Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1914-10-13
LIKE OF BELGIAN
EXODUS NOT SEEN
Hardly Migration Of Israelites, Kali
mucks or Tartars Equal Of
Peoples Flight.
100000 ARE NOW IN HOLLAND
Dutch Authorities Arc Greatly Em-
barrassed by streams of Refu-
gees Pouring Into Their
Country.

LONDON. oct. 12-"Raron Won Schus-
ter. civil governor OF Antwerp. has ad-
vised all refugees 20 return to Antwerp
at once.
The southern frontier Of Holland Is
still flooded near Rosendaal
Refugees continue TO arrive in Holland
and the Dutch authorities are conveying
them northward in automobiles. az there
are not sufficient railroad coaches. The
refugees now number close 20 1.OOOOo
100000 In Holland.
Belgian refugees now in Holland mum
Dor 600 eco, according to the correspondent
OF the Exchange Telegraph company at
The Hague.
THE Dutch authorities are greatly cm-
barrassed by the refugees who are in
cessantly streaming into Holland" adds
the correspondent. owing 60 tho lack
of railway material, thousands arc forced
10 walt on the roads for transportation. "
Tho Germans have pushed up from
Antwerp and arc occupying villages in
the direction OF the Dutch frontier, fore
ing the inhabitants to flee into Holland,
according 10 the Rosendaal dIollanD
correspondent OF tho Weekly Dispatch.
Towns near the frontier have been forced
20 close their gates. owing to their in
ability to receive any more refugees
Asked to RcIuru.
A message to the Reuter- Telegram COM
pany from Amsterdam says
"A telegram to the Handelsblad, dis
patched at noon Saturday from Bergen
Op-Zoon Ia Dutch town near the Belgian
border, states that two German officers
arrived yesterday in a motor car at the
frontier town of Puttcn, Holland, The
officers informed the Dutch commander
there that Antwerp now was under Ger
man administration and asked him TO in
ducA refugees to return 10 their homes.
Many OF those who had fled complied with
the request"
During the past months. I have grown
accustomed TO the sight OF streams OF
refugees trailing over all the roads OF
Belgium. until the queer illusion has
grown up that they are always the same
refugees. they look so pitlably alike"
says the Rotterdam correspondent of tho
Times in a dispatch TO his paper He
continues:
Hardly EquRIIcd In History.
But all the scenes on all the roads OF
Belgium for weeks past must he added
together and multiplied twenty fold 20 re-
semhle the spectacle on the roads to Hol-
land during the last two days. Hardly
any migration in the history of the
Israelites, Kalmucks or Tartars can have
equalled II. The two relieving features
were the extreme kindness shown 20
refugees by tho people at the frontier and
the beautiful weather. These things re-
duced the mortality to a minimum.
Besides the long exodus by the roads
to Holland. l saw a crowd estimated at
$50. 900 blocking the ferry and pontoon Cat
Antwerp on their way TO get trains TO
St Nicholas and Client. The German
guns wero so placed that their shells
reached every portion OF the city during
chief characteristic Of which was the hap
In all directions
TnrVeI on Rivers.
mo less wonderful than the scene on
the roads was the scene on the river,
where all day Thursday craft Of every
description were slipping down stream,
loaded with human freight. At dusk, by
the light OF burning oil tanks. the civic
guard sank six lighters so as 10 block the
entrance to the inner basin Of the docks.
In the city the Belgians started many
fires purposely. burning materials likely
to be servicoable TO the enemy.
Some of tho heaviest firing I heard
during the entire bombardment OF Ant
werp occurred Thursday night Equally
terrible was that OF Friday morning. Tho
Belgians continued blowing UP forts and
buildings likely TO be serviceable to the
enemy.
Smoke Obscures SKY.
"A heavy pail of smoke obscurrcd the
sky left Antwerp Friday. The report
that the city has been burned is untrue,
probably being due TO the impression Gro
ated by the smoke from numerous iso-
lated fires in various parts OF the city.
The German entry TO Antwerp was
quite profitless. as no stores or munitions
OF any importance were left there. The
Belgian forces, whose movement II is not
permitted TO disclose. are still full OF
fight. In fact. the German entry into
Antwerp may prove disadvantageous 10
the Germans"