GERMAN ATROCITIES GERMAN ATROCITIES AN OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION BY J. H. MORGAN, M.A., OF THE INNER TEMPLE, BARRISTER-AT-LAW, PROFESSOR OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW IN THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON; LATE HOME OFFICE COMMISSIONER WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDITIONARY FORCE _Mentem mortalia tangunt_ [Illustration] NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 FIFTH AVENUE COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY Printed in the U.S.A. TO M. ARMAND MOLLARD MINISTRE PLENIPOTENTIAIRE, MEMBER OF “LA COMMISSION INSTITUÉE EN VUE DE CONSTATER LES ACTES COMMIS PAR L’ENNEMI EN VIOLATION DU DROIT DES GENS,” THIS WORK IS DEDICATED IN RECOGNITION OF HIS COURTESY AND COLLABORATION IN THE PURSUIT OF A COMMON TASK. CONTENTS PAGE DEDICATION v PREFATORY NOTE ix CHAPTER I.--INTRODUCTORY: (1) The British Enquiry 1 (2) The German Case--a critical Analysis of the German White Book 6 (3) German Credibility--a Review of the Evidence 30 (4) The Future of International Law and the Question of Retribution 44 II.--THE BRITISH ENQUIRY IN FRANCE: (1) Methods of Enquiry 60 (2) Outrages upon Combatants in the Field 64 (3) Treatment of Civil Population 76 (4) Outrages upon Women--the German Occupation of Bailleul 81 (5) Private Property 84 (6) Observations on a Tour of the Marne and the Aisne 85 (7) Bestiality of German Officers and Men 87 (8) Conclusion 90 III.--DOCUMENTARY (NEW EVIDENCE): (1) Depositions and Statements (Fifty-six in number) illustrating breaches of the Laws of War by German Troops, mainly Outrages on British Soldiers 93 (2) Documents relative to the German Occupation of Bailleul 122 (3) Evidence relating to the Murder of Eleven Civilians at Doulieu 134 (4) Deposition of a Survivor of the Massacre of Tamines 137 (5) Five German Diaries 139 (6) Documents forwarded by the Russian Government 146 (7) The German White Book: The Introductory Memorandum 158