The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-05-26
OF BRUSSELS
LIKE TO WORRY H
GERMAN SOLDIERS

lhtaociated Preaa torreap0udnnce1
Amsterdam. May 1.-THE women OF
brussels carry baskets on their arms
like market women when they 30 ont
IN the streets, not for their purchases
but as a bufter between themselves
and passing Germans. When one
makes a German step OF the walk she
regards Il ~ a personal triumph.
The silent boycott OF the Germans
By he Belgians IL eve more openly
maintained than ever. according to u
.;pveior who har lately lived in the
capital city. II a German sits down
nj a table In a cafe, the Belgians In
his y%icinlty now away. II a number
81 Germans enter. all OF the Beigians
ray their accounts and stalk out. The
traveller relates this incident which he
witnessed;
a German officer, evidently OF high
rank, entered a restaurant and, after
looking over the card, asked the
waiter discontcntedly. 'Habel sic
nichts besser2"
The walter. IN a sarcastic tone. ex-
planned they had n6thins better oe-
cause the German government had
seized most Of the food and very little
was coming In except on the Amcri-
can relief ships.
A group Of young Belgiaas nearby
laughed openly az the walters sar-
casm, offended. gave his card 10 the
waiter to hand 10 them. The card
bore the name Of a general But in
! stead of being %silenccd. one Of the
Belaians asked the waiter impru-
IDENTITY. "Haben Sic NIGHTS bcsser?'
The German force In "elrium has
positive orders not TO molyi the pop
uiatioa, put on the contrary to try By
p%olitcness to take the edge n the hos
tiiity of the people. But Instead OF
! yielding TO Establishments. the Bel
: Eians only become the holder In man
i%festing their hatred to the invaders.
The upper classes In BRUSSELS never
receive "a German into their homes.
should any one, man or woman, maze
this concession. he would thereafter
be ostracized oy his fellows. Women
are more bitter and more daring than
the men. They show their feeling by
acting as ~ they feared contamina-
ton by touching "A German In the
| street. in street cars or other public
/ places. The business of carrying bas-
kets has become n kind Of game, and
laules on M'tAluk fNtlphtt h"A'H -
to how many Germans they have
made step into the gutter.
a large number of German women
81 doubtful reputation have followed
' the army. and ~ a German officer ap-
pears on the street with "A woman,
she MAY be Of this class hut never a
belgian. The German government
has taken many was Aims In belgium
for exhibition In Germany. one or
these films represents an officers bali
In brussels, with The idea 81 proving
the bitterness Of the war has passed
away. But the people Of Brussels say
the women shown In the hlm were
the German h%abitues OF the cafes and
not Belgian women.
Brussels is now filled with youns
German n%ristocrats occupying CIV
postH. II b. said that they are often
the only soas left In their families ~
the result OF the war. Consequently
itne government has spared them W
order to perpetuatc their titles. since
the German army Is oflcercd solcl,
D., aristocrats, the upper classes would
he otherwise In anger ~ dying out
Belginns report that the allies AIR
craft keep the railways on the Ger.
man side OF the front 80 badly tori
up with bombs that the ciyil populn.
tion feel II Is unsafe To travel b'
TRAIN. when they can obtain passe'
they & by horse.