The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-29

I
| vocifcration the patriotic songs OF ms
people The doors and windows stood
! wide open and German oftice:S were
constantly passing.
The travels ON which these prcliml-
nary statements are based and which
will be the basis OF particular state,
menls in later letters comprchended
| theSr provinces.
| L!nmhurS Brabant
! Ltegc Namur
LuXcnburg 4iainault
! Antwerp .
And the more significant cities, towns
and villages l have visited on this trip
Province Ilege.
Hasselt Genck
Province Luxenburg.
l.iegc tci:D Modave
! Seralng Huy
Province Luxembourg.
! Roulllon Geronville
Chateau les AmeroisVirton
| F7lorenyille MuSsOn
| Abbaye d'Orval Arion
| Province Antwerp.
Antwerp (city MalinrS
| Province Brabaut.
| Brussels Grornrndael
| I,ouyaln NJ ont st. Jean
! Nilyorde Ierrnercn
| Hal QuenaSt
IVY ' Province Nanur.
Namur (city) :turelais
| GemblouX tlncy
! Moustier
Mons r'oniairc I'E.veQue
| 81 C;hislain Monceau-Sur-Samh rt
| porurares Instrumentation
| Flenu ,Tumct
| Jcmappcs Charlrroi
belgium Is Rough Triangle.
| Looked a. from AiX-lu-Chapell@. IN"
| l. ,rrAf IL
German gateway into the klhEuoil; E Pa
GUM is an irregular triangle with me
| base resting on Holland. GERMANY, ana
the grand duchy nf l.uNumhurg, me
northern line on Holland and the Norm
| Sea and the long connecting me ,rc or
| TO east. run the valleys of the Sompreh
ard the Mouse.
In the basins Of these rivers lie some
Of the most prod uc,Iyc parts ma W.
| country, both industrial and agrlrul-
turally. or those parts my travels gave
me a thorough survey. Thus OBTAINED
an idea Of conditions from the Mons
! region on the southwestern praeT u
Licge in the northeast,
| My route also comprehended Antwerp
! in tho north and Arion and surroundings
in the extreme southeast. Alihougn !
| had to omit the provinces oil East anu
| West Flanders. with their important
cities of Client and BruEcs. because per
| mission to visit them could not nc on,
tanned from the military authorities. /
| should say that my travels gave me
trustworthy information as 10 conditions
| in nearly scvcn-ninth Of the kingdom.
industries Controlled by Gern,nns.
In the tier of "a" provinces on Inc
east, one visits Limburg TO study lnten-
! sive agriculture and mininE) Licgc to
study mines and iron. steel and allied
| industries. and Luxembourg for intensive
! agriculture and mining. In the provinces
of the central column-Antwerp. BRA
bant and Namur-gardenlnE may nc
t,s,r RI vi a go
| tho southeast teens with mining ana
! manufacturing activity, and is IN great
| part hidcOusly ugly.
Industries. as 10 the present state OF
! which under German administrator
! have gained some insight, are:
| Diamond cutting.
Oils. fats. and FER nke.
! filters. Machinery.
i Cigars QuarricS.
| Plows. GLASS.
| t'ordagr. t'ottcrE
| Coal mining Chemicals.
Iron and steel F'ir"proOf products.
Presentation of "F FrcsGinr FARMS
| Craze culture. lIranarl"S.
| Diaries. MaFhc'S.
| Chicken farms.
| tihcr ui,aSrS nf life which have been
more or less affected by the German oc-
cupation and administrator: ana con
corning which | have collected consid-
| cradle information, are.
Art galleries. RANKING,
| Theaters. i?eparlnenI Stores
| The Press and Cen AGRICULTURAL COL
| sorship lcgeS.
The nnn,crial which il has been posi-
bile to gather from personal observation
and form mass of lectures. govern
ment REPORTS. pamphlets. ana i'ciEmn
newspapers will be- presented IN q series
of articles of which this is the general
scheme:
I.irgc by day and by night.
The organization of tho German adj
| ministration.
The feeling Of the Belgian people.
The resumption of manufacturing.
! The rcstnration Of aEriculture.
! Life in the dead city LouValnl.
| Social service in war time.
| Food conditions.
| Ascension day in Brussels.
| The poet Of the boncyard.
| How Brussels lightcns its troubles
with CariCature.
| The lie room.
| 4 "hirthday child" Of f3.
/ i;nrmnn and Belgian Red Cross work.
| The trick floors OF the Antwerp gal
/ lcry. ,,r-
| Diamonds as practical factor in life.
| Tho major.
Tho courts of peace.
| The proud pig keeper or 81. fani.
| Historic byways.
Employment agencies for the ont-ot-
| war.
| over the border into France.
The true state OF the grand duchy or
Example for America.
The problems the Germans are WORK
some day confront the United States In
Mexico. 1t Is tn he hoped that under
rcasonably fair conditions America snail
| take them up with as good courage and
| good will rs the Germans have taken up
their problems under the most trying
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. It must be added
| OF their creating :,
| do not believe that tho German civil
administration abuses its enormous pow
1 or SO far MS | could see the Germans
are not exploiting the country That
| there are abuses. due TO tho stupidity
or the tactlessncSs Of individual Ger.
J mans and to the dupiicity of individual
Belgiaus. seems inevitable. But the
sum of my Impressions Is that both par
ties In q difficulty situation show dis
| position to play fair BY each other.
How difficult the situation is may he
| indicated ny the fact that In my exner-