WHO ARE THE HUNS?

Atrocities of Allied Troops. 149
vention, is described by an eye-witness, the well-known war
correspondent, Paul Lindenberg—censored by the Great General
Staff. According to this the chests and wagons of the Russians,
filled to the brim with shells and rifle cartridges, were all marked
with the Red Cross! That is as much as to say: "Take care!
—Wounded men here!"
"This kind of warfare," Lindenberg proceeds, "is quite
in harmony with the order found upon a captured officer. This
was placed at my disposal by the authorities, and the following
is a faithful translation of the text:
"Order of the Regimental Head to the 221 Roslawski
Regiment stationed at Tapiau. It has been repeatedly proved
that the crafty enemy has abused the uses of the white flag.
(N.B. This is a distinct misstatement, for there was not even
an occasion for misusing the flag). I therefore give orders that
his white flags are not to be trusted, nor taken any notice of,
and to proceed with the battle in order to conquer him, or even
annihilate him. The Commander of the 1st Army, Adjutant-
General, General von Rennenkampf.
It must also be remarked that the Russians make use of
Dum-dum bullets,—furthermore that celluloid strips (cellulose ?)
have been found upon many of the prisoners taken to-day;—
one detachment of prisoners that went shambling by us consisted
of not less than 3800 men. These strips had been given
them by their officers so that they might set fire to houses
on German territory. Those which we tested burned like
tinder!"—thus writes Paul Lindenberg.
A military surgeon, writing in the "Post" from the eastern
theatre of war, describes an unlawful use of the Red Cross
emblem by the Russians. He recounts: "Among the trophies
which the army of Rennenkampf has left in our hands, there
are some 80 to 100 cars of a hospital train at the station of Wirballen.
Only a few of the railway cars show any arrangement
for seats. All the others, which were all marked with the Red
Cross, were full of infantry and artillery ammunition. In two
uncovered cars there were Russian field-guns."
In this case we know at least, that the disregard of the flag
of the Geneva Convention as well as the white flag was approved