The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-08

beautifully tended beds or brilliant fow
ers I remembered what this wonderful
little city was whom I had visited II but
two years ago
II was hard 10 believe In reality. but
tho constant Earring of th" cannon and
tho columns Of srnoke ascending from
burning farms aud houses 10 the north
brought tho dr,adfu'uess Of It HON" 10
one. Tho broken spirited inhabitants
that thronCed the doorways of tho
undrstrny.d portion wore stil upOn
their faco4 tho effect Of their expert
cnces \ German sentry, with his rifle
IN The hollow Of his arm. stood upon
hcap Of ruins al,nut a hundred yards
away.
Down the street came two German
STAFF officers escorted by two cavalry
men. their carbines at tho ready and
tho butts resting on their hips. ON" Of
/ the officers had hts holster open and
his hand resting on his revolver, but
there Was not enough spirit left IN
the people Of LouVain to give them
courage enough to throw stone at
mad dog.
The Germans have told their side Of
| the story. and have acted II out They
say that TIouvanlans are liars, and the
| latter return the compliment with m
| trrest can only report what was
| told me at first hand and what ! saw.
Only that morning. tho 18Th something
had occurred that, while it was only a
small incident. showed how the wind
! blew at that present time.
/ The Town Office Of Records had not
been burned and had been sealed up.
/ Word was brought to the BurEomaSter
that German soldiers were inside; they
had been seen at the window. Upon
making investigation he found that
the place had been entered through "A
window at the back by means of lad
der. Courageous,y going In himself
ne found two German soldiers seated
at a table, with empty wine bottles pe'
fore them.
Scattered all about on tho floor ant
on the stairway were tho records Of
marriages. births, deaths. the history
of Louvains inhabitants; old volumes
had been torn open, drawers and cases
sacked. the safe broken into. fire ha'
been made In the fireplace; perhaps
some OF the papers had been burned u
keep the invaders warm.
This professor of international law u
a man of force. In his Indignation NJ
dared to do what few might have don'
Disnlaying his paper of authority NJ
arrested the soldiers on The spot ano
strange to say. when he ordered then
10 go with him they obeyed unlocklnl
the front door, he brought them 10 IN
street and headed them for tho ONCE O
! the Major in charge OF the town Harri
J son.
Al tho corner Of the street he wa
, stopped by sentry, who, although n
1 must have known who the hurgomaste
= was. demanded the lauer's papers an
authority, at the same time telling IN
two soldiers to clear out that the
- should take no orders but from the
own officers. When at last Prof. Nerlhc
succeeded in seeing Oberlieutenat
Thelemann, the Majors Adjutant, III
I latter shrugged his shoulders.
cit is too bad" he said; but wh'
: can we do? They are entirely out
- hand here" lie refused TO have u
sentry arrested.
"And," the professor almost shout'
= when he reached this part or the stor
ION my way back | called at the recoi
, office again. Those two soldiers ma
:, returned. They are there now
, Afterward he came back 10 the stor
g Referring TO his notebook, he went
: with case after case: How the lhhal
tonts were all in their houses when u
n firing in the Rue Leopold began tro
n the professors window and how II W
" soon taken up In every street, al