The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1916-08-29
IF
BELGIUM CAIN
UNDER GERMANS
Many Factories and Mines Are Work
ing to Nearly Peace Time
Capacity.
my James o'Donneu Bennett.
War Correspondent of The Wheeling
IntailiScOccr)


! War Correspondent Of The Wheeling
! InteiiScnccr.)
! BRUSSELS. Aug. G'-t.arlE in the
period Of tn" German civil admlnlstra-
governor of tin. province Of l-uxem-
! hure-thn reader will not Cnnfus. this
! Belgian PROVING" with the grand dnchy
Of the same manufactured orders to
! put the kleinbahnen thranCh lines ar
na7row gauge linr$I int" operation again.
! WiShtul To provide work for the people.
he laid the proposition before them.
After so much blood. and burning and
sorrow. they were daz"d. Restoration
was their last thought. Slowly they
were encouraged and stirred t. effort.
! Incredible as it sounds. tn. Germans
began TO display tact IN these matters;
, The people responded. Work began and
work continues. In the town Of Firlon
| I heard the landlord OF the inn say that
: the people Of his region now arc grateful
! that somebody gave them the impetus
Have Respect for Germans.
| In the province especially. and III other
! agricultural districts pretty generally
tom and the troops and it is pleasant to
! sec tho Quizzical salr dcprpracatory.
! half affectinnate. with which the peas
ant women speak of ia landStrum'-
pleasant, 100. TO hear the delicate French
value which they give To the u.
| For long time the German soldiers
were puzzled as to why the women gave
4 feminine gender to word which IN
German happens 70 hc masculine Final
| Yes" he said. though land is
ncutcr in German and 'strum' is mas
Culine and landSturm' is masculine. II
YOU look at it. for 'patrie' is feminine
and 'tempete' is feminine. and besides
| armes is feminine. and 'sardc civiquc.
with which Belgian militia they probably
| ,I,Nt,, &, rl,,.f
he it,
The thorouGhueSS Of the investigation
| by means of which this bearded land
sturm man satisfied himself Is intensely
characteristic of the Germans pursuit
| of knowledge in Belgium.
Belgian Workmen Vol off.
| To sit down Il few words her" 10y way
OF preliminary AS 10 the condition ot the
industrial population OF belgium 1t may
be said that considering them in rcla-
ton TO the war. the majority of Bel
gian workmcn arc better off than their
fellows In Germany. In some Industries
more thar half. the Belgian peace time
shifts are working. In some two-tthirds;
in some all.
German workmen by the million are
fighting in the forests of France and
| the marshes Of Russia; Belgian work
men are at home working full Tune IN
most places and at least half time in
| others, and going to the theater at
night and to the parks on Sundays and
h9ldaEsMl saw them IN both 9Th plaGSS@
triots $50 l was told by German Off
ccrs) arc at the front.
| was constantly amazed ut the num-
Der Of young, men 1 saw at work IN res
| taurants in hotels, on the canals. in tho
! fields. and in mines. stores. ana lac
i.tories. 1t Is difficult to believe that the
war has drained off much of the young
'I0' Few Of People Idle.
In the shops for the construction Of
heavy machinery for coal mining. at
Noustier, there were 100 workmcn be-
! fore the war. There are now ninety
five. In the mirror glass factory at
| Moustier there were 675 workmcn be-
! fore the war. There are now 300. In
the coal mines at Moustier there were
| I.76I workmen. There arc now 1859.
In the cOrdage factory at GamblouN
| there were eighty workmcn and women
! before the war. There are now sixty
eight There would be more If the Eng
the pillow factory at GembouX there
were 400 workmcn before the war.
There ara now 200. In Gillard Brothers
quarry at Namcche there were 100
workmcn before the war. There are
now eighty.
In one quarry at Ciney there were
eighty workmen before the war. There
are now eighty. In one of tn" quarrics
Yvoir there were 400 workmcn before
the war. There arc now 400.
Mining Work Carried On.
! In the mining district Of Liegc. which
under the German administration in
cludes the provinces of Licgc. Limburg,
and Luxembourg. there were in operation
! before the war forty coal mines with
scventy-ftve independent shafts. The
/ number is the same today, and twelve
new shafts are being sunk
In this district also there were In
| operation before the war nineteen iron
and steel works. There are now eleven.
| Seventeen zinc smiling works were in
operation before the war. There are
now fifteen. Five lead and silver smelt-
| ing works were In operation before the
war. There are now three.
The total OUTPUT of tn" Belgian coal
mines in 1913 was 22.S4l,o90 tons. In
! 1915 1t was 14.93S,172. In 1918 the
was $4,000. 1t IS now 10000.
| In tho provinces OF Liege. limburE.
and Luxembourg $4,000 mon were en-
| ployed in the iron and steel works in
| 1918 There are now $500. In the zinc
smelling works 1n.4n0 in 1919: now o.
900. In the lead and silver smelling
| works >, 100 in 1913: now 200. In the
quarries 5000 in 1913: now $500.
Model Cottages Built.
[ At Genck. in the province of Limburg.
! model cottages for workmcn and an
elaborate system OF drives. walks anl
parks arc nearing completion. The cot
| lagos will be rented to miners employ
| cd by companies which have oh shafts
| in operation. and soon will have new
| shafts ready Cor operation.
As to the effect Of the German occu-
| patton and administration on tho on
| preston OF tho national feeling Of the
! people, must say that observed much
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