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ARTICLE 50 of this Hague Convention states that "_no general
penalty, pecuniary or otherwise, shall be inflicted upon the
population on account of the acts of individuals for which
they cannot be regarded as jointly and severally
responsible_." Side by side with this article, it is
interesting to reproduce an extract from a proclamation of
General von Buelow, posted up at Liege on August 22, 1914:
"The inhabitants of the town of Andenne, after having
protested their peaceful intentions, treacherously surprised
our troops. It is with my full consent that the general in
command had the whole place burned, and about a hundred
people were shot." Moreover, here is an extract from a
proclamation of Major-Commander Dieckmann, posted up at
Grivegnee on September 8, 1914: "Every one who does not obey
at once the word of command, 'Hands up,' is guilty of the
penalty of death." And finally here is an extract from a
proclamation of Marshal Baron von der Goltz, posted up in
Brussels on October 5, 1914: "In future all places near the
spot where such acts have taken place [destruction of
railway lines or telegraph wires]--no matter whether guilty
or not--shall be punished without mercy.
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