The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1916-10-17
BRAVE NEWSPAPER
MEN OF BELGIUM

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throughout Belgium, in defiance of
the German censorship and despite
all the efforts of the German military /
police. 1t is one of the mysteries of /
the German occupation of Belgium |
how these secret papers can be pub |
lished, where they engrave their car
ICONS ridiculing the Germans, and
how they set the type and circulate
the papers.
There is a price of $4,000 marks on
the head of the editor of the Free
Belgium, but it keeps on appearing
just the same. Several Of the suppos-
ed editors are said to have been shot.
Ore man was sentenced to twelve
years hard labor, others to three and
eleven years, and a woman, Madame
Scheupens, to five years. But each
time that a supposed editor is inn
prisoned and the German authorities
feel the trouble is ended, the paper
appears the following day more lusty
than ever with cartoon making fun
of the prosecution.
A file in kept in Havre of these sec
ret papers, as a matter of curiosity.
Free Belgium, which has given the
most trouble, prints the following
notices under its title:
"A bulletin of patriotism, Submit
ting to no censorship whatever.
"Price per copy elastic, from Zero
to infinity.
Business office: Not being handy
to have an established address, we are
installed in a movable automobile
cellar.
Advertisements Business being
nil under German domination, we
have suppressed our advertising page
and counsel our patrons to keep their
money till times get better.
"Telegraphic address: Care of Ger
man commander at Brussels"
/ A recent issue of Free Belgium
lgave cartoon by Raemaker, adapted
from Gustave Dore's Scenes in He'll
showing women and children in agony
as they are trampled down by sol
ldier in a German helmet, the face Oh
/ the soldier being evidently meant fol
that of the kaiser. Another cartoon
lentitled Loves Chagrin," shows
4 General Won Kissing, the military
commander of Brussels, trying to fint
the editor of Free Belgium in cellar!
and attics, while the editorial rooms
| business offices, ETC., are depicted OF
wheels. A big gun, labelled Free Bel
GUM, smiles down derisively at vol
! Bissing's vain efforts to capture tn,
editors.
La Patrie is another of these secre
newspapers. 1t announces under it
title that it is "non-censored jour
nal, appearing how, where and whel
: it pleases." Another line states tina
it is in the second year of its publica
ton. The bitterness of this paper j
shown in standing line carried a
the head of its editorials, referring
the Germans as "barbarians and liar
always" A recent number shove
the Germans zen route for Calais" b
way of the User river, with the bodie
Of German soldiers slaughtered by tn
Belgians, floating in the river.
L'Echo, another of the secret jour
mails, announces that it prints "whs
censored journals dare not and canne
e say" A recent number gave tn
speech of Premier Asquith in til
: house of commons, declaring ther
!, would be no peace until Belgium wa
J. free. The editorial was headed: "Tet
I ton Pirates and Vandals."
? Other secret newspapers are I
! Verite and the Fleming Lion. Thel
is also Weekly Review of the Frenc
Press, giving articles which have bee
# prohibited from being published
: Belgium. Illustrated books also col
e tinue to appear, with handsome el
t, cravings and colored maps, giving Il
Belgian story as against the German
Even a secret press bureau hs
been set up as Brussels, which issu,
Il typewriter sheets comparing favo
Ilably with those from the official pre-
bureaus of Paris and London I'll
editing is well done, showing tn
there must be capable men to gath
the material and put it in shape. II
sheets, mechanically, are even bett
than those issued at Paris and Lo
don, showing there must be larl
and first class duplicating proce
tsomewhere beyond the power of Il
Germans to discover.
The Belgian officials themselves
not know how this work is done, and
Ills simply incomprehensible how /;
this. editing, publishing, printing, Ct
culating, getting the requisite viii
paper and ink, drawing cartoons, e
Igraving and lithographing, and ;
=. the innumerable details of getting 0
= newspapers, weeklies, books and
- press service, can be accomplished
secret with the German police strai
ling every nerve and offering pric
on the heads of editors. It takes COT
EIage and ingenuity to be an editor