WHO ARE THE HUNS?

250 Art and Warfare.
through the heroic struggles of the German soldiers. Cunning
photographs, "faked" so as to show certain ruins in the foreground
as part of the walls of the Town Hall, have been used
to deceive the public in other countries, as I see by certain
illustrations in American periodicals.
An eye-witness reports thus:
"It was necessary to fire upon the Cathedral, since a
murderous fire was directed against our soldiers from its towers
during this treacherous attack. Of the art treasures in the Cathedral,
there is only the loss of one Rubens to lament, according
to the testimony of the second Mayor, who remained with us
in the House of God.
"The destruction of the Library with all its manuscripts
and old editions, is an irreparable loss, for many of the works
had no duplicate in the world. The blame for this loss lies
with those who placed machine-guns upon this famous and
historical monument of learning, and shot down the unsuspecting
Landsturm men. People in Louvain say that this deed
was the work of Russian students."
An ex-member of Parliament writes thus to the "Westminster
Gazette" during the early part of September, 1914:
"If the denizens of the city suddenly fired upon the Germans
from the houses, then this insane act must bring about
its just consequences. Field Marshal Lord Roberts ordered
Boer farms to be laid in ashes for the same offense."
The best confirmation of the fact that the German soldiers
were suddenly and treacherously fired upon from the houses,
is found in the story of the Vice-Rector of the University of
Louvain, Monsignore Dr. Coenrads, as published in the "Kôlnische
Volks-Zeitung." Even at this earlier period Dr. Coenrads
confirmed all that has since been stated in the official inquiry.
"There was no doubt that the German soldiers were fired upon
in a most terrible manner. C'était une fusillade bien nourrie. . ."
All attempts of the notable citizens of the town to restrain
the people were useless.
"The firing was incessant," declares one of these gentlemen,
surely an unimpeachable witness.
It has further been proved that in the serious fighting
around Malines the heavy artillery of the Germans was ex-