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The Laramie Republican
Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming
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German officers in Finland and Ukraine order soldiers to hang all Red Guards as bandits, taking no prisoners, per German newspapers. Independent socialist George Ledebour criticizes this in the Reichstag as hypocritical amid peace with Bolsheviks, stirring lasting hatred.
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No Quarters to Be Shown to Red Guard By Germans In Finland.
London, Eng., March 25.—German officers operating in Finland and the Ukraine have ordered the soldiers to take no prisoners, but to hang all Red guards, as they are only bandits, German newspapers report. George Ledebour, an independent socialist leader, as declaring in the reichstag, according to an exchange dispatch from Amsterdam,
Deputy Ledebour added:
"On the one hand we make peace with the Bolsheviki, and on the other we hang them. This is the best way to stir up hatred that will last forever against everything German."
The speaker was called to order by President Kaempff.
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Finland
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March 25
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orders to take no prisoners and hang all red guards as bandits
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German officers operating in Finland and the Ukraine have ordered the soldiers to take no prisoners, but to hang all Red guards, as they are only bandits, German newspapers report. George Ledebour, an independent socialist leader, declared in the reichstag that this policy contradicts peace with the Bolsheviki and will stir up lasting hatred against Germans. The speaker was called to order by President Kaempff.