The star-independent. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1904-1917, 1914-10-24
City Gradually Return.
ing to Normal Condi-
tions Following Ger
man Occupation
NO TRIBUTE YET
LEVIED ON TOWN
Germans Thus Far Have Only Demand
ed Supplies for Their Army-Ba-
keries, Meat Shops and Grocery
Stores Opening in Poorer Section

Antwerp. Oct. 23, Via ROosendaal to
London, Oct. "a, 1.20 A. M,-Antwerp
gradually is returning to normal condi-
lions. About 10000 of its $4,000
inhabitants most of whom fled the city
when the Germans occupied it, have
returned to their homes. Some baker
les, meat shops and grocery stores are
opening in the poorer section of the
city, and few old women with dog
carts are offering apples and vegetables
in the once busy markets. The German
flag flies from the tower of the cathe-
dral of Notre Dame but Belgian priests
are reading mass as usual.
Belgians. German soldiers and Ger
man officers, many of whom have their
wives with them, are living quietly in
the leading hotels which are forced to
keep open for the army. The streets
virtually are deserted except for the
gray German automobiles which dash
along at mad speed, carrying officers
clad in smoke gray uniforms.
No Tribute Levied on City
No tribute has been levied on the
city at yet, except that the Germans
have demanded supplies for their army.
eral of the military government. Major
General Won Bodenhausen, commander
of the fortress of Antwerp, will be in
stalled shortly as civil governor to take
charge of the issuance of passports and
other duties which have been performed
by Henry Diedrich, until recently Amer
lean consul general at Antwerp, and
the Belgian burgomaster, M. Davoss,
acting in conjunction with German sol
ders and many plain clothes German
detectives.
General Won Huehne has given as
surance that Belgians will not be forced
to dig entertainments or do other work
for the Germans if they return to the
Belgian cities. Every consideration is
being shown the Belgians by the Ger
mans that the kindness makes the Bel
gsns suspicious as they believe, they
say, that a trap is being laid. Over
10000 Belgians returned to Antwerp
to-day and probably half that number
from Holland.
Towns Filled With Frantic Belgians
The only trains running from Ant.
werp are to Roosendaal, Holland. Hour
~ service is being maintained both
ways during daylight hours and all
trains are crowded. All the Holland
border towns are filed with frantic
Belgians who move about anxiously
seeking relatives and are afraid to re-
turn to their own country.
Virtually all the highways in the
north of Belgian and in the south of
Holland are filed with refugee pc
destrians and dog and horse carts load
ed with furniture and clothing. Barns
farm houses, haystacks and cars on side
tracks furnish shelter for those travel
ing families. Holland is harvesting its
sugar beet crop and some of the refu-
gees are employed in this work.
Country About Antwerp Desolate
The country about Antwerp is desc
late, as the Belgians levelled many for
ests to give the forts a better chance at
the approaching enemy. Ii is estimated
that about three hundred buildings
were destroyed in Antwerp by bombs,
most of these structures being resi-
dences
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