+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | [Illustration] | | | | =DECREE= | | | | =CONCERNING THE POWER OF COUNCILS OF WAR.= | | | | | | WE, GOVERNOR-GENERAL OF EAST ANGLIA, in virtue of the powers conferred | | upon us by His Imperial Majesty the German Emperor, Commander-in-Chief | | of the German Armies, order, for the maintenance of the internal and | | external security of the counties of the Government-General:-- | | | | ARTICLE I.--Any individual guilty of incendiarism or of wilful | | inundation, of attack, or of resistance with violence against the | | Government-General or the agents of the civil or military authorities, | | of sedition, of pillage, of theft with violence, of assisting prisoners | | to escape, or of exciting soldiers to treasonable acts, shall be | | PUNISHED BY DEATH. | | | | In the case of any extenuating circumstances, the culprit may be sent to | | penal servitude with hard labour for twenty years. | | | | ARTICLE II.--Any person provoking or inciting an individual to commit | | the crimes mentioned in Article I. will be sent to penal servitude with | | hard labour for ten years. | | | | ARTICLE III.--Any person propagating false reports relative to the | | operations of war or political events will be imprisoned for one year, | | and fined up to £100. | | | | In any case where the affirmation or propagation may cause prejudice | | against the German army, or against any authorities or functionaries | | established by it, the culprit will be sent to hard labour for ten | | years. | | | | ARTICLE IV.--Any person usurping a public office, or who commit |