Mr. F. C. Walcott of the Belgian re
lief commission tells in the Geograph
ical Mngnzlne for May, 1917, of meet
ing Gen von Bernhardt:
"As I walked out, Gen. von Bern
Imnli came Into the room, an expert
tirtilleryman, a professor in one of
I heir war colleges. I met him the
next morning, and he asked me If I
liad read his book, 'Germany In the
Next War.'
"I said I had. He said: 'Do you
know, my friends nearly ran me out
of the country for that?' They said,
'You have let the cat out of the bag.'
I said, 'No, I have not, because nobody
will believe It.' What did you think
of it?'
"I said. 'General, I did not believe a
word of It when I read It, but I now
feel that you did not tell the whole
truth:' and the old general looked
actually pleased."
Speaking on August 29, 1914, at
Munster. of the extreme measures
which the Germans felt obliged to take
against the civil population of Bel
gium. Gen. von Blssing said:
"The Innocent must suffer with the
guilty. ... In the repression of
Infamy, human lives cannot be spared,
and If Isolated houses, flourishing vil
lages, and even entire towns are anni
hilated, that Is assuredly regrettable,
but it miiRt not excite Ill-timed senti
mentality. All this must not In our
eyes weigh as much as tiie life of a
single one of our brave soldiers the
rigorous accomplishment of duty Is the
emunntion of a high kultur, and In
that, the population of the enemy
countries can learn a lesson from our
army."
Officers Encouraged Atrocities.
