Absentees, tenfold tax on, 298-9
Accusations, German, of Belgian cruelty, why made, 36;
absurdity of, 36-7;
progress of, 38-49;
against the Belgian Government, 89-92
Administration, German, of Belgium, 295-338
Aerschot, return of prisoners to, 95;
German burgomaster of, 140-1;
massacre at, 166
Agadir Crisis, 27
Agents-Provocateurs, 317-20
Aggravations, 336-41
Agreements, attempt to enforce illegal, 320-4
Air Raids, German, 122-4, 259-60, see Dirigibles
Albert, King, 178;
his patron saint's day, 268-9;
portraits of, 269-71;
his birthday, 272;
German abuse of, 282-3
America, Germany desires to influence, 38;
sends help, 173;
Belgium's gratitude towards, 178
Andenne, massacre at, 164, 326-33
André, M. François, speech by, 139-40
Anseremme, men sent to Germany, 119;
Germans hide behind women at, 119-20
Antwerp, siege of, 51, 144;
bombardment of, 123-4, 128-9;
the city fired, 148;
sorties from, 163;
flight from, 166
Arlon, massacre at, 349;
narrative of an eye-witness, 349-54
Arms, surrender of, 90, 207
Army, Belgian, the "enemy," 272-3;
correspondence with, 356-7
Army, German, see German soldiers, Prisoners, Wounded, Officers
Assessment Bureau, suppressed, 304
Asquith, Mr., speaks in Dublin, 53
Atrocities, pretended Belgian (98-108);
refuted by Vorwärts, 102-3;
by German wounded, 104-5, 106-8
Atrocities, German, 63, (70-88);
responsibility for, 70;
formula for excusing, 74-5;
method of, 91-2;
repetition of, 164-5
August 4th, Anniversary of, 276-9
August 6th, Anniversary of, 279-80
Baer, on "military necessity," 82
Bas-Luxembourg, massacres in, 71
Belge Neutre et Loyale, La, by E. Waxweiler, 37, 49, 75, 189, 200
Belgian Army, see Army
Belgian Government, proposals made to, 50-1;
accusations brought against, 89-92;
preventive measures taken by, 108-11;
people incited against, 289-94
Belgium, invaded, 30-2;
her attitude in defence of her neutrality, 33;
invasion of, 34;
pacific
character of, 53;
disinterested behaviour of, 61-2;
offered a bribe, 61, 140;
famine in, 164;
present administration of, 295-333;
see Invasion
Bernstoff, Count, 32, 124
Bethmann-Hollweg, his "scrap of paper" speech, and denial of same, 31;
the "strategic necessities" speech, 31-2, 34;
admits injustice of invasion, 63, 140;
refers to "gouged-out eyes," 207;
libellous declaration by, 209, 263-4, 281-2
Bismarck, 9, 31;
boasts of Ems telegram, 218
Bissing, Baron von, 23;
incites to massacre, 70, 83, 139;
cynicism and audacity of his lies, 188, 238, 336
Blinded soldiers, legend of, 99-100, 102-3
Blindness, deliberate, of German "intellectuals," 204, 209
Blöm, Captain, on theory of terrorization, 89, 164, 197
Boiling oil, legend of, 99-100
Bombardment, of coast, 121-2;
of open towns, 123-4;
of monuments, 124-8
Brabançonne, the, prohibited, 273-4
Brabant, return of prisoners to, 96
Bredt, on Belgian art and character, 69
Brussels, supposed "francs-tireurs" in, 81;
return of prisoners to, 94;
pretended outrages on Germans in, 107-8;
the truth, 110-11;
the city fined, 147;
contributions imposed upon, 156-8;
Palais de Justice in, 162;
Belgian colours prohibited in, 268;
shops closed as demonstration, 275
Brutality, the Kaiser calls for, 335
Bueken, the curé of, tortured and murdered, 238
Buisseret-Steenbecque, Count, 49
Bülow, General von, responsible for massacres, 71
Cæsar, sells Belgians into captivity, 93
Camps, prisoners', 92, 94
Capelle-au-Bois, atrocities at, 338-9
Carte de ménage, the, 172
Catholic priests, German, servility of, 216-17
Censorship, the German, 14-16, 204;
censored papers, 258-9;
examples of censorship, 259-60
Chamberlain, Houston Stewart, shameful libel by, 237
Chancellor, the German, see Bethmann-Hollweg
Charleroi, atrocities at, 75;
German story of, 100, 118;
Alfred Heymel's account of, 195-7, 230, 354
Churches, German hatred and destruction of, 73-4
"Circulation," prohibited, 169;
allowed, 296
Civil population, attitude of, 89-90;
accused of guerilla warfare, 91-2;
more civilians killed than soldiers by Sept. 14, 131;
lying accusations made against, 188-90
Civil Prisoners, see Prisoners
Clergy, German hatred of, 72;
murdered and tortured, 72-3, 238, 343
Cockerill workshops, 55-6
Coercive measures taken by Germans, 115-17
Collective penalties, illegal, 143-9
Colours, Belgian, prohibited, 265-7;
wearing of the, 309
Communal trading, exploitation, etc., 170-1
Communes, property of, requisitioned, 163-4
Commission for Relief, the American, 173
Committee of Relief, the National, 173
Conrad, Pastor, author of libel, 103
Contributions, illegal, 154-6;
imposed on cities, 156;
on Brussels, 156-8
Cooper-Hewitt lamp, claimed as German, 181
Correspondence, regulations as to, 22-3;
with the Army, 356-7
Credulity, German, 207-9
Critical spirit, German surrender of the, 202-5
Cruelty, necessity of, 82-3;
is it effectual? 195;
supposed Belgian, see Atrocities
Cugnon, lying placard at, 233
Cynicism, German, 191-3
Dead, German, transport of, 231-2
Declaration of war, 50;
ignored by German newspapers, 52
Demonstrations, prohibition of, 274-80
Destitution, statistics of, 178
Destrée, M. Jules, 50
Deutsch-Französischer-Soldaten-Sprachführer, 143
Dinant, return of prisoners to, 95-6;
massacres at, 98, 164, 166, 194, 347, 360
Dirigibles, at Deynze, 123;
Antwerp, 124;
imaginary tale of raid on Liége, 225-6, 229-30;
Germans lose one and pretend it is French, 230-1
Discussion, liberty of free, abolished, 205
Disdain of others, German, 184
Disunion, incitements to, 282-9
Drunkenness, in German Army, 80-2, 134
Dryander, Dr. O., servile complacency of, 213-15
Ducarne Report, the, 43-4
Dum-dum bullets, 113;
the Kaiser accuses Belgians of using, 208
Duplicity, German, 29
Economic depression in Belgium, 166
Egoism of German character, 182
Emblems, wearing of, prohibited, 268
Ems telegram, the, 131;
Bismarck boasts of, 218
Engagements, violation of, 262-4
England, as the guarantor of Belgian neutrality, 39, 41-3;
Germany attempts to obtain promise of neutrality from, 264;
Belgium incited against, 294-5
Eppeghem, fined, 148-9, 189
Eroberung Belgiëns, Die, propagandist publication, 252-3
Erzberger, Herr, objects to sentimentality, 336
Escaille, M. de l', 47-9
Espionage, German, 54-6, 316-20
Evere, air-raid at, 260
Executions, insufficiency of inquiry before, 74-6
Factories, destruction of, 168
Falsifications, German, of documents, 41-9
Famine in Belgium, causes of, 166-7, 169
Ferocity, instances of German, 333
Filthy tricks and amusements, 340-1
Fines, illegal and absurd, 146-9, 232
Flag, Belgian, prohibited, 265-8, 277
Flemish tongue, favoured, 285-7
Fleming-Walloon problem exploited, 284-9
Flight of Belgians before invasion, 166
Fonds de Leffe, massacre at, 360
Forest, hostages taken at, 150
France, Germany accuses, 31-3;
were her suspicions genuine? 33;
pacific mood of, 35;
accused of entering Belgium in July, 36-7;
sudden attack on checked, 61
Francorchamps, atrocities at, 75;
plundering of, 132
"Francs-tireurs," the German pretence of (63-80);
were there any? 64-5;
an obsession, 66-70;
Germany's invention of, 89;
method of "repression," 86-7;
the Great General Staff prepares the Army for, 98-9;
fines for attacks by, 147-9;
pretext for massacre and pillage, 165;
German lies concerning, 188-90, 196, 207;
organization of "attacks," 236;
proposal to torture, 342
Frankenberg, pretended murder of, 107-8
Freemasons appealed to, 202
Gand, coercion at, 116;
Belgian girl's proposal, 359-60
Gas, poisonous, use of, 112-13, 198-9
German Administration in Belgium, 295-333
German character, classical authors on, 281
German language, attempt to enforce, 272
German mentality, 56-8, 67, 179-360
German Prisoners, letters of, 56-8
Germans, Belgian antipathy to undiminished, 307-11
Germany, Belgian distrust of, 27-8;
Gerard, Mr., 111
Godet, M. Philippe, 47
Goltz, Baron von der, 23, 144, 149, 188, 199, 264-5, 296, 358
Gottberg, Herr, narrative of, 68
Graphic Lies, 218-24
Great General Staff, the German, murderous tactics of, 98-9;
methodical care of, 236-7
Greindl Report, falsification of, 41-3
Haecht, massacre at, 163
Hague Convention, violations of the, 12, 111-78
Hainaut, incendiarism in, 85;
Provincial Council convened, 139
Hate, Hymn of, 294
Harden, Maximilian, 183, 200
Hedin, Dr. Sven, deluded by Germans, 77-8, 165, 221
Herve, massacre at, 63
Heymann, Robert, lying narrative of attack on Jesuits, 225-8
Heymel, Alfred, on the Battle of Charleroi, 195-6, 345
Hindenburg, 83, 206
Holland, refugees in, 166
Honour, Belgian, German price of, 61, 140
Hoover, Mr. Herbert, 174, 178
Hostages, taking of, 149-51, 195-6, 327
Hostilities, precede declaration of war, 51
Houtem, atrocities at, 189
Humanitarian sentiments, claimed by German Army, 83
Huns, the Kaiser invokes the, 335
Huy, atrocities at, 77, 81
Identification cards, 322-3
Incendiarism, methods of, 84-5;
a cover to pillage, 132;
organization of, 236
Incendiary material, 84-5
Information, extraction of, 141-2
Informers, appeal to, 313-16
Innocent, to suffer with or in place of guilty, 84, 143-9, 199
Inscriptions, protection, 87-8
Insults, German, reason of, 36
Intellectual life in Belgium, 12
Intellectuals, German, wilful blindness of, 209-10;
the "Ninety-three," 211-12
International law, suppressed by war, 183
Interprète Militaire, L', 334
Invasion, of Belgium, reasons for the, 34-5;
danger of recognized, 40-1;