Cheyenne record., 1914-08-27

CbaChsO.-Th6 Tribune prints the
following spectak cable from Brussels
via London:
Yletd4&s TO the dictates OF reason
and humanity. the civil government at
the last moment disbanded the civil
guard. which the Germans would not
recognize The soldiers and ordinary
police were then intrusted with the
maintenance Of order.
After day Of wild panic and slum-
beriesa nights the citizens remained
at their wtndows. Few sought their
couches
:. Cry "Here They Come"
The -morning broke brilliantly. The
city waS asttr early and on all lips
were the words: They are here" or
"They ace coming"
The they" referred to were al
ready outside the boundaries of the
CITY In great torce. The. artillery was
packed or on the road to Waterloo.
Horse. foOt. and sapper were packed
deep on the Louvain and Tervervue-
rem roads
An !esterprtsing motorist came In
with the Information and the crowds
In tho busy centers Immediately be-
came calm
eurgomaster Gives Up.
At eleven o'clock 1t was reported
that an officer with a half troop Of
husRars bearing white flags had halt
cd outside the Louvain gate.
The bursomaster claimed for the
citizens their rights under the laws
OF wac regulating an unfortified capi-
tai. When roughly asked If he was
. lrepaEe,i TO surrender the city. with
the threat that otherwise 1t would be
bombarded. the burgomaster said he
wonld do so. He also decided to re-
move his scarf OF office.
The discussion was brief. When
the bursomaster handed over his scarf
II WAN handed back to him and he
WAS thus entrusted for the time being
with tho civlt control of the citizens.
The Germans gave him plainly to I'm
derstand that he would be held re-
spOnaible for any overt act on the
part OF the populace against the Ger
mans
Triumphant March Begins
From noon until two O'Clock the
crowds waited expectantly. Shortly
after two O'Clock the booming Of can
non and later the sound of military
music conveyed to the people Of Brus-
sels the intimation that the triumph
ant: march or the enemy on the an
Client city had begun.
On they came, preceded by a scout
Ing party Of uhlans. horse. foot. and
artillery and sappers. with a siege
train complete.
A special feature of the procession
was 100 motor cars on which quick
firera we're mounted. Every regiment
and battery was headed by band.
horse or foot. Now came the drums
and flies. now the blare of brass and
soldiers singlng "Die Wacht am Rhein"
and Deutschland uber Allies"
Death Head Hussars There.
Along Ghausee de Louvain. past st.
Josse aud the botanical gardens, to
the opeu space in front of the Care du
Nord. the usual lounging place Of the
tired twaddters Of the city. swept the
legions
Among the cavalry we're the famous
Brunswick Deaths Head Hussars and
their companions on many bloody
fields. the Zeiten hussars. But where
WAS tho glorious garb Of the German
troops. the cherry-colored uniforms of
the horsemen. aud the blue Of the III
fnDiryt All is greenish. earth color
gray All the helmets are covered with
gray The guns are painted gray.
Even Lhe pontOon bridges are gray.
"To the qulckstep beat of the drums
the kaiser's men march to the great
square. Charles Regier Then at the
wbistiing sound of the word of com
Inand-for the sonorous orders of the
German officers seemed to have gone
the way Of the brilliant uniforms-the
gray clad ranks broke into the famous
goose step. while the good people of
Liege aud Brussels gazed at the pass
ing wouder with mouths agape.
Crowds Want Revenge.
At the railroad station the great
procession defiled to the. boulevards
and thence marched to encamp on the
heights of the city called kochelberg.
1t was truly a sight to have glaGdcncd
the eyes Of the kaiser. but on The side.
walks men were muttering beneath
their breath:
They'll not pass here on their way
back. The allies will do for them"