The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-08-20

lEGR A FRIDAY, AUG
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Granch Duchy. asked the German
minister to put his request in wrtt=
ing. Herr Won Bteh did 10.
II have rtl1es honor he wrote MI
Eyschen. ..in contormance with the
Instructions Of HIS Excelfency G4fi-
erafvbn Fuchs. to aaegz youteOsin invite
the French Minister Mr.. Hollards to
ouit Luxembourg as soon as possible
and to iigoi to France otherwise the
German military AuthorftdeB viii be
faced with the painful necessity OF
placing ME- Holard sunder. the tsur-
yeiiiahee of military guard -an6etn
extremity of prOcee siding TO his ear
rest, ~ The French minister made
hi own way. withHnefthar escort nor
lines. His last Official act was to
beg the premier Of the Grand Duchy
to- care for the French citizens Who
might be remaining. =.
The German chancellor had ex-
planned that Germany desired only
to administer herr state railway
through the Grand Duchy. But the
prime minister of Luxembourg was
forced to protest that the seizure and
safe conduct through the German
public telephone, the telegraph and
essential to- the ADMINISTRATION OF the
railway.l The night Esof August 9,
German sentinels stationed In the
Place de la Constitution, OF the city.
of luxembourg thoug ht they saw a
French aeroplane over the city, and
began firing atSrandom
Grand Duchess risoner.
On August 81 the Tweaty-ninth
Infantry, the One. Hundredahd Sixty
first regiment armed with machine
guns and the. Forty-fourth artillery
entertainments and. 3driviHg the i'm
habitanta from their homes In the
district around Msri.5 Minister Eys-
chen set forth these infHactions of
previous assurances to the parlia-
ment OF Luxembourg at its special
meeting on August 4. The Grand
Duchess was unable to attend her
parliament not being permitted to
leave her palace. But sAhe German
military authorities sugEested to her
that an isolated residences in the
country. like Co1mar-BerS was no
place for her younger sisters and
advised her to send for them:
why should they not be safe at
Co1mar-Berg?i' the grand duchess
asked. They have nothing to fear
from my people. It is not fttinG
that my family give the signal. for
fight to my distracted people, And
they remained. @
On August a Luxembourger, j.
Theisen. was arrested by the German
military authorities for.4appro aching
was at great pains to save his COM
patriot from being shot out of hand
as a spy The arrest was followed.
Surely said Minister Eyschen in
protest these arrests are not in
keeping with the assurances have
been given by his imperial majesty.
that the civil laws of the Grand.
Duchy will be respected.
Civilians Arrested.
General Tuln Won Tscheppe and
and was accorded audience with the
grand duchess. Heirepeated the as
surance. already given that the liber-
ties of the Luxembourgers would be
carefully: conserved. Immediately
after the Interview he undertook to
censor the news published In the
journals OF the Grand tDuchy. Arrests
of civilians charged with "approach-
sing German military works. coz
ped into Germany. N''it
The entire public telephone ser
vice Of the Grand Duchy was sus-
pended by the German military au-
thorfties on August i i, with. the ex-
ceptfon OF the service In the city
OF Luxembourg proper. Two days
later. General Won Scheny wrote
Minister Eyschen demanding the ex-
ercise of rigid censorship OF all
newspapers in Grand Duchy terri
tory. On the fourtesnth. the In
dependence ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS" the
leading daily Of luxembourg. volun-
tar1ly suspended publication after
printing bitter announcemnt that
it was impossible to give the news
under the restrictions made by the
invading military authorities.
Food Supply Short.
Meanwhile the people Of the
Grand Duchy feared that they were
to be left to starve. IT told the
superior officer to whom first
spoke" said Minister Eyscien to the
chamber Of deputies, In giving his
official account OF what had passed, at
the extraordinary meeting on August
4. 'that Luxembourg didsnot possess
suHicient victuals to feed so. many
troops; that we were accustomed to
buy products In bulk from Antwerp,
port which we are. 50 so speak.
the fHinterland;' that THE sport had
been closed to US. and fthat had
addressed Belgium requesting that
other ports be opened to US, and
that this was refused. You know.
that the countries which surround
us have closed their frontitrs against
any expectation to the Grand Duchy:
I have applied to right and left for
an excetion in favor4of Luxembourg
but i have not succeeded. 81 % 3
Cut of, wholly surrounded by
German troops and subject to theE.
military jurisdictfon,s the history OF