Scraps of paper; German proclamations in Belgium and France . s they who will be responsible for the unavoidable consequencesof disregarding this Proclamation. Epernay, 4ith September 1914. Chief of the General Staff of the German Army,VON MOLTKE. CHIEF OF STAFF VON MOLTKE AND SUPERINTENDENT KAHN. This proclamation contains the same promises, prohibitions and threatsas those which precede. Its interest lies in the signature of General vonMoltke, at that time Chief of the German General Staff, and theieforesupreme executive head of the German Military Forces. In spite of his exalted rank. Gener
Scraps of paper; German proclamations in Belgium and France . s they who will be responsible for the unavoidable consequencesof disregarding this Proclamation. Epernay, 4ith September 1914. Chief of the General Staff of the German Army,VON MOLTKE. CHIEF OF STAFF VON MOLTKE AND SUPERINTENDENT KAHN. This proclamation contains the same promises, prohibitions and threatsas those which precede. Its interest lies in the signature of General vonMoltke, at that time Chief of the German General Staff, and theieforesupreme executive head of the German Military Forces. In spite of his exalted rank. General von Moltke failed to bring hissubordinates action into conformity with his own laudable intentions, as acomparison between this proclamation and the following will show. On Sept. ^th, 1914, the General ass?cred the people of Epernay that private property will be respected by the German troops, and that suppliesof all kinds serving the requirements of the German Army, especiallyprovisions, will be paid for in cash. But for the sequel see the next page. 2\. Toutes les autorit^s du Gouveraemeot fraoQais et de la Municipa-lity sont inform6es de ce qui suit: I* Tout habitant paisible pourra sui\Te son occupation r^guli^reen pleine s^cwite sans Hre d6ran^6. La propri^t6 priv6e sera absolu-ment respect6e par les troupes alTemandes. Les provisions de toulesorte servant aux besoins de Tarmee allemande, surtout les vivres,seront payees au comptant. 2* Si au contraire la population oserait sous une forme quel-conque, soit ouverte ou cach6e, de prendre part aux hostilit6s contrenos troupes, les punitions les plus s^v^res seront inflig^es auxr6fractaires. Toutes les armes A feu devront eire d^pos^s imm^diatement inla Mairie. Tout individu trouv6 Iarme k la main sera mis a raort. Quiconque coupera ou tenlera a couper les fils t^l6graphiques outd^phoniques, d^truira les voies ferries, les ponts, les grandes routes,ou qui cofflmettra une action quelconque au detriment des troupesallemandes,
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