The Cairo bulletin., 1914-08-23

erav. All the helmets are covered
with gray. The guns are painted
gray. The gun carriages are gray.
Even the pontoon bridges are gray.
Goose-Step IS Surprise.
| To the quickstep beat OF the
drums the Kaiser's men marched TO
the great square. charles Rogier' i'll
front of the Care du Nord trailway
station). Tier at the whistltng
sound Of the word OF command
for the sonorous orders of the Ger
man officers seemed to have gone
the way of the brilliant uniforms
| the gray-clad ranks broke into the
| famous goose step. while the good
reople of Liege and Brussels gazed
at the passing wondcc with mouths
agape,
At the railroad station the great
professions defled to the b0ulevards
and thence marched 10 eucamp on
| The heights OF the city called
| koehelberg. It was truly a sight
to have sladdened the eyes of the
lKaiser. bat on the sidewalks men
were mutterlng They'll not pas
here on their way back. The allies
win do for them"
Many OF the yonu ger men in the
great array seemed exhausted after
tle long forced march. but as a MAJ
staggered his comrades in the ranks
held him up. II was a great spec
taclc and an impressive one. but
there were minor incidents that
were of a less pleasant character.
Two Relgian officers, manacled
and fastened to the leath sttrrups
of two uhlans, made spectacle
| that caused low murmur Of re-
sentiment from she citizens In
stantIy German horsemen backed
| heir steeds into She closely packed
| ranks Of the spectators threatening
them with uplifted swords and still
ing the momentary revolt.
| Soldiers Affront Belgians.
| "At one part of the march lame
| hawker offered flowers for sale to
| tie soldiers. As he held up mis-
posies cartain of hussars by a
movement Of his steed, sent the poor
wretch sprawling and bleeding in
the dust. Then from q crowd a
French woman, her heart scorning
fear. cried out. you brute so that
all might hear. sSs E
There was one gross pleasantly
too, perpetrated by gunner, who
| led along a bear, evidently the pet
Of his battery which was dressed
n the full regalia OF a Belgian Gen.
araI
The bear was evidently intended
, to represent the Kiug. He touched
: his cooked hat at intervals to bi
keeper. This particularly irrttatef
the Belgians, but they wisely ah
stained from any overt manifesto
tion or any unpleasant feature @
! behavior. The soldiers. as they pass
ed, repeatedly tora at the nationa
colors which every Belgian womal
now wears on her breast.
A different spiri. was shown by
party Of Uhians, who clamored fo
e dmittance at a villa on the Lou
Is vain road. They disposed Of dohe
y bottles of wine and bread and mea
The non commissioned officer i
command offered some gold piece
e. in payment. The money was refuses
- Near the steps OF st. Gudule Cathet
IL raj a party of officers of high ran
a. seated in motor car, conflscatt
the stock of the news yenders, ATT
ereediIy scanning tho sheets tbs
D. burst into loud laughter.
e Troops Show No Fatigue.
4h Hour after hour, hour after hon
'ls The kasers legions marched in
Brussels streets and boulevard
Some regiments made very fine a
,st rearance. and it is well that the pc
lc pie of England should know this.
tn was notably the case Of the StNt
ls, ,ivth, Fourth and Twenty-siN
! Regiments Not one man of tht