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LAND & WATER 
Vol. LXXII. No. 2946. [r^^] THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1918 [rTi?;f?P^AVI] ?S?J^^?Ie%^1'2^I 
Copyright, 1918, U.S. A 
Copyright, " Land & Water." 
" It's quite easy, General, for every witnessvwho swears we've murdered 
innocent people we will produce two who will swear they did not see it.!' 
The Qerman troops ha^e the strictest instructions to respect private property and to care for the population according to 
their ability. IVhere, nofjuithstanding this, excesses occur, the guilty are punished. The German Government also 
denies that in sinking ships the German Na')>y has purposely destroyed lifeboats together with their occupants. The 
German Government suggests that in all these points the facts shall be cleared up by neutral commissions. 'Berlin, Oct. 2 i . 
— Extract from the German reply to the American Note of Oct. 14. 
