Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-08-27
BELGIAN REFUGEES
TELL SAD TALES
Old Man Relates Injury to One
Daughter and Loss of
Second.
WOMAN GAVE HUSBAND
AND BROTHER TO ARMY
Hat Manufacturer Describes Battle
at Anvelais. Where Germans Set
Fire to Town.

PARIS. August c7.-The Cirque de
Paris. where the crowd of Belgian refu-
gees has grown to $50. has taken on
the aspect of a human stable. The floors
of the wide foyers are all covered with
straw which has become wet. and the
homeless and poverty stricken people
may be seen lying about, many in atti-
tudes of sad detection. Trained nurses
of the Red Cross, priests, soldiers ana
doctors are constantly moving among
the crowd. mnistering to their wants
At the entrance to the hall large
caSk containing beer was placed and
soldier was soon apportioning the bev-
erage to a waiting line of men and boys.
Inside the amphitheater We're children
of all ages, sizes and descriptions The
scarcity of baggage was noticeable every
one apparently having taken only the
few things that could be easily carried
in their hasty flight The evening meal
consisted of huge slice of bread with
a piece of beef on top and afterward
black coffee was served.
An old man, sitting in a corner on a
sack of straw. told the following story:
People call me Jean Beaujon. | have
a little wine shop just across the river
from Liese i'll the town of Grivegnee.
When the mobilization order was an
!ioiInced. my two sons. both fine fell
lows went off to join their regiments.
My daughters. have two. this one
here and another. renamed with theH
Ola father
rh, girl he motioned to was bright
eyed Girl Of about sixteen, but only
her eyes were visible as the rest OF her
lace was swathed in bandages He con-
llnued:
You see her poor dear face" Well.
u German was the cause of that When
incs came they demanded wine, which
/ gave them and one man tried to IN
sun her. When she resented this he
struck her and she fell against the coun-
.cr and Uroke her jaw
The old man told of their flight and
the h,rdShips they endured.
Fathers Sad Story.
My other daughter becoming very
tired after d time, he went on. she
sat down by the roadside while this
girl and | went on ahead to try to
ma some means of conveyance. y
little farther on We came upon
riderless horse and after great diff
Guilty both succeeded in mounting
and went back to find my daughter.
We had not been gone more than half
an hour, but when We returned she
was no longer there. Where she went
L don't know.
We spent the rest of the night look |
ing for her. but found no sign or
trace of her. The rest of the time until
we got the train that brought US
/ don't know where they found ME or
anything else except that | have |
prayed every night and morning since /
that my missing girl be returned to
me.
Another refugee. Nine. Agnes Bours |
sdult of Nalkenraedt. in her story of
tie flight from Belgium. said:
Please don't ask me to tell the hor- |
ribie things | saw while coming here. |
have lost my husband and brother
who died in the noble cause and now
YOU see me alone with my children.
The greatest suffering 1 underwent was
from hunger. We could get hardly
anything to eat for three days, except
little stale bread.
The thing that hurt me most was
my inability to satisfy the wants of
my little ones
Georges Just, restaurant keeper
of Chenee. told this story: When We
heard the Germans approach, my wife
and fed across the river into Liege.
" seems now much like a dream. Just
hcfor. they entered there we left,
along with many others.
Never shall / forget the sights we
saw along the roadside. where mutt
lated rorpses and wounded and dying
Strewed our pathway.
Many other refugees continued to ar
rive during the night. The government
is doing everything possible to aid
them.