Scraps of paper; German proclamations in Belgium and France . ed to fire on anyone departingfrom these directions. THE GENERAL COMMANDING. THE STRONG HAND. This proclamation imposes restrictions upon the people of LunSviUewhich barely allow them to keep themselves alive, while the penalty forinfraction is death by shooting, at the discretion of the German sentinelsand patrols. These restrictions are the Oerman General Staffs ideal of the stale towhich conquered peoples should be reduced. The process of terrorisation iscarried out in two stages. First comes the crushing blow—the carefullyplanne
Scraps of paper; German proclamations in Belgium and France . ed to fire on anyone departingfrom these directions. THE GENERAL COMMANDING. THE STRONG HAND. This proclamation imposes restrictions upon the people of LunSviUewhich barely allow them to keep themselves alive, while the penalty forinfraction is death by shooting, at the discretion of the German sentinelsand patrols. These restrictions are the Oerman General Staffs ideal of the stale towhich conquered peoples should be reduced. The process of terrorisation iscarried out in two stages. First comes the crushing blow—the carefullyplanned outbreak of murder, rape, arson and pillage, similar to that whichUMS contrived at Luneville on August 25th, 1914. Then, when the victimsare presumed to be sufficiently paralysed in action and broken in spirit,they are bound down with a network of drastic regulations to prevent theirrecuperation. At Luneville, fortunately, the process was cut short. The Germansonly occupied the town three weeks, and were driven out by the FrenchArmy on September Wth. 13. 14 NOT TO BE REMOVED. GERMAN MILITARY AUTHORITIES. The Mayor of the town of Lun^ville officially requests the inhabitants,under the sanction of the most severe penalties, to abstain from makingany signals to aeroplanes or other details of the French Army. It would be very imprudent, even out of simple curiosity, to followtoo attentively the manoeuvres of the aircraft that fly over Lun^ville, orto try to communicate with the French outposts. The immediate steps to enforce this, which would be taken byColonel Lidl, Commandant of the Communications Dep6t, would consistin the seizure of a considerable number of hostages from the working classas well as from the middle-class. In order to prevent or repress criminal behaviour in war time, aswell as to ensure the security of the German troops and the civil popu-lation, the special Police Stations flying a white flag are to receive dayand night all communications which may be addre
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