Excerpt from German Atrocities: From German Evidence I intend to prove that the German armies cannot wholly escape from the reproach ot sometimes violating the law of nations, and I mean to prove my case according to French custom from absolutely trust worthy sources. I shall make use only of documents most rigorously examined, and I have taken care to criticize their text as g minutely as if in times of peace I were questioning the authority of some old chronicle or the genuineness of some old chart. And I shall jdo so perhaps from professio nal habit, perhaps impelled by an inward longing to get at the truth, in any case for the good of the case I am pleading for these pages are intended tor every. One for the casual reader, for the indifferent, and indeed for the enemy of my country. I wish that the casual reader who may by chance open this pamphlet in an idle moment should be struck by the genuineness of the documents, ifhe has eyes to see, just as their sordid character will touch his heart, if he has a heart that feels. My aim has been that these documents whose authenticity is obvious should carry an equally obvious authority. It is easy to make accusations difficult to prove them! No belligerent has ever been at a loss to bring against'his enemy a heap of evidence, true or false. But though the evidence may be collected in accordance the most solemn forms of justice by the highest magistrates, it will unfor tunately long remain useless, so long as the adversary has not had an Opportunity ofdisputing it, everyone is entitled to consider statements as lies, or at least as Open to refuta tion.'that is why, I shall abstain here, from quoting French or Belgian testimony true though I know it to be. I have preferred that the evidence whichi shall call shall be of such a nature that no living man, not even in Ger many shall attempt to refute it. German atrocities shall be proved by German documents. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.