Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1914-09-04

Cnlcago.-In lTbune prints the
following special cable from Brussels
via London:
Yielding to the dictates Of reason
and humanity, the civil government at
the last moment disbanded the civil
guard, which the Germans would not
recognize. The soldiers and ordinary
police were then intrusted with the
maintenance OF order.
After a day OF wild panic and slum.
berless nights the citizens remained
at their windows. Few sought their
couches.
Cry Here They Come"
The morning broke brilliantly, The
city was astir early and on all lips
were the words; They are here" or
They are coming"
The they" referred to were al
ready outside the boundaries Of the
city in great force. The artillery was
packed of on the road to Waterloo
Horse, foot, and sapper were packed
deep on the Louvain and Teryeryue.
rem roads.
An enterprising motorist came In
with the Information and the crowds
in the busy centers Immediately be,
came calm
Burpomsster Gives Up.
Al eleven O'Clock It was reported
that an officer with a half a troop OF
hussars bearing white flags had halt
cd outside the Louyain gate,
The burgomaster claimed for the
citizens their rights under the laws
Of wal regulating an unfortified capi
tai. When roughly asked II he was
prepared to surrender the city, with
the threat that otherwise It would be
bombarded, the b~urgomaster said he
would do SO. He also decided to re-
move his scarf OF office.
The discussion was brief. When
the burgomaster handed over his scarf
II was handed back to him and he
was thus entrusted for the time being
with the civil control Of the citizens.
The Germans gave him plainly to I'M
derstand that he would be held re
sponsible for any overt act on the
part OF the populace against the Ger
mans.
Triumphant March Begins.
From noon unth two O'Clock the
crowds waited expectantly. Shortly
after two o'clock the booming Of can
non and later the sound Of military
music conveyed to the people OF Brus-
sells the intimatien that the triumph
ant march Of the enemy on the an
cient city had begun.
On they came. preceded by a scout
ing party Of uhlans, horse, foot, and
and sappers, with a siege
train complete.
A special feature Of the procession
100 motor cars on which quick
frers were mounted. Every regiment
and battery was headed by a band.
horse OF foot. Now came the drums
md flies; now the blare Of brass and
singing "Die Yacht am Rhein"
md Deutschland uber Allies"
Death Head Hussars There.
Along Chausee de Louv9in, past st.
Josse and the botanical gardens, to
he open space In front of the Care du
Nord, the usual lounging place Of the
.ired ~twaddlers of the city, swept the
Among the cavalry were the famous
Deaths Head Hussars and
heir companions on many bloody
aelds, the Zeiten hussars. But where
was the glorious garb of the German
the cherry-colored uniforms OF
the horsemen, and the blue Of the IN
All Is gfeenish, earth color
gray. All the helmets are covered with
gray, The guns are painted gray.
the pontoon bridges r gray.
ITO the quickstep beat of the drums
the kaiser's men march to the great
square, Charles Regier. Then at the
whistling sound Of the word OF com
mand-for the sonorous orders of the
German officers seemed to have gone
the way of the brilliant uniforms-the
grayclad ranks broke into the famous
goose step. while the good people of
Liege and Brussels gazed at the pass
ing wonder with mouths agape.
Crowds Want Revenge.
At the railroad station the great
procession defiled to the boulevards
and thence marched to encamp on the
heights of the city called Heidelberg.
II was truly a sight to have gladdcned
the eyes Of the kaiser, but on the side.
walks men we're muttering beneath
their breath;
They'll not pass here on their way !
back. The allies will do for them"
Many of the younger men in the
great array seemed exhausted after
the long forced march, but as a man
staggered his comrades in the ranks
held him up.
1t was q great spectacle and an i'm.
pressive one, but there are minor Incl.
dents that were of a less pleasant char.
acter.
Officers In ShackIes.
Two Belgian officers, manacled and
fastened to the leather s%tirrups of two
uhlans, made a spectacle that caused