Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1917 — “HIGHER CIVILIZATION" [ARTICLE]

“HIGHER CIVILIZATION"

Washington, D. C., September 29.—“Not a young girl in Belgium above 17 years old has escaped misuse by German authorities,’’ according to Baron Van Der Noot de Moorsei, in a report to the Red Cross today. “No one can imagine the sufferings of the Belgian people,” said the Belgian nobleman. “They watch, week by week, for the American relief ehips to bring tlhem supplies. They kneel before the Stars and Stripes and pray to it as they would to the flag of a church.’’