Bisbee daily review., 1914-11-29
BRUSSELS BECOMES GAY WAR CAPITAL UNDER
 THE RULE OF HER F REE SPENDING GATORS
Germans Are Penyuy Suppe With Money Which Is Spent Prodgay to Provide Life oi Gaet That 0utrNas Berlin in Artificial BriIhanCy Invaders Conduct Themselves We'll in Theatres and Cafes and Sh opes are Always Crowded

BRUSSELS. Nov. 2S.-Of au the war capitals Of Europe. Brussels un der the German occupation is probably the gayest and Che most deceptive. It certainly outrivals Berlin in life and brilliancy. as Berlin outshines Lon. don. The Germans are free spenders afeld. their influx here by thousands has put large sums of money into cir. culatiOn. resulting in a spell of arti- fcial perhaps, superficial prosperity.
 The crowds surgins all day up and down the principal shopping street the Rue Neuve, overflow the side walks and fill the street We'll dressed crowds promenade along the circular boulevard all afternoon and into the night Places of amusement and the cafes are crowded The hundreds of automobiles loaded with officers speeding about the streets. with mus ical military horns blowing. add Co the gay Illusion
 Nowhere save at the Great Head quarters in France. where the Kaiser stays when not haranguine his troops at the front. will you see such a bril- liant galaxy of high officers - and every day seems holiday in Brus sels.
 You catch the sinister undercurreut in the more obscure little cafes. Here you will find some Belgian patriot who is glad of chance Co mbosom himself to a safe American Perhaps he will speak with unprintable bit tCrness or the shame Of Che Brussels women who. he says. wave haudker. chiefs and smile friendly greetings at the singing troop trains passing through the suburbs on their way to the front or give flowers aud cigars to the returning streams of wouned. They ought to be shot as mattresses. he says. For the honor of the Belgian women he adds, these form only a small percentage.
 You are not surprised when well-iu- formed neutral residents tell you that these people "have murder in their hearts. and that if the Germans eve. retreat in a rout through Belgium Heaven help the straggler and the rear guard Nor that copies of Eng fish papers whose reading is forbid. den. are nevertheless smuceled in. and that copies of The London Times fetch as high as 200 francs. reading circles being often formed at 20 francs per head.
 But there are no hopeful signs here of German retreat Brussels has not been practically evacuated" On the contrary enc gets overwhelmingly me impression that the Germans expect 10 stay forever No cannon are posted on commanding avenues OF squares There are Ho serious measures for the defense of the capital The military and civil Governments occupy the principal public buildings. and seem Co be working with typical German thoroughness The government offices begin Co assume am air of permanence
 Germans Show Moderation
 As coUQufrors go. the invaders seem to be bearing themselves we'll There is apparently no desire to rub it in," the military Government seem ingly pursuing the wise policy of try- ing Co spare the feelings of tue natives as much as possible. perhaps in the impossible hope of ulim1tely conciI- iating them. German flags are flown sparingly Only small squads of Land. sturm are now occasionally seen marching through the streets. Even from the bitterest Belgians one hears no stories of insult shame .or wrong"
 At the same time, swift and harsh punishment Is meted out to any one whose actions are thought to tend to impair Germany military authority or dignity Thus placards posted on many street corners day before yes. terday informed the people that a Belgian city policeman had been sen. tenced to five years imprisonment for interfering with a German official in the discharge of his duty, assaultmg a soldier and attempting to free a prlnsoner" For this. also a fine of 5,00O,000 francs (SlOOO.0OO was inn posed on the city of Brussels. Anoth. er policeman was sentenced to three years Imprisonment for alleged sim liar offences.