"Americans must understand that the Germans will stop at nothing to win this war, and that the only thing they respect is force." James W. Gerard, _My Four Years in Germany_, 1917, pp. 351-52. A similar point of view is expressed in an article entitled "Vae Victis" from the Hungarian newspaper _Nepszawa_ of Budapest (quoted in K.G. Ossiannilsson, _Militarism at Work in Belgium and Germany_, 1917, pp. 53-54). HUNGARIAN OPINION ON DEPORTATIONS. "Mechanical skill, and especially qualified mechanical skill, is for the moment a more important factor than usual, and as it must be obtained where it can be obtained, Belgium has had to suffer in accordance with the old saying which always holds good: _Vae victis_ (woe to the vanquished). In Poland, mechanical skill and the arms which exist there are mobilized under 'the glorious and fortunate banners of Poland'; in Belgium under 'the banner of necessity.'" [Sidenote: The Germans are using the Belgians for war work.] "* * * The question remains: for what kind of work will the Germans use the Belgians? * * * Every kind of work in Germany is war work, whether it is called agricultural or industrial work. As the deported Belgians have not given their consent, their use is contrary to international law, and the policy of the Germans in Belgium and Poland is equally to be deplored. Instead of aiming at bringing us nearer peace, it serves to embitter our opponents and to rouse more hatred towards us amongst the neutrals. Many times and more and more we have had occasion to observe that the neutrals show more sympathy for Belgium than for any other belligerent." [Sidenote: Belgians still being deported, September, 1917.] The news dispatches indicate that the deportation and forced labor of Belgians still continue. In a dispatch from Havre (New York _Evening Post_, September 13, 1917) it is stated: "The removal of the civilian population of Belgium continues, according to advices received here. The town of Roulers, immediately behind the battle line in Flanders, has been evacuated completely. Ostend is being emptied gradually, and two thousand persons already have been sent from Courtrai." In another dispatch from Havre (_Washington Post_, September 24, 1917) it is stated that "the German military authorities at Bruges, Belgium, are conscripting forcibly all the boys and men of that city between the ages of 14 and 60 to work in munition factories and shipyards. The rich and poor, shopkeepers and workmen, all are being taken, only the school-teachers, doctors, and priests escaping." REPORT OF MINISTER WHITLOCK (concluded). [Sidenote: German capacity for blundering.]