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MANY BELGIAN PRIESTS SUFFER IN DUNGEONS;
MERCIER DEMANDS THAT PERSECUTION CEA
Cardinal Mercier Protests in Vain Against Imprisonments in
Rigorous Seclusion in Malines and Louvain Deprived
of Saying Mass
Explanatory Comment
BEFORE the Germans came into Belgium, the French Revolutionary tribunals of the terror held the rocord'as
courts of injustice. But Fouquicr-Tinville, as public accuser, held office for only fifteen months, and moreover
ho and the Jacobins were actually confronted with numerous cases of treason to the republican cause. Extrava
gant and tyrannical as many of their judgments were, there was logic to support their contentions when French
men were charged with betraying France. But how could a Belgian "betray" Germany 7 The essence of treason
is activity directed against one's own country.
The Germans, however, had no patience with such distinctions. They established their merciless military
cede in the invaded nation and invented a new phrase, "war treason," to cover the acts of Belgians, which weic
opposed to the interests of the occupying power.
The priests, Quevit and Van Nylen, whose sufferings had moved the Cardinal 'to protest to Von Bissing, were
victims of this iniquitous system, which authorized arrests often on the flimsiest suspicions. The trials were little
more than farces. If the accused -were permitted lawyers, they wero not allowed to communicate with the
prisoners before the trials, and hence had no opportunity to develop effectively the salient points in their cases.
Under such conditions the presence of an attorney was but one more mockery of justice.
Hearsay conclusions against the prisoners were admitted as evidence. Every encouragement was given to
informers, and sometimes personal spito was eagerly capitalized by the military courts.
Furthermore, the German Government was employed daily in swelling the lists of punishable offenses. "Vcr
boten" became a terrible talisman. It was "forbidden" to approach a railway, telegraph or telephone line "in a'
suspicious manner," whatever that is. It was "forbidden" to ride a bicycle without an express permit, "forbidden"
to sing the "Brabanconne," or to display the Belgian colors. This last ruling was somewhat difficult of enforce
ment when, on the national holiday, a Belgian mother went to church in a black gown. Sho was accompanied by her two
little daughters, one of whom was attired in red and the other in orange. The Germans had neglected to specify
what color dresses were correct and wore at a loss how to punish this deliberate allusion to the flag of King'
Albert's people.
Cardinal Merciers Story
Including his correspondence with the German
authorities in Belgium during the war, 1914 to
1918, edited by Profeor Fernand Mayence of
Louvain University and translated by the Bene
dictine Monks of St. Augustine's, Ramsgate,
England.
CHAPTER XVIII
Treatment of Religious Awaiting Trial in the
Military Prisons at Malines and
at Louvain
QEVERAL religious prosecuted for having abetted rc-
cruiting for the Belgian army in occupied territory
had been, in consequence of the prisons being full,
thrown into military cells at Malines and Louvain. Kept
in the most rigorous seclusion; deprived, in spito of
Von Bissing's promise, of the consolation of saying
maes, the prisoners had to pass the whole day long in a
wretched narrow cell without windows and into which
air and light could only enter through chinks left be
tween planks forming the ceiling.
, The Cardinal, being informed of this severe treat
ment, asked Von Bissing to mitigate in some way this
Cruel state of affairs. He interceded on behalf of
Fathers Quevit, 0. P., and Van Nylen, S. J., Devroyc,
S. J., Mertens, S. J.
In each case the Governor General showed himself
ready to meet the Cardinal's appeal. He even went so
far as n answer him by wire that his wishes would be
acceded to. But his good intentions, real or apparent,
had no effect. The Kreischefs of Malines and Louvain,
on being requested by the Governor General to give
him some information about the religious in question,
sent back lying reports affirming that the prisoners
had made no complaint. Von Bissing, on the strength
of these reports, told the Cardinal that he had been
making groundless complaints and he even reproached
him with being ill-informed of what went on in the
prisons. The Cardinal refused to be discomfited. In
his letters of November 6th and 12th he returned to the
charge and proved without doubt that the Kreischefs
reports were inaccurate.
The conditions of the prisoners continued unchanged
in spite of the Cardinal's pressing and repeated en
deavors. On one point alone did he obtain satisfac
tion. After negotiations, which went on for more than
three weeks, arrangements were made by the German
military administration for priests and religious de
tained under suspicion to say mass in prison.
Stands by Imprisoned Priests
Archbishop's House, Malines,
October 7th, 1915.
To His Excellency Baron von Bissing, Governor Gen
eral, Brussels.
Sir I consider it my duty to call your kind at
tention to a state of affairs existing at Malines and
about which I feel sure you have no knowledge.
Two priests, both of them religious, Father
Quevit, a Dominican, and Father Van Nylen, a Jesuit,
are being detained on suspicion, the latter during the
last few days, the former fot seven weeks, in a dun
geon of the Malines prison. They are deprived of
holy mass, are condemned to a life of complete idle
ness, and altogether pass their days in demoralizing
surroundings.
That needful measures should be taken to prevent
the escape of the prisoners, one can understand; but
surely your Excellency does not wish to impose upon
them worse punishment than what condemned crim
inals have to suffer.
I put the situation before your Excellency with
confidence, aad I beg you to accept the expression of
my sincere esteem.
(Signed) D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER,
Archbishop of Malines.
Governor General of Belgium, Brussels,
P. No. 181,95. October ISth, 1915,
To His Eminence Cardinal Mercier, Archbithop of
Malines.
In reply to your Eminence's esteemed letter dated
th instant, I have the honor to inform you that I
3V9 given immediate orders for Father Quevit and
Father Van Nylen to be treated in accordance with
their rank. I have, therefore, arranged for them to be
able to say mass during tho time their case is being
judicially investigated, also for them to be treated in
all things in a manner becoming their siation and to
be given all such freedom as U compatible with their
position as prisoners awaiting trial.
I offer your Eminence the expression of til sin
cere esteem and I have the honor to be your devoted
servant.
(Signed) BARON VON BISSING,
Major General.
Germans Dodge Promise
Archbishop's House, Malines,
October ICth, 1916.
To Ills Excellency Baron von Bissing, Governor G,en-,
A1a1. R?f,1EflfI- J.
fir I thnk yoUr Excellency for ihepM fil
ings shown in the letter with which you honored me
under date 13th instant. P. No. 18495.
Since the day on which I intervened with your
Excellency on behalf of the Rev. Fathers Quevit and
Van Nylen, the former has been condemned to be
deported to Germany. The latter is detained in the
Lancers' barracks at Malines and is being forced,
I am assured, to follow the common life of u pris
oner; and J.hat yesterday, Friday, he had not as
yet obtained the authorization which your Excellency
was kind enough to lead him to expect; that, namely,
to say mass.
I have no doubt that your Excellency's instruc
tions in this respect will bo promptly carried out.
Accept, sir, the expression of my sincere esteem.
(Signed) D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER,
Archbishop of Malines.
Governor General's Office, Brussels,
P. 20001. October 30th, 1915.
To His Eminence Cardinal Mercier, ArchbicJiop of
Malines.
Your Eminence's last letter dated October 15th,
1915, greatly astonished me, for it has been proved
that my orders have been carried out without the
least hitch.
The necessary steps were taken immediately for
imprivoned priests to say mass. Exceptions to the
prison routine had already been made previously in
favor of ecclesiastics, in the sense that they were
treated in a way worthy of their rank; quite a num
ber of exceptional permissions had already been
granted them. The priests we are speaking of have
never made a request nor offered any complaint, but
to the questions put them they replied that they de
sired nothing. Your Eminence must have received
information of an altogether false character to think
yourself justified in reproaching me far the manner
in which ecclesiastics are being treated. I inclose
with my letter a copy of a report which the Kreischef
of Malines made in obedience to my order; your Emi
nence will find therein a proof of my contention.
I beg your Eminence to confirm my statement
that you have been misinformed regarding the treat
ment hitherto meted out to ecclesiastics.
I offer your Eminence the expression of my sin
cere esteem and I have the honor to be your devoted
servant.
(Signed) BARON VON BISSING,
Major General.
Prison Keeper's Defeiv"
COPY
The Imperial Kreische) ,tU.
Tgb. No. 97. Oelobu- . ., 1913.
To the Military Government of Antiverp.
In reply to the order received by telephone today,
following on the telephonic order of the 19th instant
and the written order of the 11th instant, relative to
the manner in which ecclesiastics awaiting trial ate
treated, I make the following declaration:
Among those incarcerated at the Malines prison,
there were to be found on the 10th of this month two
ecclesiastics, Fathers Quevit and Van Nylen. Father
Quevit, sentenced to two and one-half years' penal
servitude for attempted military treason, was, fol
lowing on the order of the 11th inst., which I have
mentioned above, deported to Germany. Father Van
Nylen, who is likewise under strong suspicion of mili
tary treason and who is still foV the present detained
on suspicion under guatd of the military police, lias
had during his sojourn here a room to himself. He is
treated with all the deference due to his rank; every
possible facility long walks, permission to write, to
receive and pay visits, good food, etc. has been
given him. The facts have been corroborated by the
Kreisant and the military police. We have always
tried to avoid bringing ecclesiastics into contact with
common prisoners. At the Lancers' barracks there
are practically none but political prisoners; they are
watched only to prevent their communciating with
one another.
Thus Father Van Nylen, in. reply to all the ques
tions put him by the head of the police as to any com
plaints he might have to make, has always declared
that he desired nothing more than what he already
had.
He has never made any request to say mass, nor
has Father Quevit during the whole of his stay ever
manifested this desire. The Father Provincial and
prior of all the Dominican monasteries in Belgium in
the course of hi numerous visits to the police station
has never mentioned the matter.
That is the reason why no steps have ever been
taken to fit up a room for the celebration of holy mass.
The execution of the order of October 11th, 1915,
was fraught with, certain difficulties, for we had no
suitable or appropriate place at our disposal. We
had also to meet the difficulty of surveillance. We
had to take into account the scarcity of guards and
the fact also thai Jw prisoners had already succeeded
in escaping from' the barracks.
After frequent negotiations with the Catholic
chaplain Gierlichs, a room possessing all the require-
inents for a chapel has been, fitted up at the Lancers'
barraeksi We have conddertd the requests made me
fry the cmptaiti fluting a efJHWftaifon had ttUh
him; wc have obtained for him thirty chairs, four
benches, a cliandelicr and a big stove.
For the lime being, the question of servers at
mass is still in suspense. The priest wanted to have
as server a prisoner who ia detained on suspicion after
trying to pass the frontier. For easily understood
reasons, -this permission cannot be granted. A Cath
olic soldier has been appointed to fulfill this office.
The Krcischef.
(Signed) . JOCHMUS,
Colonel. .
Held in Filthy Dungeon
The report of the Kreischef is full of inaccuracies
and errors. Father Van Nylen, he says, had a room all
to himself: that is to say, he was lodged in a filthy mili
tary dungeon like all the others. At broad noon one
could not see inside of it; tho only light there was camo
in through crevices in the iron beams supporting tho
ceiling.
The prisoners' walks took place in a little backyard
fifteen yards in length. They lasted at first half an
hour, later on an hour. When the timo for n walk
came the father had to repair to tho yard, no matter
what the weather might be.
He never nsked to say mass, affirms the report.
That is false. At the German chaplain's first visit,
Father Van Nylen put his painful case before him, in
sisting especially on his privation of holy masb. Tho
chaplain went to the kommandatur; but there he was
told that they could not grant imprisoned priests fa
cilities for saying mass. Only after three weeks, fol
lowing a visit from tho Governor General's chaplain,
did Father Van Nylen receive the much-desired permis
sion. One day the Kreischef himself went to the prison
er's cell and asked if he had any complaints to make.
The father told him that it was against all law, to keep
any one in prison on suspicion for three months in a
dungeon where only young soldiers were confined and
that for only a few days. The only answer he had was
the Kreischefs assertion that it was Belgians who had
built this dungeon and that there wero no other places
at his disposal. U
Tho Kreischef excels in audacity when he asserts in
his report that Father Van Nylen "has always declared
that ho desired nothing more than what he already
had."
The Cardinal, in his letter of November 6th puts
things in their true perspective and cleared himself of
Von Bissing's allegation that he was misinformed re
garding what took place in the prisons alluded to.
Archbishop's House, Malines,
November 6th, 1915.
To His Excellency Baron von Bissing, Governor Gen
eral, Brussels.
Sir On November 1st I received the letter
P. 20001 with which your Excellency honored me
dated October 30th. In it you express .the opinion
that the information contained in my letters of Oc
tober 7th and 16th about the conditions under which
Fathers Quevit and- Van Nylen are imprisoned is
without foundation.
I cannot do better than put the facts before youi
Excellency and give you the precise dates. Then you
yourself will see that it is the unvarnished truth.
My first letter is dated October 7th. In it I told
your Excellency that Fathers Quevit and Van Nylen,
though merely under suspicion, were being kept in a
dungeon. I asked for a mitigation of their lot and
facilities for saying mass.
Very kindly on October 13th your Excellency
wrote to me that as the result of orders given im
mediately by you, the priests' accommodation would
without delay be alteied to suit their dignity and
that steps would be taken to enable them to say
mass so long as the judicial investigation of their case
lasted.
I had all the more reason to hope that the two
religious would not have to wait long before enjoying
tho improvement asked for, because, on the occasion
of a visit ho paid me on October 8th, the Baron von
dor Lancken seemed disposed to second my request
to your Excellency.
This is what actually took place: On Saturday,
October 9th, in any case, so I am assured, certainly
before October 13th, Father Quevit was taken out
of his dungeon to be tried, was found guilty and im
mediately deported to Germany. Therefore, neither
did he know anything about a mitigation of his sen-
tence nor had he the satisfaction of saying mass.
Obeyed Von Bissing
As regards Father Van Nylen, after having been
shut up on July 31st in a dungeon at the barracks in
Louvain and then transterrcd to the jail of the same
town, he was imprisoned in a dungeon at the Lancers'
barracks in Malines on October 2d. On October 23th
he was still there and had not as yet obtained leave
to say mass.
It was only on Monday the 25th that the pro
vincial military chaplain, Father Gierlichs, came to'
me with the news that leave was going to be given
to Father Van Nylen to say mass. but that the
requisites for this purpose did not exist at the bar
racks. Immediately a secretary from the Archbishop's
House, Canon Van Olmen, was commissioned to pro
euro all the necessary requisites; a building was pre
pared on the 26th and on the 27th the father had the
consolation of saying his first mass in prison. Since
tho 27th your Excellency's orders concerning the cele
bration of mass have been carried out.
Replying on a report dated October 27th of tin
Kreischef M. Jochmus, your Excellency reproaches
me with having complained without reason of the
treatment meted out to religious detained 'in prison.
Your Excellency expresses yourself as follows: "Your
Eminence must thereforo have been quite misin
formed when you think itright to reproach me with
tho way in which the clergy is being treated."
Nevertheless, truth compels me to uphold the
correctness of my communications.
Little Light in Cell
I have questioned several witnesses whose good
faith is beyond all cavil, who have themselves gone
through life in the dungeon here or have been al
lowed to enter oneon the occasion of a visit to the
prisoners.
This is substantially what they declare: The room ,
which the prisoners are shut up in is very narrow and
badly ventilated; there is neither table nor chair to
be found in it; in general, there is not the cleanliness
there should be; there is hardly any light; a witness
who occupied the cell in the middle of summer asserts
that then he could hardly read between 10 a. m. and
2 p. m.; Father Van Nylen has, during the few weeks
of his detention, used as a makeshift at least two
dozen candles. Under these circumstances the pris
oners find themselves condemned to a sort of stag
nation, lo enforced idleness and to an oppressive
boredom; and from 3 or 4 p. m. till the next morning
they remain perforce reclining on a mattress, if a
friend has been good enough to supply them with one,
otherwise on a bed of stray. Every one must admit
that such a regime g demoralizing,
Andwjien one consider that several of thoso who
re eAJHmwr f ymkf m for months at , ,
time these mental tortures and these privations, have
not been tried and have not been declared guilty, but
are merely awaiting trial; when ono knows that tho
accusations brought against them relate to acts which
the government no doubt has a strict right to prevent,
but which are none the less lequired by a patriotism
which calls for respect, one cannot help thinking that
your Excellency must be ignorant of the abuses which
are committed under cover of your authority; and
ono cannot give up hoping that, when better in
formed, you will no longer tolerate such things.
It is possible that Father Van Nylen's fate will
soon bo decided. But, if I have intervened in tho
caso of two religious who had a special claim to my
protection, nevertheless I should like your Excel
lency to extend your benevolence to all prisoners not
yet found guilty.
Please, accept, sir, the assurance of my sincere
esteem.
(Signed) D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER,
Archbishop of Malines.
Hardly had the presiding letter been dispatched
when tho Cardinal learned of the arrest of Fathers Dev
roye and Mertens, S. J. He immediately intervened on
their behalf to obtain favorable conditions for their in
ternment: Archbishop's House, Malines,
November 7th, 1915.
To His Excellency Baron von Bissing, Governor Gen
eral, Brussels.
Sir At tho risk of importuning your Excellency,
1 find myself obliged to supplement my letter of yes
terday. I have just had news of tho condemnation
of the Rev. Father Van Nylen and also of tho in
ternment of Father Devroye in a dungeon at Malines
barracks. This excellent man, Father Devroye, is
a friend and cousin of mine. It is painful for mo to
think that he had to pass Saturday night last on
straw in an unhealthy cell such as I described to your
Excellency yesterday.
I learn on good authority that Father Mertens,
of Brussels, has been put into a cell at Louvain under
the same conditions.
Again I appeal to your Excellency's humane and
just feelings.
Father Devroye enjoys very poor health: I beg
of your Excellency to send a doctor to him as soon as
possible to examine him. He could not bear up long
tinder the treatment ho is undergoing.
Accept, your Excellency, tho expression of my
sincere esteem. '
(Signed) D. J. CARDINAL MERCIER,
Archbishop of Malines.
Two days after, Von Bissing sent the Cardinal from
his residence at Trois Fontaines the following telegram:
JVoi's Fontaines, November 9th, 1915,
Cardinal Mercier, Malines.
In accordance with your Eminence's wish, I have
given orders by telephone for an improvement to be
carried out in the treatment of the imprisoned priests
referred to in'your letter.
The Governor General.
(Signed) BARON VON BISSING,
Major General.
The Cardinal hastened to thank Von Bissing for
the kindness shown by him to the religious in prison
awaiting trial:'
Archbishop's House, Mnlincs
November 10th, 1915,
To His Excellency Baron von Bissing, Governor Gen
eral, Brussels.
Sir Your Excellency has been kind enough to
assure me by wire last night that religious imprisoned
under suspicion would for the future have better
accommodations. I am very grateful to you for this
assurance, and I take tho liberty lo insist that all
suspected prisoners should bo treated with the same
fairness.
This very evening the news has reached me that a
civilian prisoner in poor health, M. Wasnair, whom I
had the honor to recommend to your Excellency, has
been restored to his family.
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all'anno.
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For this I am grateful to your Excellency, and
beg you to accept the expression of my sincere esteem.
(Signed) D.'j. CAJtDINAL MERCIER,
Archbishop of Malines.
Tho Governor General forwarded to his Eminonca '
a copy ,of the Kreischef of Malines's report on the con
ditions of Father Dcvroye's interment.
Governor General of Belgium, Brussels,
November 10th, 1915.
To His Eminence Cardinal Mercier, ArchbicJiop of
Malines. ' '
As a sequel lo my wire of yesterday, I have th
Honor 10 inciose nerewun ine copy oj a repori jrom t
the Kreischef of Malines and a bulletin of the army-'
medical service about Father Devroye, who is de
tained under suspicion in the prison of this touDUil
b rom these documents it is clear that the priest in
terested has no ground of complaint against the treat
ment to which he is subjected, that he ii well and
quite capable of undergoing the prison regime.
About Father 'Mertens, imprisoned at Louvain,
notice has been given me through the telephone that
he was in the same condition as Father1 Devroye. I
have not yet received the written report. I intend to
pass it on to you immediately when I receive it.
I present to your Eminence the expression, of my
sincere esteem and have the honor to be your very
devoted servant.
(Signed)' BARON VON BISSING,
Major General.
Some "Comforts" in Jail
Copy of the Kreischefs report inclosed with tho
preceding letter. ,
Kreischefs Office, Malines, y
No. 701,9 II. November 10th, 1915. t
To the General Government of Belgium, Bruosels.
In execution of the order communicated to me by
telephone on November 9th, 1015, I forward here--with
a medical report on the state of health of Father
Devroye, interned in the military prison at Malines.
At the time the doctor was drawing up his re
port, an officer of the "Kreicant" visited the cell in
which Father Devroye was lodged.
The cell is 3.S0 meters long, 1.95 meters broad
and U nfelers high. The walls arc whitewashed with
lime. Father Devroye is not obliged to sleep, as has
been said, on straw placed immediately on the floor,
but he hae at its disposal a camp bedstead furnished
with a straw mattress. He has only slept one night on
this mattress. The day following his arrival at the
prieon, the 7th instant, he received a hair mattress
which he uses still. A sufficient number of clean
woolen blankets have been ctveit him, as ia proved
by the fact that he has sent one back.
The warming of the cell is secured by a stove
, placed in the corridor of the prison. At the time of
the visit to the prisoner the temperature there was
sufficient. A warmer cell nearer to the stove was
offered to Father Devroye. He tvfused it, saying that
his was sufficiently heated. The lighting at night
cornea from a lamp attached to the wall.
The inquiry has proved that Father Devroye in
treated with the deference due to his rank. The head
of the local military police asked him whether there
was anything he wanted done. The father answered
that he was content, had no complaints to make about
the food and was satisfied with hh slate of health. I
That his health is excellent is proved by the fact that
during his interview with the Cardinal he remained I
standing for three-quarters of an hour before an open
window, and on c remark being made about this, he
said he was well and had no need for a scarf.
I would also remark that the prison where those
detained on suspicion are confined formerly served as
a jail for Belgian soldiers. The fitting up of the cells
dates only a few years back. It answers to all hy
gienic requirements.
(Signed) JOCHMUS,
Colonel and Kreischef.
(CONTINUED MONDAY)
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MANAGER WEDS
NEW USE FOR EAGLE- BOATS.
Will Be Used to Watch for Whisky
Smugglers Along Coast
New Yoili,.Der. 20. (By A..P.)
Small naval boats will be used by the
coast guard in running down whisky
smugglers, according to Information re
ceived here from the Treasury Depart-.'
ment today. The coast guard was noti
fied that u number of navy, eagle and
gasoline boats would be turned over to
It for this purpose.
Special attention 'will be given to
ships which mav attempt to drop liquor
overboard outside the three-mile limit,
to' be picked up by Bmallcr craft and
lnndcd nt Isolated places along the
coast. Instructions will be issued
maintain a elos,c patrol of the coast.
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