collective penalties, illegal,143-9Colours, Belgian, prohibited,265-7;wearing of the,309Communal trading, exploitation, etc.,170-1Communes, property of, requisitioned,163-4Commission for Relief, the American,173Committee of Relief, the National,173Conrad, Pastor, author of libel,103Contributions, illegal,154-6;imposed on cities,156;on Brussels,156-8Cooper-Hewitt lamp, claimed as German,181Correspondence, regulations as to,22-3;with the Army,356-7Credulity, German,207-9Critical spirit, German surrender of the,202-5Cruelty, necessity of,82-3;is it effectual?195;supposed Belgian,seeAtrocitiesCugnon, lying placard at,233Cynicism, German,191-3Dead, German, transport of,231-2Declaration of war,50;ignored by German newspapers,52Demonstrations, prohibition of,274-80Destitution, statistics of,178Destrée, M. Jules,50Deutsch-Französischer-Soldaten-Sprachführer,143Dinant, return of prisoners to,95-6;massacres at,98,164,166,194,347,360Dirigibles, at Deynze,123;Antwerp,124;imaginary tale of raid on Liége,225-6,229-30;Germans lose one and pretend it is French,230-1Discussion, liberty of free, abolished,205Disdain of others, German,184Disunion, incitements to,282-9Drunkenness, in German Army,80-2,134Dryander, Dr. O., servile complacency of,213-15Ducarne Report, the,43-4Dum-dum bullets,113;the Kaiser accuses Belgians of using,208Duplicity, German,29Economic depression in Belgium,166Egoism of German character,182Emblems, wearing of, prohibited,268Ems telegram, the,131;Bismarck boasts of,218Engagements, violation of,262-4England, as the guarantor of Belgian neutrality,39,41-3;Germany attempts to obtain promise of neutrality from,264;Belgium incited against,294-5Eppeghem, fined,148-9,189Eroberung Belgiëns, Die, propagandist publication,252-3Erzberger, Herr, objects to sentimentality,336Escaille, M. de l',47-9Espionage, German,54-6,316-20Evere, air-raid at,260Executions, insufficiency of inquiry before,74-6Factories, destruction of,168Falsifications, German, of documents,41-9Famine in Belgium, causes of,166-7,169Ferocity, instances of German,333Filthy tricks and amusements,340-1Fines, illegal and absurd,146-9,232Flag, Belgian, prohibited,265-8,277Flemish tongue, favoured,285-7Fleming-Walloon problem exploited,284-9Flight of Belgians before invasion,166Fonds de Leffe, massacre at,360Forest, hostages taken at,150France, Germany accuses,31-3;were her suspicions genuine?33;pacific mood of,35;accused of entering Belgium in July,36-7;sudden attack on checked,61Francorchamps, atrocities at,75;plundering of,132"Francs-tireurs," the German pretence of (63-80);were there any?64-5;an obsession,66-70;Germany's invention of,89;method of "repression,"86-7;the Great General Staff prepares the Army for,98-9;fines for attacks by,147-9;pretext for massacre and pillage,165;German lies concerning,188-90,196,207;organization of "attacks,"236;proposal to torture,342Frankenberg, pretended murder of,107-8Freemasons appealed to,202Gand, coercion at,116;Belgian girl's proposal,359-60Gas, poisonous, use of,112-13,198-9German Administration in Belgium,295-333German character, classical authors on,281German language, attempt to enforce,272German mentality,56-8,67,179-360German Prisoners, letters of,56-8Germans, Belgian antipathy to undiminished,307-11Germany, Belgian distrust of,27-8;Gerard, Mr.,111Godet, M. Philippe,47Goltz, Baron von der,23,144,149,188,199,264-5,296,358Gottberg, Herr, narrative of,68Graphic Lies,218-24Great General Staff, the German, murderous tactics of,98-9;methodical care of,236-7Greindl Report, falsification of,41-3Haecht, massacre at,163Hague Convention, violations of the,12,111-78Hainaut, incendiarism in,85;Provincial Council convened,139Hate, Hymn of,294Harden, Maximilian,183,200Hedin, Dr. Sven, deluded by Germans,77-8,165,221Herve, massacre at,63Heymann, Robert, lying narrative of attack on Jesuits,225-8Heymel, Alfred, on the Battle of Charleroi,195-6,345Hindenburg,83,206Holland, refugees in,166Honour, Belgian, German price of,61,140Hoover, Mr. Herbert,174,178Hostages, taking of,149-51,195-6,327Hostilities, precede declaration of war,51Houtem, atrocities at,189Humanitarian sentiments, claimed by German Army,83Huns, the Kaiser invokes the,335Huy, atrocities at,77,81Identification cards,322-3Incendiarism, methods of,84-5;a cover to pillage,132;organization of,236Incendiary material,84-5Information, extraction of,141-2Informers, appeal to,313-16Innocent, to suffer with or in place of guilty,84,143-9,199Inscriptions, protection,87-8Insults, German, reason of,36Intellectual life in Belgium,12Intellectuals, German, wilful blindness of,209-10;the "Ninety-three,"211-12International law, suppressed by war,183Interprète Militaire, L',334Invasion, of Belgium, reasons for the,34-5;danger of recognized,40-1;