The sun., 1916-12-10
REIGN OF TERROR
EXISTS IN BRUSSELS
Germans Overawc Citizens by
Machine Guns on the
BOulevards.
WOMEN FLEE TO HOLLAND
Families of Deported BelgiaNs
Unable TO Exist in Their
Homes.

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LONDON. Dee. e.-Information concern !
Ing the reign Of terror in Belgium fur
spondent recently returned from Brus-
sells is supplemented by the following
communication from another source:
The Germans are cutting down trees
in the Ardennes and sending its tim
Der across the frontier as fast as they
caa. They are determined to mporerish
the country. Laborers have been de-
ported to Other parts Of Belgium and are
being employed IN the work OF plumber
and destruction. II Is characteristic of
German cunning that men from Flanders
have been chosen to dcspoil the Wal
loon district. There never has been
much love be ween the Flemings and the
Walloons. and Won Kissing takes adran-
tage OF old feuds TO stir up strife and
provoke offences for which heavy penal
ties are exacted.
1T is sought, TO abolish the French
language altogether. Public notices
throughout the oun,ry which formerly
were printed IN French. are now in Flem-
ish. The names OF the streets are !ndi-
Gated T. both languages. In many rural
districts French is now suppressed and
German will be employed after January
I, All official communications are made
exclusively in Flemish. Teaching OF Ger
man and Flemish in the schools is made
obligatory.
'It is reported that teachers and
scholars IN the normal school at Mons
and Nivelles have been deported to Ger
many. II this is true. i; proves that the
ohjec, of the deportation ~ss not merely
10 provide work for the unemployed.
The schools in Brussels are
allowed TO continue their usual course.
The convent schools in various parts OF
the country which depended mainly upon
boarders. many Of whom came from for
e.gn countries, are allowed to keep open
FOR the tuition OF scholars.
schools TurneA Into Barracks.
The big establishment az Thildnock,
near Louyain. which used to
date 600 girls. has been turned Into a
barracks. The Saventhem on
the outskirts Of Brussels, which took 400
pension girls. a large proportion OF them
ENGLISH. has suffered severely. The nuus
now have pnlN IOTNN NtN stUplaEs. u
college AZ Thiel;. which was in course Of
construction when the war started. is
now the headquarters of the General
StaY II il fortunate for the Burgo-
master OF Thiel. that one OF the sisters
IN this college was a German. lie had
been arrested and condemned to death.
bu, she pleaded his cause 80 caVabiy
that; his life was spared.
The daily record OF arrests. fines and
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longer and longer. All the clerks OF the
Hotel lie Vile In Brussels were arrested
las; week and sent TO Germany. As II
is impossible TO give lists Of the inhabi-
tanis demanded by the German au,hor!-
ties. so many people having been re-
moved and social life being altogether
disorganized. the municipal employees
are held responsible and punished
House 10 house visitations are be,ns
made by the German police. All mcT
beteeeu Is and SIS years have bee.
called UP for examination. Those from
whom money can he eNtorted are al
lowed 10 remain. The rest are carried
OF, Il is reckoned that over 200. o0t
have already been despatched.
- few days & a troop Of German
soldiers surrounded the paper mills a
he Mayer at Willebroek. where 80,
men are employed. and more than IS,
wiz ANNSis va ~ III tltlo lTuCkS III
allowed no farewell TO their families
= Terrortstng People Of B~rsssels.
Extraordinary measures have bee
, taken 10 'errorize the people Of Brussel.
ON Wednesdays. which are still Bours
days. when the boulevards are NOR
crowded than usual. soldiers are marche
through tho streets with motor draw
. machine guns. the walls OF the city ar
/, placarded with notices of executions an
COMBINATIONS in order to friGhten III
q citizens into a state OF subsection.
Anxiety exists concerning the fate c
Julian Nagelmaekers, a banker Of Lieg,
who was arrested three weeks ago wit
his brother. Nothing has been heard c
, them since. and no one knows on wins
, charge they have been arrested, prot
alb. Il heavy ransom has been demande
for their release, 1t liz remembered Thu
\ "A member OF this family. Georges Mage
= hackers, chairman OF tho Information,
n Sleeping car Company. died In h
- chateau In the Ardennes Of shock whe
the enemy committed outrages in ths
district In the early days OF the wa
: Damage TO the extent % more thar 500
600, 400 was done in the valley of u
Meusc al that line
I THE way in which Belgium has witt
stood the drain on her financial resource
Is proof OF her prosperity before she VI
attacked. Henri Mason OF the Brusse
4 Court OF Appeals estimated Belgium
a losses during the first four months (
the war at 1850. 600. 900, and since the
/. $3.50. 600 900 have been contributed !
. the state toward the maintenance OF Il
army of occupation More millions haN
~ heen taken from towns and individual
M least ! 1000 machines and engln,
n have been seized and sent to German
Liege alone has lost 5000. Eight hu,
bred thousand workmen "A bee
thrown out OF employment. The aim
the Germans is to redu"e the brave al
Industrious little nation to "A state
70 poverty and force the people into a co,
', dltlon OF slavery. The monthly sum i
- manded OF the Belgian Government h;
now been raised to s2b0, 000, 900. Levi
-, have been made also upon the cities
" Brussels and Antwerp,
y "The fate OF the women left behil
y the deported men presents a fresh pro
~ lem. II IL impossible TO maintain the
~ all. II IL announced already that a lar
Us number have found their way 10 III
land, where u new ANN for belgil
~ female refugees has been prepared. NJ
OF military age are not permitted TO 9
re away, but women who must be fed a
IT not likely to he stopped.
~ meantime food IL getting scare,
NJ Most butcher shops are closed and me
W is u~nobtainahle, Bakers are still able
he supply bread OF al inferior quality n
H. butter IL seldom seen, coal In Bruss,
il now SIS "a ton. Fats n oil of
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