New Mexico state record. (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1914-19??, 1916-07-14


midst of a ringed target. The
successive and extending arcs of mod
err and obsolete fortresses can't
werp is not completely e%ncircled)
have almost traced the history of de,
fensive warfare The Antwerp forts
have gradually been pushed outward
frsm the site of the ancient city
stsrmed by the Mortimer in the ninth
century to the outer line of Lierre, De
Kessel, De Ertbrand and many others,
held to be impregnable until the au-
tumn of 1914. This line of forts with
the military bikes upon the languid
River Scheldt, has guarded for some
years the most important arsenal of
Belgium, as well as what was consid-
cred the chief city of refuge for the
Belgian army.
But Antwerp is far more than a
strategic point. The pistol aimed at
England" is not a weapon alone. Ant
werp at the outbreak of the war was
one of the most important seaports
in Europe. 1t formed one of the chief
outlets for German and Belgian com
Merce. Not only is it close enough to
the British Isles for its possession by
An enemy TO menace England, but its
vast docks, begun by Napoleon. who
devoted 1000, 900 francs to the pur-
pose, have an area of more than six
hundred acres. and in all OF their ia
cNities are the most modern in the
wsrld. The shipping of this city,
counting export and import bottoms
separately. has exceeded 10000, 600
tons a year, while Antwerp's annual
imports have run in excess of $780,
Oee, 600.
The city has been the home of dia.
mOnd cutters and lace makers, OF gold
and silver merchants. of cigarmakers
and carpet NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
goods showed so fine a quality that
for centuries they were shipped to
Persia, the home of rug weaving. as
well as to Arabia and lndia-of com
mercial magnatos and ship owners
whose wealth at one time was a by
word in al! Of the civilized wCrld. and
"a q uS Shliua anu lluutH iItt dJt
no longer in existence. Above all, it
has been the home of artists, and
many of the works of the old masters
have been treasured in the Royal mu-
Van Dyck, Jordaens. Rubens.
Quentin Matsys, The TeniArs, father
and son, Cornelius de Vos and Seghers
are among the many N of artists
on the roll of Antwerp's residents.
Cathedral and Its Pictures.
The city OF Antwerp is one of the
most interesting not only in Belgium
but in the entire world. 1t has been
reduced by FIRE and sword on many oc-
casions, but in spite OF its various ca
lanities there have been preserved a
number of priceless old buildings. The
cathedral OF Notre Dame is one of the
finest examples of Gothic architec-
ture in the Netherlands. Through all
the violent scene that have taken
place about its walls it has beer
spared by the various armies that
have desOlated the city. The one eX-
ception to its immunity came IN the
violent revolution against the Roman |
Catholic faith in the sixteenth century. |
Then, according to Motley, every
statue was hurled from its niche, every
picture torn from the wall, every won
derful!y painted window shivered to
atOms, every ancient monument shat
tered, every sc%ulptural decoration,
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hurled to the ground"
Nearly three hundred years were re-
CURED for the building OF this great
monument. Within it there have been
on view a number of beautiful PIC
lures, of which the most famous is
Rubens' Descent From the Cross.
'Tne Elevation Of the Cross" anc The
Assumption" also by RuDens, were