Grand Forks daily herald. (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1914-1916, 1914-10-10

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miles outside of Antwerp. They had
dropped bombs on that city. Some
times they had shot Mt the Belgian
soldiers. Now and then the Belgian
army sallied out aud shot ut the Ger
mans.
The Belgtans make me think Of a
fox terrier doE." said u ctcsroue.
their gate and grab the German by
the calf Of the leg. and then run back
barking. It must be irritating to the
German"
Apparently not, however. Antwerp
frankly admitted that the Germans
could u that city of from the sea
whenever they wished to do 90. Their
~leisurely fashion Of fitting up the
~fortiaeations led to the conclusion
German habit Of mussins up a city
that resists attack, Soldiers Of expert
ence and ear declared that-given
siege gunA-the Germans would have
no difficulty IN. taking Antwerp when
they wished. But they agreed that it
is most unlikely that the German will
wish.
What would the Germans, do with
would be only an added responsibili-
ty. and one which must be garrison
ed. They will make nc serious attempt
to take the city until the allies have
been defeated-if they are defeated.
OF course. they may cut the city of
from the YEA"
Perhaps it is a libel, but they say
that the chief diniculty in seeing the
f~ortiications is that n has to pay
30 much money. It is not suficient to
sweeten up a soldier guide. One must
sugar a other soldier guides. Any
how, when one has seen them the
show isn't worth the candle. They are
mostly earthwprks, which are no
doubt efficient, but are not impressive.
The King and His Lost Guards.
A story is told Of King Albert. The
young monarch Of the Bsigians Is
very popular with all classes. They say
he Ia. the idol OF his army. II that Il
the case, ks isn't idol enough to per-
suade the sentries on guard In front
Of his palace to stand up straight.
They act like candy soldiers that
usually wilt. away from each other.
Or else they sort Of stick together.
Albert visited one Of the principal
city gates n night.
Hi" said the king, regally.
A non-eommissioned officer tame
out of his hut and looked around.
Then he came TO- attention,
Where is the guard? 2" he asked the
kins.
So they talked it over and decided
that tins guard must have gone down,
town. Albert explained his theories o..
1entry.soinE to the pon-conl, and. the
non-com said the king wal right, The
conversation had been very seriously
tagged long before the commissioned
onicer in command OF tho gate came
''ep = ,nto ~. hit. ..,a
One by one the other commission
ed officers attached to that post hap
pehed In ana were hived in the hut
When they were all accounted for Al
bert reduced them all to the ranks.
Then he made the non.commisstoned
oficer q captain, and put him In COM
mand Of the post.
You don't believe it! Well, that is
re~grettable, but it doesn't DUH the
in Antwerp DO believe It, ana see
nothing incredible in it. They have the
advantage Of some frst.hand knowl-
edge Of the soldiers.
OF course. the first Belgian troops
IN the held fought well. The fall Of
Namur and Liege and Brussels came
later. Since then there has been no
serious contact between the Belgian
and German soldiers.
Belgian Soldier IL moi Impreesiye.
The explanation is that the Belgian
has no martial aspirations. His is not
q Warlike soul He likas z saudy Uni
form and = Gathering sword and mil.
!tary music. He is not \ coward-not
by any means Is he a coward. But he
doesn't care about Sighting. His "dfst
army" Is q small and efficient force,
WILL drilled and Differed, although II
had always been considered a show
piece only. The rest Of the army has
been gathered for the war. There is
some question among military experts
for fighting. Opinions vary, because
1t has been impossible to pierce the
veil Of silence behind which this war
is being fought. No unprecedented and
impartial outsider can say. with GER
tatnty OF ANYTHING that II know"
30 the Belgian soldier, ~ one sees
him In the streets of Antwerp, Is not
impressive. He ~ dressed al gaudiiy
me there was at least halt q score OF
uniforms, all Different. without count
ing the Garde civiqye. in their oil
cloth covered pot hats, No one, It ap-
pears, ever does count the Garde
Clvique.' The Belgian soldier rather
runs democracy into the ground. He
talks and laughs with his oticer on
me streets. Private soldiers wander
lnS along the streets In quest Of dirt
attoas meet officers on the sane hunt
The prtvate1 never think Of saluting.
Sometimes the sentries stationed nae
DO not.
He Is Of the Latin breed, this Bel.
Eian. Therefore he dearly loves .te
e through ths streets in high speed
ears With the muller cHt out There
Antwerp. We saw five OF them on !
single afternoon on tho pripcipa.
street. Always the ear was standinl
m front OF. cafe-Which 10 not q "a.
hection, because thare 10 hardly any,
where else to stand In Antwerp-ant
the of9csra aud chauffeur. were sit,
ting sidewise talking to the admirint
crowd, Hieycls soldiers ana motor
sounding their horns and bells. Foo
soldiers thrcng the pavements talk,
Ing to girls. II 10 unquestionabiy ,
happy life. that Of the Belgian sol
dier--as We saw It. "
Boy 6QAAieFa In Tears.
The note Of pathos. come. whom .
regiment or two Of the recruits Of tn,
1914 class marched through Ell,
gHfeAts. They were unbelievably younl
these poor Nttle daviIs. Many Of. then
did not seer. more then fiftssn or six
teen yseFs, old. The oldest could hard
there 9 squad Of some dsvii.may
easts wsr4 nolSilY MHEine . marchina,
scRl. but 1ar the most part thsy stpn,
nle3 on. atoope6 evef, haaVy.footed
tired. the soft fua Of YSupg tnanhoot
luse eeetn1tng e spfeat hpoA tAci
checks Moek Of tham locked duli,
seEsAeat 5000. Hsge ara thers "a,