El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1915-11-15

T ONDON. ENG, Nov. 15.-The fol-
lowing account Of conditions in
Belgium is from the pen Of an
American who has arrived in London
after a years stay in the Belgium cap
ital:
Belgium today is learning to speak
English Everywhere you go. you can
see the old and young usually carrying
notebooks, studying in the streets and
trans, in the cafes, restaurants, and
In the homes. all talking English. using
English expressions and words on all
possible occasions
Belgium is confident You have only
to look at their faces TO see it, and If
you talk with them. they say. Just
wait The day OF deliverance is com
ing, it may be this summer or next
summer. but IL IS coming
From the German military stand
point, Belgium is organized into three
districts, the first, the OperatlOnSsebeit
or the zone Of operations, which ex-
tends some 10 20 20 miles behlnd the
actual line Of fighting the second, the
Etappen. which IS an intermediary
zone where all the supplies for the
front are collected and distributed; and
the third. the ations-gebeit or the
occupied territory organized with both
military and civil governments No
person can go from one to the other
except on special permission. and then
only by train which includes as one
Of its comforts, a thorough searching.
Strictly Under Guard
NO person can leave the town in
which he lives. except by train or on
foot Those who wish TO ride in auto
mobiles must pay 20 marks a week or
more. In the fortified cities Of liege.
Namur and Antwerp you must be in,
your houses at nine o'clock IN the eve
ming.
Naturally. no Belgian can go to
Holland except by stealth and I have
good reason TO believe that some Co.
600 have passed the frontier since the
first of the year Sometimes this neces-
states the killing Of one or two SEN
tinels.
Above all, it is strictly forbidden to
sing OF play the BrabanOOn, the Mar
Bellaise- and Tipperary- as a result Of
which nearly every Belgium can sing
TipperaFy and does 50 very often On
the Boulevard Anspach in Brussels one
day four little boys We're marching to
wards the bOurse singing at the top
of their lungs the BrabanOOu. II was
not long before some German soldiers
chased them, catching one, who. as he
marched away TO the commandatur-
cried out to his friends Run and tell
mamma that I am a prisoner of war
eled on the soldiers's rest caps and are
very independent
Refuse to Aid Germans.
The German government OF Belgium
has expressed its desire that all Bel
Eians should return TO their work, but :
If II be work that can profit the Ger
mans LueE Lllu SDluELlllS else 70 10 Q
Then, besides every piece Of machinery .
that can be used in Germany has been !
stolen long since.
1T is easy TO sav, Go 10 work. but .
It is another thing TO have work 10 do (
which is rot Of direct benefit to the
German military authorities. In
CharIeroi there were about 90 locOmO-
tives which had been damaged more or
less The Germans offered the work of
repair with fair pay TO the Belgian
but they absolutely refused,
as the locomotives could be used in
sending supplies and troops to The {
front It was nearly q month later. :
when, after failing TO persuade the
to work, the Germans were