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The history Of these frightful scenes,
however, is too well known to need
repetition here, suffice to say that five
years later Requescens the new Gov
ernor-General proclaimed the pope's
Pardon and the King of SPANS
amnesty to the people Of Meth erlands
or rather to such as had remained
true to their religion.
Bombarded In 1895.
Again Brussels flourished for the
weaving industry was at It's height
and for a time all went well. but in
1895 Marshal Villeroi appeared on the
heights OF Anderlecht with an army
OF 10000 men and began to lombard
the city
His object was to compel william
III to abandon the siege OF Narnur
who was on the point of surrender
Villeroi carried the day as 4,00(
houses were destroyed. Brussels die
not rise from It's ruins until after tn,
war Of the Spanish Succession. In
1871 the city suffered from a fir,
which destroyed the beautiful Palac,
of the Netherlands. During this fir,
many famous Rubens pictures wer,
lost. and the Archduchess Mari,
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-22

Brussels had been growing In I'm
portance and several of the magnih-
cent churches that have come down
to the present day were already in the
course of construction.
The city was assuming an imposing
appearance by the erection of many
buildings by people who were seeking
the safety of a walled, city and soon
Brussels numbered its inhabitants at
$4,000. Ivan the daughter of John
III, and her husband Wenceslaus,
who were reigning at that time, de-
cided that the wall must be enlarged
and 1t required nearly quarter of
century to complete the work. The
great wall still pierced by the seven
historic gates existed more or less
down to the time of Waterloo.
Charles V did much for the city
when he improved the water supply
OF the city and established a sort OF
system of sanitation. He also built
the fine Cour des Battles, the Court
yard surrounding the present royal
palace.
Then came the stormy period of
Alva and the Spanish Inquisition
when Brussels was the scene of the
Introductory incidents. on June list,
1868, Alva caused sixteen Belgian
noblemen to be executed and the next
! day several others shared their fate.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-22

slowed upon him. He has fought his
way through every campaign England
has engaged in for the last twenty
five years and in each and every one
he covered himself with glory. His
career has been one of ascendency
since the day he was graduated from
the Royal Military Academy at Wool
wich, and chances are he isn't through
yet There is no better way to set
before the reader Just what this man
has done than to do so chronologic-
ally.
Horatio Robert Kitchener rs the son
of the late Lieutenant Colonel Kitch-
ener, whose wife was the daughter
of an English clergyman. This son
was born at Crother House. Ballylang-
ford, County Kerry, ireland, and from
his irish father he inherited that dash
which has characterized so many OF
the Emerald Isle who enlisted in the
service Of their rulers. The boys
earlier education completed by private
tutors, he elected the career of a SOL
der and accordingly was entered at
Woolwich, the Royal Military Acad-
envy, much like West Point. Upon
graduation he was attached to one of
the surveys then being made in Pal
estine and later In Samoa. 1t was not
until 1882 that his career as a soldier
began, at which time he was given
command Of an Egyptian cavalry.
From that moment his life has been
a succession of brilliant achievements
every one OF which were Of such ster-
ling worth that both honor and pro-
motion followed. No man had more
to do with civilizng the Soudan than
Kitchener, and In every chapter mark
ing advancement in that country's af-
fairs Kitchener's name boldly stands
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Christine barely escaped with her life.
Marshal SAKE fired on the city in i'eb-
ruary, l746, but he aimed more at the
wall than at the public buildings and
>did little damage, After this Brus-
sells was under French rule for three
years
Then came refractorness under the
CALLING yoke of the Austrian Gov
errors, but finally Il better state of
affairs was introduced by the mild
rule of Maria Theresa and her stad-
tholder, Duke Charles, of Lorraine.
After the French Revolution and the
First Empire BelGium was united in
1916 in one monarchy with Holland
| and for "a dime Brussels alternated
with the Hague as the seat of the
/ States General and the residence of
/ the King. The revolution which
/ broke out In Brussels in 1890 ended
/ in the separation of Belgium and Hol-
/ land and on July 21st, 1881, the new
King of Belgium, Leopold of Sake
| Coburg- Gotha entered the city in
state.
Sale Law.
The constitution provided that the
Crown WAS to be vested in the male
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that moment, although many more
battles followed, Kitchener became
the undsputed master of the Soudan
and he continues so to this day, In
fact there were exactly twenty-three
battles that followed the first. In
every one of these the black troops
he, Kitchener, had trained, proved the
most valiant in the line and never a
defeat was registered against them or
their leaders.
one of the greatest battles planned
and fought by Kitchener was that OF
September 2, 1898, when with $4,000
men he completely cut to pieces Os-
man Digma's 5000 intrepid and saw
age warriors. out Of his force of
5000 men, 5000 were killed out
right, 5000 wounded and left on the
field and 1000 taken prisoners. The
English loss was less than 500 killed
and wounded.
The world little knows what this
War Lord of England has really done
for his flag. He has added an EN-
pre to Englands vast domains. He
has given his King and Emperor an
African empire that reaches from the
mouth of the Nile to the Cape of Good
Hope, 5000 miles of sea front rolling
swiftly and resistlessly southwark,
ever southwark. Two modern Eu
ropes easily could be hidden in Its
confines. And again, that long un-
known country above Khartoum,
where the Blue Nile and the White
Nile meet to make the great river of
story and song, has been added, thus
increasing the holdings of his sover-
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preached him but that Kitchener
could fluently converse with him. His
mastery of these dialects has been the
wonder Of his superiors and subordin-
ates alike.
Kitchener As He Is.
Lord Kitchener Is a tall, spare man,
standing six-feet-four in his stockings.
his muscles are of steel and his nerves
ever taut and as steady. Seemingly
he Is never. tired, and nothing sur
prises him. He is prepared for all
emergencies. He came into English
affairs at the psychological moment
as far as Soudanese matters are con-
cerned, and none doubts that his pres
ent post Will receive the same brill
liant handling under his guidance that
he has given lesser matters.
When Lord Kitchener assumed
charge Of the portfolio Of war and had
been in his new Office a few houri
one Of his aides asked If there was
anything he needed.
"A bed" was his laconc reply.
The bed, accordingly, was set up
in an apartment adjoining his office
and there he has spent the majority of
his nights since war began.
1t is a noticeable laCl that the dd'
vances Of the Kaiser on Paris were
almost unchecked until the week be.
ginning September 7. one week later
1t was learned that Lord Kitchener
had secretly left England for France
where he conferred with General
Joffre, chief of the French Staff, an(
General Sir John French. OF the Eng
lish forces.
/ 1t is highly significant that the mo.
ment these secret conferences were
over the tide of battle turned in tn"
Allies favor. and from then on the
Kaiser received a series Of set bacEs
that virtually foreshadowed the driy
ing of his hosts from French soil.
Kitchener, perhaps, could explain
this sudden change of fortune, but IL j.
extremely doubtful if he ever viii. for
taciturnity is one of his most notice
able traits.
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Albert to prevent the Belgian royal
family from extinction and for sew
eral years the situation gave the Bel
gians considerable anxiety. Finally
in 1900 Prince Albert married the
Princess Elizabeth, of Bavaria. The
birth of a son to the couple year
later assured succession in the male
line. Two years later another son was
born and few years ago daughter
came to the family. In 1899 Prince
Albert inherited the throne on the
death of his Uncle Leopold II, and
Belgium took on a new era.
Studious King Albert.
Totally different from his uncle,
King Albert is of a studious nature
and Just before the war his great
hobby was wireless telegraphy, The
Queen is especially interested in char
ity and her ministering TO the wound
ed soldiers has been one Of the bright
spots of the terrible war which is
devastating Europe. She remained at
her post In the hospital at Antwerp
until it was considered best for her
to go to England, where She Is at
present with her children-the guest
of Lord Cur2on--an exile from her
beautiful home In Brussels, which is
now occupied by German Army ON
GERS. Brussels has long been regard
ed as one OF the beauty spots Of
Europe and is often called the little
Paris" on account of its likeness to
the French capital in its gay outdoor
life, and it's splendid boulevards.
1t Is an art centre as well, and
many Of the worlds famous paintings
are housed in its galleries, among
them large collection of the re
markable Menling pictures, The art
of sculpture too was pursued at Rrus-
sells with great success, especially in
the 18th century. The scuiptors
have been particularly happy in re-
producing the nth century wood
carving in ecclesiastical subjects, \
large building known as The Palace
of Beautiful Arts. was erected in 1875
and enlarged in 1852, for the purpose
of housing arts of many kinds.
Fine Library.
Brussels has splendid Royal
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Library, 100000 volumes Of printed
books, 10000 valuable manuscripts
some of which are beautifully illus
trated with miniatures Of the old
Flemish school and a collection of
more than 1OQ,0 engravings one
of the most valuable of these is one
done in i4lS, showing the Virgin and
the angel.
There is also gallery Of modern
paintings connected with the Royal
Library
The city Is musical and the Royal
Conservatory has an interesting col
lection of the various musical instru-
ments from the 18th century down
to the present time. Students from
all over the world study at the Brus-
sells conservatory and when the wa.
broke out number of Americans who
were students fled TO England
Palace OF Justice.
The Palace of Justice is one of the
most imposing buildings Of the city,
and was completed in 1888 at the cost
of about nine million dollars The
area of the building is 200 square
feet, considerably exceeding that OF
St. Peters, at Rome. The huge mas
sive structure is $50 feet long ana
$50 feet wide. The Graeco-Roman
style has been adhered to with an ad-
mixture Of rocco treatment. Above
the main body of the building rises
another rectangular structure sur
rounded with columns while the sum
nit of the whole is formed into "A
dome with a Gilded crown at the top
400 feet above the pavemenh
1t is reported that the Germans
took Brussels without firing shot
and that business in the city Is going
on as usual. Let us hope the report
is true for the city has been sorely
tried in past centuries and now that
the Bolg.ans have become a nation OF
no little prominence and have built
up capital like Brussels with It's
fine homes, splendid business section
and charming bouleVards, surely II
deserves to be allowed to go its way
In peace-at least whore business at
fairs are concerned.
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Career Dates Far Back.

To realize just what Kitchener has
done it Is necessary to turn back to
the year 1883, and even before Sir
Samuel Baker, the famous Nile ex-
plorer and hunter, had been made
Governor General of the Soudan. His
brother. Colonel Valentine Baker, the
man who allowed his brilliant career
in England to be ruined because ne
would not tell what he might have
told about fool Of girl. command
ed what there was of cavalry in the
early SOS. But at El-Teb Wad- FL
Nejumi, the great Emir of Soudan
and born general, fought Bakers
weak legion and massacrcd It. At FL
Obeid and Shekan, on November /,
1888, Wad- El-Nejumi finished what
had been left over. He defeated and
killed Hicks Pasha, captured Khar-
toum and murdered General Gordon.
The naughty conQucror thereupon
wrote the English commander OF his
signal victory and sent along with his
message the head of Gordon as a
souvenir of Fngland's bloody defeat.
For the three years thcrcaftcr> the
Mahdis raided Egypt at their pleasure
and it was not until Wad-t,l Nejumi
was killed that they We're even mo-
mentarily checked.
The English cabinet, under the
guidance of Gladstone, was in sore
straits. TheV realized that they were
unable to cope with the situation, and
seemingly no matter who they sent to
Egypt to take over the command of
It's waning forces, defeat was his only
portion.
In it's laundering ENGLISH way the
cabinet, more through good luck than
by good management stumbled upon
the right man to send to the right
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report of the success Of his new ma
tive cohorts and his supporting COL
umns of regulars.
Kitchener led his forces forth to
beautiful level plain and lined up his
battalions, commanded by skilltul
English colonies. His forces consist
ed of those eighteen battalions, halt
Soudanese negroes and Egyptian fell
labs; the rest British cavalry and In
fantry with two batteries of Maxim
twclve-poundcrs Kitchener's three bril-
gades took up their positions and
awaited the enemy, $4,000 strong.
Mahmud, leader of the dervishes,
remembering the ease with which he
had annihilated former forces, was
quick to accept the battle challenge.
81 am Lord of the Soudan; there Is
none like me-" said the Khalifa. as he
gave the order to advance.
AS the whrling dervishes swarmed
to the battle line. charging with that
fearless dash for which they are
/ famous, they were soon nonplused
Z by the inactivity Of the enemy. on
/ the dorvlshes came, yet not a shot was
fired to greet them. Emboldened by
the passive enemy, they assumed that
the English. dogs Of infdels, that
they were" were supplied by the
strength OF the opposing force and
were dUmhlv standing in their tracks
awaiting the slaughter so sure to fol
low. Their conjecture was shortlived,
however. for when the dervishes We're
within 1000 yards of the foes battle
line 4 command, spoken in a rasping
voice and in Arabic. rang out. The
, order to Fire" at last had been given
and before its echo died away the
MaXims belched fire and shrapnel.
Meanwhile infautrYmen We're pouring
q rain Of forty-Gve calihro bullets into
the dcrVishes' midst and this first vol
ley brought down hundreds of the
advancing enemy to their knees. Then
followed the order TO fire by battalionS
and before the smoke Of battle cleared
hundreds upon hundreds II dervishes
lay dead ON the field, the survivors
fleeing procipitatcly for cover,
Wins TWnnty-fnur Battles.
Ititchener's first engagement in the
Soudln retted him a signal victory
The New Years greeting went forth a!
he had expected il would, and from
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-22
LordKitchener, Until Re-
Gently Sirdar of Egypt,
Has WonFresh Laurels
By Handling In a Mas.
terly Way the Mobili-
cation Of Britain sArmy
and In Speeding Her
Troops To the Front.
BY A. X. PARKHURsT. JR.

~NGLAND has new idol. He
- is Familiarity and affectionately
referred to as TX. Of X" But
~ the more conventional know
him as Lord Horatio Robert Kitch-
ener or viscount Kitchener, Of Khar-
toum, X. p: G. C. B.; o. M; G.. c. 8.
L.; c. q. NJ. c.; G. c.; I. K. with
heaven only knows how many other
degrees and decorations and titles at
tached. That he is the man of the
hour there is no gainsaying, and better
still. that he is in every way entitled
10 all that has been showered upon
him, his past record amply proves.
When the news was flashed around
the world that Emperor william, Of
Germany. was determined to stand
behind Emperor Francis Joseph, of
Austria Hungary, following the lat
ter's declaration Of war against Ser
via, all knew that France. Russia and
England, and perhaps many other
powers, would be drawn into the Eu-
ropean trouble. The burning question
in England was to ascertain the iden-
tity Of the man best equipped to take
charge OF the army in the pending
crisis, One meeting Of the cabinet
was sufficient to prove that the name
of Kitchener stood pre-eminent above
all others in the United Kingdom. He
was a man who had achieved in the
past and as he was still in his prime
and in the full flush of his splendid
manhood, none other would be con-
sidered as long as there was a pos
sibility Of inducing him to accept the
war portfolio.
The Son OF A Soldier.
OF course there was no hesitancy on
his part, for Kitchener. the son OF a
soldier. has been a soldier since he
was big enough to crawl, and orders
are orders no matter what personal
sacrifice he might have to make to
execute them. When this new and
important honor was thrust upon him
he was on his way to Egypt, there
70 assume the role of Srdar and again
lake under his control a land for
which he had fought and bled when
as its territorial ruler he had brought
order out of chaos He returned to
England forthwith and before the
stolid Britons had time to realize that
he was among them he had his mobil
lzation scheme we'll under way, and
troops actually on their way to the
seat of trouble.
Lord Kitchener, perhaps, has been
more signaliy honored by England
than any OF her sons. He has been
decorated with every clasp, cross and
medal within the gift OF her rulers
and aside from this he was elevated
TO the peerage and each time sub
stantiai monetary grant, In the form
Of an independent fortune, was be-
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II capital. which is now In the
hands of the Germans are
~ rather meagre, although 1t was
mentioned in history rs far back as
the tenth century. About that time
Charles, brother Of King Lothaire of
France and grandson Of Charlemagne,
who had been raised to the Duchy Of
Lower Lorraine by the Emperor Ohio
II Of Germany built a castle close
to the Church of st. Gerry and began
a reign over that part of the coun-
try. His rule, however, was a short
one for on attempting to claim the
French throne after the death OF his
brother, Charles was captured and
sent to prison at Orleans, where he
died a short time later. One of his
daughters married Lambert, the Count
of Louvain, and after the departure
of his father-in-law, this noblaupan
appropriated Brussels which explains
why Louvain and not Brussels was
the first capital of the country. In
those days when a man became a
ruler, he surrounded the city with q
wall and Lambert was the first man
to build wall about Brussels. This
wall was pierced by seven gates.
Seven aristocratic families secured the
privilege of building castles inside and
each assumed the custody of the gate
nearest Its abode. In this way there
was protection from the raids of rob-
Der knights.
Prosperous City in Eleventh Century.
In the eleventh century tho provi-
sion Of security from robbers encour-
aged manufacture and the weaving
industry soon furnished the basis of
public prosperity--an industry which
still affords employment for n large
number of persons. About the year
1926 Brussels received its first charter
of enfranchisement which gave the
citizens the right OF choosing sheriffs
and Jurors. There was much discus
sion over this great freedom" and in
the midst Of these discussions John !
Of Brabant, came TO reign over the
people. This ruler was one of the
really splendid figures Of the feuda
ages-a poet, knight errant and
songster as we'll as a wise, consideratt
ruler. His court became the resort
for Troubadours and he and his sister
Mary, who later became the Queen Of
France, frequently took part In the
competitions Of the Minstrels AS 6
knight Grant ne was victorious ir
seventy Journeys. His wars while ex
pensive to the residents, gained then
extra privileges. Then came John /
and John III, the latter dying in 1875
During the reigns of the three Johns
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ONGLAND has a new idol. He
. Is Familiarity and affectionately
referred to as TX. Of X" But
~ the more conventional know
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1914-10-22
A Brief History Of the
Tribulations of the BEL
gianC Capital In Paste
turies = Description Of
the City To-day.
Copyright, 1914, by The International
Sypdicatel

n f early records of the Belgian
capital. which Is now In the
hands of the Germans are
rather mpagra ALT though II WAS
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Wins TWnnty-fnur Battles.

Iiitchener's first engagement in the
Soudln retted him a sienal victory.
The New Years greeting went forth as
he had expected il would. and from
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1914-01-27
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Construction, but Should Be Con-
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This system has the advantage of en-.
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with less expenditure of labor and
time than is possible If they are scat
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When such house seems desirable
it may be cheap and simple in con.
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1t should run east and west, and is
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which extends the entire length of the
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inch material siding, but should fit
very close in order to prevent
draughts. The roof should be moder.
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should be installed in order to pro