Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-17

GERMAN ARMY
AS IT MARCH
LONDON. October 1.-THE following
dispatch has been received from Ber-
lin by way of The Hague:
IAN official statement issued here to-
day says: The Germans occupied
Bruges October IA and Ostend Octo-
Der 49,"
The Germans entered Ostend at 1880
o'clock Thursday morning, according
to the Daily Nails correspondent. who
left that port at the moment of the
German occupation.
THE appearance excited a tremen-
dous commotion among the hundreds
of refugees who had been unable to
get away and stood panic-stricken on
the quays." says the correspondent
There was an outburst of groans and
boots. mingled with screams and cries"
The correspondent got away on a
small Red Cross motor boat.
when we got mile to seward
he says, I'VE stopped to await events.
We put out pinnace and went back
cautiously in the direction of the har-
Dor. We were observed by a number
of German soldiers on shore, who fired
of the boat and got back to the motor
launch safely.
Belgians Retire to France.
The correspondent at Sluis, Neither
lands, of the Amsterdam TELEGRAPH re-
ports that the Germans have occupied
Ostend without resistance. The Bel
gian troops retired to France. The
German forces in Belgium are now in
touch with their main army, whose
right wing rests on veurne, the west
ernmost town in Belgium. near the
North sea. and twenty-six miles west
southwest of Bruges.
The correspondent of the Daily Mail
at Flushing, Netherlands, sends the fol-
lowing regarding the movement OF Ger
man troops in northwestern Belgium:
The German troops are leaving Os-
tend for the east. Approximately 5000
are now lodged in the public buildings
of Ostend- Two thousand have left
Zeebrugge 'and there are no Germans
between Heyst and Sluis. The Germans
billeted at Bruges are behaving well,
but those at Maldekham have caused
considerable damage
German Flag Hoisted.
A Daily News dispatch from Rotter-
dam timed Thursday at midnight says:
THE Germans today entered Zee
brugge, from a military point of view
the most valuable port on the Belgian
coast. To the southwest communica-
ton with Dunkirk, France, has been
cut. The flag has been hoisted all
along the Dutch frontier.
Northeast of Ostend the Germans
are rapidly pushing forward to the
coast. This afternoon their outposts
were seen at knocke, two miles from
the Dutch frontier on the North sea.
The main army from Antwerp is ad-
vancing westward"
The Times Antwerp correspondent
who accompanied the Belgian army in
its retreat to France telegraphs from
the present headquarters of the Bel
gians, which are unnamed. saying that
the troops, far from being demoralized.
though fatigued. are in the best of
spirits and anxious to meet the Ger
mans again.
In dispatch from Rotterdam, dated
Friday, the correspondent of the Star
telegraphs that 1t had been reported
there from Roosendaal. Holland. that
the German government of Antwerp
has decided to forego the huge in
demnity spoken of at one time in favor
of the demand that the city shall sup
port the $1,000 German soldiers who
seem to have been left in Antwerp as
q force of occupation.
The people of Antwerp are now all
lowed to lock their doors at night, the
correspondent continues, but they must
keep lights burning in their halls.
The Amsterdam correspondent of
Reuters Telegram Company sends a
dispatch in which he quotes Coun-
cilor Langner of Antwerp as describ-
ing the situation in Antwerp as fol-
lows:
Antwerp now has a garrison of IT,
900 marines and 200 officers, command
ed by an admiral. AS war contribu-
ton the Germans demanded 300 hun
dredweight of potatoes daily, 1000 bot
ties of wine, bread for the whole gar
rtson, 5000 cigars. $500 Kilograms of
meat. and pay for the officers and
soldiers. estimated at $4,000 daily"
Strict Orders Against Looting.
The sluis. Netherlands. correspondent
Of the Amsterdam TELEGRAPH says that
Gen. Jung has been appointed COM
mander Of the German garrison at Client.
which numbers 1000 men. The soldiers
are not quartered in private houses. but
in public buildings No alcohol is sold
to the soldiers. who are under the strict
est orders to prevent looting. Client had
to produce hostages. who however says
the dispatch, are permitted to stay in
their own houses. The Germans seized
the money in the post Office and in the
town treasury. The schools have been re-
opened. and the Germans hope soon to
resume the railway traffic between Brus-
sells and Client
Large supplies of provisions and
clothes have arrived at Sluis for the
Belgian refugees. A majority of the
1ug1ttveS have no idea at the present
time Of returning to Belgium.
The situation at Bruges is quiet
The directors of the Belgian Red Cross
wounded soldiers. the last of 1900 who
have been brought to England.
They left Ostend Wednesday morning
at which time $4,000 refugees besides
townspeople were hoping to get away.
As the Red CrosL steamer left Taube