German Army. It is simply the application of a preconceived
system--the carrying out of instructions--which has made of the
enemy's troops in Belgium "a horde of barbarians and a band of
incendiaries."

The reports which the commission has had the honor of submitting to
you up to the present, Mr. Minister, concern especially events of
which the towns of Aerschot and Louvain and the communes in the
Provinces of Antwerp and Brabant have been the theatre. New reports
will be sent you shortly which will permit you to take cognizance of
the gravity of acts committed by the invaders in other parts of the
country, notably in the Provinces of Liege, Namur, Hainault, and
Flanders.

The President,
(Signed) COOREMAN.

The Vice President,
(Signed) COUNT GOBLET D'ALVIELLA.

The Secretaries,
(Signed) CHEVALIER ERNEST DE BUNSWYCK,
(Signed) ORTS.

"FROM THE BODY OF THIS DEATH"

By SIDNEY LOW.

[From King Albert's Book.]

She is not dead! Although the spoiler's hand
Lies heavy as death upon her; though the smart
Of his accursed steel is at her heart,
And scarred upon her breast his shameful brand;
Though yet the torches of the vandal band
Smoke on her ruined fields, her trampled bones,
Her ravaged homes and desolated fanes,
She is not dead but sleeping, that wronged land.

O little nation, valorous and free,
Thou shalt o'erlive the terror and the pain;
Call back thy scattered children unto thee,
Strong with the memory of their brothers slain,
And rise from out thy charnel-house, to be
Thine own immortal, radiant self again.

[Illustration: H.I.M. AUGUSTA VICTORIA

The Most Recent Photograph of the German Empress.

(_Photo from American Press Association._)]

[Illustration: A WAR-TIME PICTURE OF THE KAISER

The Effects of the Stress of War Are Noticeable in This Photograph of
the War Lord, Taken in His Winter Campaign Uniform.

(_Photo from Underwood & Underwood._)]

"A Scrap of Paper"

Recent Versions of the German Chancellor's Reference to the Belgian
Treaty of Neutrality[2]

By Chancellor von Bethmann-Hollweg and Sir Edward Grey.

[Footnote 2: The report of Sir Edward Goschen, British Ambassador to
Berlin, on the severance of diplomatic connections between England and
Germany, was published by the British Foreign Office as a "White
Paper" on Aug. 27, 1914. Sir Edward said that in pursuance of
instructions