El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1914-08-24


Brussels. Its population is about
$4,000, and it is situated about 10 miles mile.
northeast Of the present capital WIN
Tirlemont, st. Trond, and Tongres II
furnishes the line for holding oacA
the movement of an enemy across inc
territory between Brussels and Les.
Local tradition has il that LouNaiiiIi; ~
estaDusned as a permanent HllL-te--g
camp Dy Julius Caesar Inc SoLl-t -
people rose up against the noDles u
ms the fourteenth century DII "
Pul down after a struggle OF ~ 49, $500 >
Thereafter the Importance anu 10
perlIy OF LOuvain declined ana IoL -
sells took its place. It has one OF the
finest universities in Belgium, WnlCI
prides itself most on its theoIoslC11
LIBAU-A port Of Russia, on the
Baltic sea, a little less than % nlIes
from the extreme northern part o.
Northeast Prussia It has a pop .-a-
uon OF about rs, 0OO- Troops marchlll5
from Mcneil. Prussia, could arrive Dy
land without leaving their own terri
tory more than so miles behind II
has railway connections with MOSCOW
Orel and kharSOv. There are nun1eI-
GUS factories making gun powder
soap, machinery and tin plate IneIo
are also large saw mills and IlouI
mills The exports are valued al aDouC
$Z5,OOO,OOO a year. North OF the COM
mercial harbor is the naval strong
hold, consisting Of extensive 1ortiIl-
cations. breakwaters and moles- These
defences were finished eight years
ago.
DIEST-A town equidistant from
Liege, Antwerp and Brussels, about %
miles from each, and a little north OF
the air line between Liege and Ant
werp- It is one OF the five fortlf1ed
places in Belgium, and has many
breWertes- 1t protects both Brussels
and Antwerp from military movements
by way Of Maastricht
HASSELT-The capital Of Belgian
Limburg, at the junction of several
important railroads 1t has many
breweries and distiIleries. 1t is fam
Gus for its great septennial celebra-
ton of the day of the Assumption, IN
honor of the Virgin-under the name
of Virgin Jesse. On these occasions,
the date Of which is August Is, the
town is converted into a forest OF
frs, by the collection and planting OF
trees and branches from the neigh
boring forest. Hasselt IS on the main
road from Maastricht TO Antwerp
MULHAUSEN-A town in upper
Alsace, on the river III. an affluent
Of the Rhine, and also on the Rhine
RhOne canal. 1t is a great textile
center. The manufacture Of railway
equipment and other machinery IS also
an important industry. 1t passed 10
Germany with the close Of the Franco
Prussian war. and thousands Of the
French inhabitants returned TO French
territory The population is approx
mately 100000
10000. in Prussia, which figured in
the Reformation and in the Thirty
Years war. It is largely engaged in
textile industries and has many other
manufacturing enterprises, such as
the making Of needles, machinery
cigars. soap. furniture and shoes
Antwerp city Of Belgium re-
garded as its principal fortified strong
il is still one Of the greatest seaports
of Europe, because the broad and
deep Schelde river gives II an excel
lent outlet Its population is almost
Charles Y, it is said to have been the
most pOpulous city of continental
Europe AT the middle Of the sixteenth
century IL had a population estimated
attracted the merchants Of the civil
lied world Under the Spanish regime
IL declined, and in 20 years fell 20 a
population Of $4,000 The treaty OF
Westphalia closed the Schelde TO sea
going vessels, and IL was not reopened
until the French did so in 1874. Ma
pOleon undertook TO reyivify the city.
out IL was surrendered to the English
IN 1914 It began to grow again, but
vas almost ruined in the military op-
erations OF 1880 and thereafter Meth
erlands retained the right to levy nav
igation dues on the Schelde, which
1858. when il was committed by the
payment of about 100000 The city
and river are defended by number OF
advanced fortresses and by ramparts
eight miles long Part OF the envirOns
can be placed under water. The fort
ifications were built TO serve as the
rallying ground for the Belgian army
in case il was overpowered in the
field by a superior force
NANCY CNong-see)- 1.-The capital OF
Muerthe-et AIoselle, France, on the
main line of railroad between Paris
and Strassburg. Its population Is
given as 100 600. Il - about 10 miles
from the German frontier, Is miles
cast of the stronghold Of TouL and
IS miles west Of north Of EpinaL
Charles the Bold persisted at its gates
The CITY became French in 1866, was
occupied by the allies m 1914 and 1915.
ana put 10 ransom by the Prussians in
1870. which was paid by France
RASSBURG-Capita of Alsace-
Lorraine, Germany, two miles west OF
the Rhine, on the river III. which di-
vides here into five branches. It is
% miles from the French frontier. and
is one Of the strongest fortresses OF
the German empire, having a circle OF
Il forts The university Of Strassburs
was refOunded as the emperor Will
uam's university in 1872, and its IL
brary has 500, 900 volumes The pop
ulation is upward Of 10000. Strass-
burg held out against the Germans
fSr SIX weeks during the FrancO-Pr7ls-
sian war, finally sCrrenderlng sep
sembeJ q, 1870
DINANT DeenOng)-Taken by Bur
Eundv in 1866 and all male prisoners
shot or caused to be drowned by being
forced to Jump into the river from the
cliffs, this Belgian city has had an