The sun., 1915-03-14
NO HAPPINESS IN
ALL BELGIUM TO-DAY
American Correspondent De-
scribes How Unfortunate
People Merely Exist.
WILL Is UNCONQUERED
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LoNDoN, Marco An American cor
respondent wrftcs for tho Times a series
OF articles which describe moro thor
oughly than any yet presented the
actual conditions OF to-day in Belgium
IN that Part of the country which Is
occupied by the Germans The corre-
spondent travelled through Antwerp,
Brussels. Mallnes. Isouvain and a score
moro OF cities and towns which have
felt the heavy hand OF the conqueror.
lie tells OF Belgian women who are
doing the work of men IN the fields.
tho horne and the shops OF the work of
the American Relief Commission. of
oountryside under tho entire control OF
n hostile soldiery. moving tales or
homes broken up ana ruired stories OF
horrors and starvation. Every side OF
the present life of Belgium under the
Germans - presented and through all
tho narrative the conclusion is irresist-
fble that tho spdr- OF the Bclgian
nation. trampled under foot, prosecuted
and abused. Is stil alive, keen and
hopeftil looking forward to a day whom
freedom and happiness Will come again.
Tho writer got into Belgium as an
Amerfcan He was able TO journey
about with freedom. but never beyond
n line drawn sliRbtly west or Antwerp,
IJTtfSels anu NlpIlts fsisfl w NlhN i+il'
ia the zone of occupation. West II the
military zone. where none may go but
the elect HIS companion on the trip
from Rotterdam through Antwerp to
Brussels was n young Harvard Eradu-
ate, q volunteer In the relief work and
a type of tho man that the Rhodes
SCHOLARSHIPS have brought ont. one thing
that impressed both travellers was that
save in "A very few instances happiness
Il an absent quantity In Belgium. All
seemed possessed OF great and en-
during sadness.
Older Men in Control.
Tho young Germans who had charge
OF the zone of occupation at the begin
ming have been superseded by tho mid
die aged. comfor; able members OF the
LandSturm. After sniplng was sternly
suppressed IT became evident that TIE
hot headed and hot blooded younger
men would not be as ei'lcaclous in the
control OF the captured territory az the
fathers OF families OF mature and sober
judgment and OF greater kindliness and
compassion. The change has worked
well. one OF the greatest restraints
that BelCians now live under is that
u0ey may no longer leave the country
except IN special instances. On this
point lie SAYS
The Be.g.ans are pyisoner who
shame. outwit and pinpr'Ck their ililers
IN a kind OF va fare more efiicaclous
than ~ ping. in Wl.ch both sexes and
all ages have bee me expert through a
merciless apprent i'cship Any Belgian.
unless lie be a Belgian official, who has
dealings or social relations with a Ger
man e proscr bed by his class. should
German officer sit down at the same
table jr a cafe or restaurant wI:n a
Belgian the Belgian takes another sel:.
II an yflcer entcrs 4 tram, women
draw back 80 thcr garments Will not
touch his as r thcy would escape ver-
min pue officer who lost his 'cnrer
on such an occasion exclaimed Ma.
dame, ! shall not conttminate you"
Her only reply was - look nj the OIL
Gers coat and draw a ltue further
away.
The German oiiioer and every G~r-
man soldier In Bolsum is the mouth.
piece OF propaganda FOR the policy NhIch
succeeded th1t Of iouya.n after 'terror!-
zation had accomplished i:s purpose
They tell the BeIE ans at every oppor-
tuuity that the EugllsA and the French
can never come 90 their rescue. The
Allies ARE he -teu Paris and WARSAW
Will soon fall: ihe Suez Canal Will
soor no Ia Turkish hands. Il was the
British who got Belgium into troubl"
the British who are responsible for the
id,eness. the ponuIy, the hunger and
the suffering in Belgium to-day. The
British used BolgGm a. 4 catspaw
then they deserted her But the Bel
CLANS remain unCouylnced
"Thc rulers caurot understand why
the Be'gians should not Ike them Oc-
cAsionally they break out IN disgust
AT the failure or their efforts hy de-
clar.nr that the Re.gians are a vile,
worthless. tricky people, who ought T.
be wiped uff the face OF TIE earth as