The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-09-08
THE TREATY. TREATY. 2'oiF OF BELGIUM.
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a Smaller than lAIaTyI and, but with "a
population near,sg S.0b00 Belgium
was the mosS dansely populated coun.
try IL ina iYorld, Centuries; Of thrift
naa i,,aaafe liz soil an fncomA Asrable
gsrdsa,;siits Yhtge, industries exae,ed1
great imports .of food Antwerp stood,
;pkrhaps,, Hetbnd to New Iork' IN tne-
bulk of It's commerce. ;y,f
Generations of skilled architects
hhd enriched the doomed land with
cities whose beauty was the denpair
Of emulation. Toiicall' the roll OF towns
like Bruges,' Ypfes, Louvain. Client
Courtai is to bring up visione Of pic
.tured beauty familiar to the world.
To- call another FOIL, beginning with
Waterloo and Oudenarde. is TO name
Belgium as the cockpit OF past wars:
but to give Europe buffer state for
peace. its neutrality for the future
was guaranteed; by treaty. Having lit
tie faith in the false oaths of emper-
ors. the Belgians taxed industry tc.
sustain an army of q quarter of mil
lion soldiers and reserves. a
Il That was Belgium. Today IT IS
ruin. German arms have crushed a. re-
sistaiice which German diplomacy ad-
:, mitB was Legitimate and military
|governors pay for goods and SUPPLE
Iswith. contributions wrung from de-
fenseless cities Belgian capitalists
are held for ransoHs of millions.
, Many priests are hostages: other cler-
...gymen are lying with the dead. Pea0-
ants from about Ltege are driven like
slaves to Germany to help harvese tht
enetnys crops. Civic life has ceased. ''
TIE cenquerorsf are, wasting the
!, gasnsreh assklth tlf ages, II he / Maline-
cathedral ID in ruins, end only zoo Of
thas6u, 600; Inhabitants are reported to
3 be left in the battered city. Louvain,
/, with its beaiitifufA old city hall. As
tprlcelesets, library, iti,s, splendid
churches, its Clothworkers' hall, hall
! lower by 300 yearssr't adrniration, hae
i been utterly destroy I'd ard many of
Tits citizens mufdsred because = though
I they deny this--sorne of them tried. TO
/ defend their homes agaifsb the In
4 vajffr ~ sss:,st .sisf.
/ 81 hd5sfending their homes isi the Scapi.
gtalEo Eotfense hicti poor r'men can COM
3 nit There is s no Rtrthl: the word r3oi
8 3, a,chniidad def 'fs sGffitfent; q rattle OF
z fiftes and a gray-hAfred peasant falls
! blEatiine 6p6fi ffiS ashes OF. his roof.
II tfeH ia ,dfte village OF e Do houses ID
+ arbre oniy have bHsni lett sihnding in
\ totkers, the invaders rlile the cAsh box
= aIo6t d peasant or two aud pass son
& Crowding the r9ada 70: France. TO Hol.
4 land d+nuw. .une e. yast hos 6ital--to Ant.
/, 4 wefr: thef e irrsS pttiful procession
B 6t. wounded fionCpinb atantb, famished
women. grandnipth thers = wfIecIing ba.
sr hiss. In ha,dcartsA Beside the foadf
s these strAgglefs lie where they. have
& tal,en, dying from hunger, end !, er, K.
3 iihustion. 3, ~ IS " =. H-as s,s
Evens la their laat fesoft ths 6fugf
q lives may not be esaf fes vifhpnt notice
s and In. defiance sof; tho AVIS D war
,the latest beneticant ntihn pf mar
j tuf1ied TO fnarfst Il shtAf use, kwoSps
I, 6SsT antwarDsS5 =, 2 mi 1ii5w;
!, eieepiug Notnef limb from limb s II
g stireis beds. mil, AWAY from the prtt,
i; IDENTITY avoided torts.s IS !; & !:
q FUTURE, ngeo WY dIIA t6 upon, the fg.
& faIains uf gclEiutntiD this ar OF 9ant
II gufsha, Today the :WcS Id kauEveys The
!: Tragedy of Be1gtgra b 6iHAa ade6ts ssFae$
IssedS that has befallen tho Low Coun.
tries since the day. The Duke q! &!
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