The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-11-13
ANT ERP REFUGEES
 WERRUN HOLLAND.

<Correspondence of Associated Press) Bergen op Zoem. Holland, Nov. 12. -Cond1t1ons among the Belgian re fugeAs crowded into this little city are typical of the situation in all Dutch towns near the Belgian border. With a population of 10. GOO ordinaErily. Ber- gen op zoom now shelters about s2e e. coo persona Most of the homes have given over rooms to refugees. Barns, warehouses, churches and oth- CT public buildings have been turned into dorInitories- and eating houses. During the siege of Antwerp ref ugees were sent here by the trainload. Most of them were penniless, for the .Be1eians who had money went to Lon don or some of the large sDutch cit .es.
 The burden of feeding the refugees has fallen heavily upon the. Dutch government and the various munici- paIities which are doing their best to make the homeless Belgians comfort able. Most of them have only the clothes they are wearing and phflan- thropfc committees are providing un- derwear and endeavoring to supply warmer garments for the peasants many of whom are lightly clad.
 Thousands of Belgians who were unsbIe to get into crowded trains, walked to Bergen op Zoom. Tnvalids were brought on pushcarta.- Some of the refugees carried enlarged por- traits of relatives. Others carried chairs Frequent1y the women had sewing machines on dogcarts. together with bundles Of clothing tied in sheets.
 The BeIgians and Hcllanders living near the border have common lam aSiage and are similar in appeaHancos $ Many wear the wooden shoes seen so generally insHolland. and the 1ittle girls have quaint white caps worn on frames with wfreacurfss that prc3ect in front of the ears. Ike peasant men also wear distinctive Flemish cos tl1xs,1ses-txousers extremely loose end bglttoned to q short-vrAister Shirt of tthe same material.
 living no work sor means of recre- 2 a410n, the refugees in Bergen op Zoom gather about the railway station. where Dutch soldiers stand on guard and keep the Belgfans away from the passage to and from the trains.
 Refugess who have lost members of their families have c1aalked notices on the vpalls of stations in many of the Dutch toW11s- Such signs as Jean Marie de Mar1es Of Antwerp went to Amsterdam on October 1b. or Will NEariede Maries Of Antwerp please vvrite to. her mother in case Of Roosen- dasA Relief Committee where she is ?'' Z may be seen written on the brick
 aIIs of railway buildings or posted = a.faffoYl windows Relief commit taam in All the towns are flooded with sIetterz from persons seeking lost rela- t1vee.
 yTslas ee7rie refugees may b e seen. in s.4x ilifosrert Belgian and Dutch towns -zs4f4fn a week They walk or ride as seS~w may constantly looking for lost members of their families eagerly reekfnr the lists Of various relief conn r1ifhees for traces of of missing rela- lives or friends
 There are many blind persons ir inc thronss Some are wfthoui friends or relatives to lead them, but good Sennaritans always seem to lend a hand. The kindly natures of the people are plainly shown in the pres erat crisis. Heavy as the burden is up on Holland there is little disposition on the part of the Dutch to urge the BeIgians unduly to return to their owr country
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