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the Greindl Report,41-3,58;reason for,63Ivy leaf, wearing of,268Jagow, Herr von, sends ultimatum,30,34Jesuit Convent, lying tale of,225-8Journal de la Guerre, German propagandist journal,247-8Jungbluth Report, the,43-4King of Belgium, the,seeAlbert, KingKitchener's Army, German account of,187Koch, the apotheosis of,180-1Koester and Noske, authors ofKriegsfahrten,59,132,162,221,262Kölnische Volkszeitung, suspended,203Kriegsbrauch im Landkriege,137,141,159,333La Guerre, German propagandist journal,248-9Ladies, treatment of,338Laeken, orgies at,81L'Ami de l'Ordre, propagandist journal,254-5Latin authors, on German race,281Law of Nations, violation of the,12Le Bien Public, propagandist journal,255-6Leaflets, propagandist,251-2League of German Scientists and Artists,251Lebbeke, atrocities at,68,119,354-5Leffe, massacre at,347Leffe, Fonds de, massacre at,347-8,360Legation, British, documents found in the,45-6Leman, General,198,238Liége, German lies concerning forts of,50;occupation of, lies concerning,38-60;warned against Belgian news,187;marvellous tale of Jesuit convent near,225-8;keeps anniversary of August 6th,279-80Lies, concerning the situation in Belgium,188;concerning "francs-tireurs,"188-90,217-282;photographic,218-20,222-4;written,224-31Lissauer, Ernst, author of the "Hymn of Hate,"294Living shields, Belgians used as,117-22,263,334-5Lloyd George, speaks at City Temple,35Loot,seePillageLouvain, atrocities in,87;protective inscriptions,88;return of prisoners to,95-6;massacre in,164;lies concerning,220-1Lügenfeldzug,60Luttre, strike at,300-1Lusitania, sinking of the,194Machinery, requisitioned,158-9Magnet, M. Charles, appeals to Freemasons for inquiry,202-3Malines, bombardment of cathedral,126-8;traffic in suppressed,301-2Manuals, military,45Marseillaise, the, shopkeepers fined for selling,146,273-4Max, M., imprisoned and released,10;and the Governor of Belgium,156-9;his denial of a lying placard,233-5,265;portrait worn,309Massacre, the two great periods of,86-7,131,164-5;seeAtrocities, Reprisals, etc.Massacres, pretended, of German civilians,106-8Mentality, German,179-360Mentality of a German officer,78-80Mercier, Cardinal,202,239-46Meuse, pillage on the banks of the,197-8Middelkerke, Belgians detained at,120-1Might before Right,183-4Militarism,182-4Military employment of Belgians,113-14Militia, Belgian, escape of,152-3Mons, pillage at,133Monuments, destruction of,124-8,130-1Murders, German,63-80Music, censored,16,146,273-4National anniversary, the,274-6National Committee of Relief,172-8;food, etc., distributed by,175-7Neutral opinion, necessity of influencing,36,38,46-7Neutrality, Belgian, violation of,12,27-62;justification of,31-2;Germany accuses France of violating,31-2;England guarantees,39-40News published by the German Government,185News, secret propagation of,20-1,204-5Newspapers forced to appear by the German Government,13;censored,15;authorized German newspapers,16;official,17;Dutch,18-19;introduced surreptitiously,19-20;secret,21Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant, correspondence in,103-5"Ninety-three Intellectuals," the,11,211-12Nissen, Herr Momme, on German virtues,181;pretends the Belgian attitude conciliatory,310Norddeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung,38Observation-posts, pretended,128-9,130Officers, German, lie to their men,235-6Organization, peculiarities of German,303Ostend, Belgians detained in,120-1Ottignies, account of atrocities at, by German officer,335-6Pasteur, ignored by Germans,180-1Pastoral Letter, Mgr. Mercier's,240-6Pastors, Protestant, servility of,213-16Photographs and picture-postcards,193-4;"faked" photographs, etc.,218-20;showing Germans before Paris, etc.,238-9Pillage,131;officers join in,132-4;methodical nature of,136-7;prohibited byKriegsbrauch,137,166;systematic,197;on the Meuse,197-8Placards, German,22Plague, lying report of, in Paris,236Poison-gas,seeGasPoincaré, President,220Pope, the, surrenders Peter's Pence,177Portraits of Royal Family,269-71,309Postcards,seePhotographsPreventive measures,seeReprisals, TerrorizationPride, German,179Priests,seeClergyPrisoners, civil, treatment of,92-5;return of,95-6;admittedly innocent,96-8,324;torture of,354-5Prisoners, German, letters of,56-8,104-6Proclamations, some absurd,185-8Professors, manifesto of the,3,125,212-13Propaganda, perfection of German,11;organization of,246-7;bureaux in Germany,247-53;abroad,253-7Provincial Councils convened,138Queen of Belgium, the,11;German abuse of,283-4Railway journeys,24Railways, stoppage of,168-9,300Rape,131Raw material, requisitioned,158-9,167-8Red Cross, Belgian, suppressed,105-6,304-7Refugees, Belgian,166Reims, bombardment of Cathedral,124-6Relief, measures of,171;food, etc., distributed,175-7Relief, National and American Committees,172-8Repression, measures of,152-3;at Andenne,326-33"Reprisals," against "francs-tireurs,"63-80;excuse for,74;frivolity of,75;seeAtrocitiesRequisitions, illegal,158-61;in kind and service,159-60,166;of forage,167;of provisions intended for relief,174Royal Family, portraits of,269-71Ruysbroeck, coercion at,117Sabbe, M. Maurice, denies German libel,287-9Sacrilege,133School inspection,280-2"Scrap of paper," the,31Shelters, temporary,170Sibret, atrocities at,76Socialists, German, docility of,206-7;visit Belgium,262,296Sorel, E.,39Sorinnes, atrocities at,347-8Spontin, torture and murder of priest and burgomaster at,344Spitteler, Herr Karl,46Stamps, theft of,135State property, treatment of,161-2Submarine campaign,194-5Sweveghem, coercion at,116-17Tamines, atrocities at,135-6,164Tavigny, atrocities at,346-7Taxation, illegal,137-41,166,168;of absentees,298-9Telegraph and telephone wires, fines, etc., for damages to,145-9Termonde, incendiarism at,73,85,164,167,221Terrorization,64;uses of,83;Blöm on theory of,84;the theory of the German Staff,98-9;in practice,164Tervueren, prisoners from,93Theft,seePillageTime, aggravation in respect of,337-8Tornisterwörterbuch,141-3,334Torture, inflicted on priest,238;recommended,342;another priest tortured,343;other cases,343-6;moral and physical,346-60Trade, stagnation of,168-9Traffic, suppression of,168-9Treaty of London,39Ultimatum, the,30Uncensored newspapers,261-2Unemployment,168-70;patriotic reasons for,296Untruthfulness, German,217-82Useful cruelties,336Villalobar, Marquis of,173Violation of Belgian neutrality,seeNeutrality, Belgium, InvasionViolence, claimed as legitimate,84,263Visé, massacre at,64Vorwärts, protests against German lies,102-3,184;suspended,203,237;protests against incitement to torture,342War,seeUltimatum, Invasion, etc.War Booty,132,135,197,249-50War Tax, monstrous,139-40Waxweiler, M. Emile,37,49,75,189,200Weber, pretended murder of,107-8Wépion, atrocities at,75Werchter, atrocities at,164White flag, abuse of,118Whitlock, Mr. Brand,10,110-11,173,178Wiart, M. Carton de,61-2Wilhelm II, his "well-intentioned proposal,"35;his three successive proposals,50-1;his telegram to President Wilson,54,89;tacitly admits innocence of civilians,97,180,189,191,207;text of his telegram,208,264,335Wilson, President, Kaiser's telegram to,34,208Wounded, German, letters from,104-5;Houston Chamberlain on Belgian treatment of,237;seeAtrocities, pretended BelgianZobeltitz, refers to museum specimens as proving Belgium's preparation for war,207


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