The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1914-10-30
S|DELIGHTS ON
EUROPEAN war
Picture Of Dead City Of
MalineS.
Gs7nany's Empire Built On Tri-
pie Base Meeting ST.
preme Test.

following description OF the dead
city OF Malines." which illustrates
the CHASTITY desolation caused by
waT:
Fourteen stricken human beings.
running and crouching in the shad-
ows Of an autumn evening and one
dor. bowling amid the ruins of his
masters house. were the only life
LETT in Malines when the Germans
swept through it a few days ago.
The dead cathedral city was peopled
by these few terrified ghosts-all
that we're left of Malines' 10000 in
habitants. who fled as Don as they
saw the first Uhlans along the road
from Brussels.
A well-known German writer, trav-
cling with the headquarters staff,
has isst visited this stricken city.
St. Pombold's Gothic cathedral and
other parts of the town have receiv-
ed a few more SCATTERING blows since
the Germans passed through it. The
last onslaught on Antwerp had
wrought a miracle in Malines. Every
door vas open-at least those of the
houses which were left standing-a
clean white cloth was on nearly ev-
cry table, and there was fruit and
wine in plenty. The shops were open
and children's playthings were
streWn about the pavements and in
the gardens exactly as they had been
left. Vow and then a German soldier
crossed near the Wool Market in the
Place d'Egmcnt and Joined more sol
diers working on the railway.
Thousands of Germans passed
through Malines; hundreds of even
ing meals had been prepared, but
not a bottle of wine was touched.
In the suburb of Muysen the door of
watch and silversmith's shop
stood open. and there were neatly
displayed rows of gold and silver
watches, bracelets and women's
trinkets untouched. Under the shad-
ow of The cathedral stood the restau-
rant o. the Golden Fleece, with ia
blcs spread and viands and wines un-
touched. In the back room of the
house dying sheep. with madness
staring out of its bleared eyes, was
discovered, and it, too, was untouch-
ed. Clothes were left hanging outside
the shops; no one had taken them.
Had the dreams of Hauptmann
come rue? asks the writer. What
miracle had been performed in this
silent city? What unseen hand was
at the helm of the empty boats that
drifted down the River Dyle? What
fear had killed "even the little yell
low singing friend of humanity" as
he called the canaries that were ly-
ing dead at the bottom of their
cages?
By some devastating stroke of
magic fear the whole life and spirit |
Of Malines,, he writes, had been re-
duced 10 nOthingness. He reeled UNI |
der the deathly silence of the city !
when he came upon it. as If some
oOne had dealt him a blow. The grin
ming dummies in the milliners' shops
frightened him more than the white
faces o. the dead strewn along the
roads. To him the wine in the bottles
was blood; the grinning faces in the
shops Knocked murder at him; the
triumph Of terrorism was complete.
Dgsk had now fallen. The writer
jumped into his motor car, for the
general STAFF was pushing on to Ant
wcrp. He saw the fourteen ghosts
led away through cavernOus hole
in a house where shells had struck
and passed a heap of ruins where the
dog, the only living creature left in
hat had freedom. was howl
ing to heaven over the body of his
master.
Officers in American
ctfNtt.
Probably none of the precautions /
taken by the allies to prevent infor- {
nation OF their plans from getting {
10 the Germans has caused more sur l
prise in this country than England's {
refusal to allow officers from America y
10 observe operations of her army q
and navy, I
This privilege, which has always t
been extended in former wars to neu- d
raj nations, may have been refused v
o as by Great Britain, il is said, be- C
'ause of the large number of for n
'ign-bOIn officers in both branches g
ii our service. In war of such mag '
litude as the present one, where the
ate OF great nations is at stake. the o
British may have felt, il was assert n
d, thai the cost of having her mil c.