The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-27
DANCED THEIR WAY OUT OF EUROPEAN WAR ZONE
Tell Of Outrages by Bel.
gan Mob and Dance
for German Officers to
Raise Money to Leave
Country

the French have been looking for war
long time and are at last co',.rp
II, and they hate England. I find .b,.
every one who has been i'm E,.r.n,,,
and France or has seen auyIl..r ..
all OF the Germans has uo'hu. hu,
praise for them and their metnoi. ami
we were all very much surprised vn.,
we landed here and found tho for.r..
is just the opposite.
Here, for instance there is ply H.,
Belgium. ! have been I'm '.t ....
try five weeks, during war rmo a,.
before the war and haven't tlr .......
est pity. / can only wonder tUlt ,.,
Germans, far from commit,lug 4tr.ct.
ties acted as humanely AZ turv do
IN view OF the actions of the on.
We were all standing in front ~ ,s.
Hotel de Nicnne. in the Boulevard d.
Ia Senne. in Brussels the day wl~ v..
declared and saw. with our own ovss
two German women stripped make. .,
mob OF fifty Belgians and .hc.r
clothes thrown into the air. while no
police stood by and saw H. THE 4.
absolute fact. Belgian police aud MI.
GERS treated us and every ono else With
violence and were grossly muu'i'n and
y, insulting. while the Germans were
Just the opposite, polite under all con.
ditlons, especially 10 the girls.
I'VE met with peculiar trcatmcr, IN
the American consulate in Brussels
Absolutely penniless, hui possessing
articles of value, We applied there for
assistance. An attache. whose name
| do not wish to give. loaned ono ,nom.
her Of our party SO on a camera wort
s45. lie said he would give us n.
name and address 80 We could som
for II, hut he never did. lilo has ~
camera now lie also offered ora -
tho girls 81 for her diamond r.n-
worth $50. but we pawnod &, else.
where for 81.
I'VE took several packages n. le..
ters out of Germany for officers an.
men addressed to friends and relative,
/ in America, England and ireland One
, German officer sent postal cara to h.s
wife in England with Dcu',ch,ari
| Ceber Alles' on 1t among Other tr.rr.
! We had over fifty letters Tor mailing
THE Germans, 10 man Dc''ev.
/ they will win. saw hich a''ache -
the Spanish consulate IN Brussels 60.
! ing around the Palace Hotel waving
|
| on the Germans.
I'm our party. after Client were
twelve Englishmen, who secured rro.
| lection because We wore on our cats
little silk American flags. As soon ~.
! We reached Ostcnd and safety Troy
demanded that We take off the Amor.
can flags and wear English nI-- iu.
we refused. They had served u. =.
= ,y4lI ,brattph
and been our safeguard IN dan-o.
zone of the most remarkable ''..
lures of the entire affair was the ,.~-.
ing Of the German sold .rs
Sottegem, after the days 'a'.'a .
troops who had been relieved 81.
around the little station and earc ro-.
man songs until the cart '-
shook. And how thcy could civ
We're theatrical people ana h.. SO .,.
all sorts Of singing. hut notions '
that. II was wonderful T.. r.
gians stood around and ,u. 20
after each song. very mu,.
was theatre. That s.ngu- ST..
In my head as long as ! live. rar
der they can fight when th,v -.. w
that going into battle T'.r.-
tal swing to those Gcrm.r $751;.
that gets You and scrI- ,..
creeping NJ and down y.l- .
set enthusiastic without u....
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