The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1914-09-05
HOW FORCES OF THE KAISER
TOOK POSSESSION OF BRUSSELS

Chicago.-The Tribune 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 we're then intrusted with the
maintenance Of order.
After q day OF Wild panic and sIum-
beriess 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 on on the road to Waterloo
Horse, foot, and sapper were packed
deep on the Louvain and Tervervue-
rem roads.
An enterprising motorist came in
with the information and the crowds
In the busy centers Immediately be-
came calm.
8uraomaster Gives Up.
At eleven o'clock it was reported
that an officer with half a troop Of
hussars bearing white flags had halt
ed outside the Louvain gate.
The burgomaster claimed for the
citizens their rights under the laws
Of war regulating an unfortifed CAPT
tai. When roughly asked if he was
prepared to surrender the city, with
the threat that otherwise It would be
bombarded, the burgomaster 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
| it 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 IN
| derstand that he would be held re-
sponsibIe for any overt act on the
part Of the populace against the Ger
mans.
Triumphant March Begins.
From noon until 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 fntimation 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
artillery and sappers, with a siege
train complete.
A special feature Of the procession
was 100 motor cars on which quick
Ifrers were mounted. Every regiment
and battery was headed by band,
horse or foot. Now came the drums
and flies; now the blare OF brass and
soldiers singing die Wacht am Rhein"
and Deutschland uber Allies"
Death Head Hussars There.
Along Chausee de Louvain, past st.
jesse and the botanical gardens, to
the open space in front Of the Care du
Nord, the usual 1ounging place of the
tired twaddlers Of the city, swept the
1egions.
Among the cavalry were the famous
Brunswick Deaths Head Hussars and
their companions on many bloody
fields, the Zeiten hussars. But where
was the glorious garb OF the German
troops, the cherry-colored uniforms OF
the horsemen, and the blue Of the IL
fantry? All is greenish, earth color
gray. All the helmets are covered with
gray. The guns are painted gray.
Even the pontoon bridges are gray.
ITO the Quickstep beat Of the drums
the kaiser's men march to the great
|
whistIing 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
gray-clad 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 bouleFards
and thence marched to encamp on the
heights of the city called Kochelberg-
1t was truly sight to have gladdened
the eyes Of the kaiser, but on the side
walks men were muttering beneath
their breath:
They'll not pass here on their way
back. The allies viii 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.
It was a great spectacle and an i'm
pressive one, but there are minor Incl
dents that were of less pleasant char
acter.
Off1cers In ShscI<Ies.
Two Belgian officers, manacled and
fastened to the leather stirrups of two
| uhlans, made a spectacle that caused
a low murmur Of resentment from the
| citizens Instantly German horsemen