Pioneer press. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1882-19??, 1914-08-22
IN WAR-HARASSED
CITIES OF BELGIUM
Geographic Society Complies Infor
nation interesting In Trying
Times.

he NatlOldl Geographic Society {
Washington has given out anothc,
further description Of .ome of III
places mentioned in thel attest va
dispatches
Louavin.-The capital Of Belgium
in the days before the rise of Brusse!
It's population is about 10000, and
Is situated about u miles northeas
OF thep resent capital. With Tirl,
mont, St. Trond and Tongres il fui
nishes line for holding back I'll
movement Of an enemy across the te,
ritOry between Brussels and Licgt
Local tradition has it that Louvn,.
vas established as a permanent mil
tHry camp Of Julius Caesar. The com
mon people rose up against the noble
during the fourteenth century, bu
were put down after a struggle Of
years. Thereafter th~ Importance
and prosperity Of LouvI... declined
and Brussels took it's place 1t ha.
one Of the finest universities in Bel
GUM, which prides itself most on it
theological school.
Is Naval Stronghold.
Libau.-A port of Russia on tn
Baltic Sea, little less than 80 mile.
from the extreme northern part }
Northeast Prussia. 1t has a pOpu,a
ton Of about $4,000. Troops march
,, ing from Mcneil, Prussia, could arrive
by land without leaving their own ter
| ritory more than so miles behind. I
las railway connections with MoscO~
Orel and Kharkov. There are numcr
Gus factories making gun powde~
soap, machinery and tin plate. Their
are also large saw mills and nou
mills. The exports are valued a
about $25,O00,OOO q year North 0
| the commercial harbor is the nava
stronghold, consisting Of eXtens;v
Notifications, breakwaters and moles
These defenses were finished eigh
years ago
Chief Seat Of Anabaptists.
Mulhauscn.-A city OF about 800
population, in Prussia, 80 miles from
| BclfOrt and about % miles from tn
French frontier. Near the frontie
the route between the two lace
crosses the Rhine-Rhone Canal, q.
miles long, which with the Dou5S
Saone and other rivers forms a com
plcte waterway between the Rim
and the Rhone. Thirteen miles from
til frontier is the town Of Altkirch
During the Reformation Multhause'
was one of the chief seats of the Ann
baptists. 1t was Independent unit
1902, when it passed to Prussia.
Dicst.-A town equidistant from
Liege, Antwerp and Brussels-abou
23 miles from each, ana little nortI
of the air line between Liege and Ant
werp. 1t IS one Of the five fortific
places in Belgium and has man
Werjcs. 1t protects both Brusse'
and Antwerp from military NOV,
mcnts by way Of Maastricht.
The River Ourthe.
Valley Of the Ourthe.--A fertile lii
tie river valley starting at Liegc an
running south to the southeaster,
section Of Belgium, and generals
speaking, parallel to the German iron
tier.
Hasse7t.--The capital o! Belgia
Limburg, at the junction Of severa
important railroads. 1t has man
brcweries and distllcries. 1t is
famous for it's great septCnnial Cclr
bratiOn Of the Day of the AssumatiO.
in honor of the Virgin-under IT,
name Of Virga Jeffe.; On these occa
sons, the date Of which is August -
the town is converted into a foreS
of fire by the collection and planting
Of trees and branches from the neigh
J boring forest Hassolt is on the mail
road from Maastricht to Antwerp.
Centre of Catholic Authority.
Nalines-A Belgian city of aboC
10000, situated on the Dyle river
about half way between Antwerp an.