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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

with. He is a real white man, and
anticipate a much bett r time with
him than with any other officer they
could send here in that capacity.
Baron Capelle came in late this
afternoon to tell me that the Ger
mans were bringing in a lot of
priests on carts filled with cows and
Figs, and were planning to hold them
"a hostages. One of, them had called
cut and asked him to notify us that
Monseigneur de Becker, rector Of
the American College at Louvain,
was among these prisoners. He is
the priest ! went to see when | was
in Louvain ten days ago. l had told
him he was perfectly safe, and
scoffed at his fears.
The minister was out when this
news came, but / sailed forth and
tried to locate the monsignor. He
was not to be found anywhere.
When / got back to the legation
both the minister and Villalobar
were here and / told them all about
what had happened. The people Of
the town were getting excited over
the treatment that was being meted
out to their priests, and it was in a
tair way to result in serious trouble.
Both ministers made for the Min
igtry for Foreign Affairs, where the
German government is established,
ands before they left had secured
orders for the release of all the
hostages. A lot of these terrible
things are done BY subordinate Off
GERS, and the people at the top seem
only too anxious to learn of such
affairs and do what they can to rem
edy them. The day has been dread
full with stories of suffering and
murder and pillage.
Not only are we cut off from COM
rlunication with the outside world,
but a lot of the ordinary conven-
fences of life have already disap-
peared. We have no newspapers,
no trans, no taxis, no telephones.
Milk is no longer to be had, and
within a day or two we shall have
no butter or eggs. Then it will be-
Gin to look like real siege. In a
Gay or so | am to have a list of
Jarotzky's demands for supplies, so
that / can cheer myself with thoughts
OF what our life is TO be like.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

had been issued to RAE the to,,
"till not one stone was left on :.
other" as he said.
Just to see what would ham,
inquired about the provision Of 4.
Hague Conventions, prescribing O.,
no collective penalty can be :,
posed for lawless acts Of indiyidp,l.
He dismissed that to his own sat,
faction by remarking that:
"All Belgians are dogs, and a
would do these things unless Ia,
are taught what will happen /
them"
Convincing logic.
With a hard CLINT in his eve !
told us the purpose Of his work; \
came back to it over and over h,
the burden of what he had to $,
was something like this:
eve shall make this place
desert. We shall wipe it out 50 III,
it will be hard to find where Louv,i
used to stand. For generate,
people will come here to see WI,
we have done, and it will teach thu,
to respect Germany and to tim
twice before they resist her. Ns
one stone on another, tell you
klein Stein ouf eindnderp
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Thought u. IS.
Had Joined War

They were pathetic in their conf
dence that the United States was
coming to save them. In some way
VOID has travelled all over Belgium
that we have entered the war on the
side of Belgium, and they all seem
to believe it. Nearly every group we
talked to asked hopefully wher our
troops were coming, and when we
answered that we were not involved,
they asked wistfully if we didn't
think we should be forced to come in
later. A little boy of about eight, in
group that stopped US, asked me
whether we were. English, and when
| told him what we were he began
jumping up and down, clapping his
hands and shouting:
Les Americans sOnt drriUes! Les
Am6ricainS sont dy1'iU@s!
His father fold him to be quiet, but
he was perfectly happy and chung to
the side of the car as long as we
stayed, his eyes shining with JOY,
convinced that things were going to
be all right somehow.
About half way around the ring
Of. boulevards we came to burning
houses. The outer side of the boule-
ward was a hundred feet or so from
the houses, so the motor was safe,
out it was pretty hot and the cinders
were so thick we had to put or our
goggles. A lot of the houses were
still Burning, but most of them were
nothing but blackened walls with
smouldering timbers inside. Many
of the front doors had been battered
open in order to start the fires or to
rout out the people who were in hid
ing.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
A Rife Shot Ends
The Conversation

| agreed with him when h, n
marked that people would con,
here for generations to see VIA
Germany had done-but he did no
seem to follow my Ine of thought
While we were talking abOV
these things and the business 0
burning and footing was pursuir
its orderly course, a rife shot rar,
out near by. Instantly every So
der seized his rife and stood wa.
ing for an indication as to WIZ
would happen next. In few Sc
onds group of soldiers rushed ina
a house about a hundred fet ava
There was a sound of blows, q
though door was being beaten /,
then a few shots, and the soldig.
came out wiping the perspirstm
from their faces.
SHIPPERS" said our guide, sAai-
ing his fist at the house. Nv. ssu
gone through that sort Of thing .or
three days and it is enough TO drive
US mad; fighting is easy in compsr-
son, for then you know what ycs
are doing" And then almost tear
fully: Here we are so helpless
While he was talking another sha
rang out, and then there was res
ular fusillade, which lasted for Il
teen seconds or so; then an expk
sion.
Bulle stood not upon the order Z
his going, but ran for the static;
calling back:
give had enough Of this. LII
get out and go home"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Louvain Was Being
Systematically DESTROYED

There is bad news from Louvain.
The reports we have received agree
that there was some sort of trouble
il the square before the Hotel de
Vile a day or two ago. Beyond
that, no two reports are alike. The
Germans say that the son of the
Burgomaster shot down some staff
cfticers who were talking together
At dusk before the Hotel de Vile.
The only flaw In that story is that
the Burgamoster has no son. Some
Bclgians say that two bodies of Ger
mans who were drunk met in the
dusk; that one body mistook the
other for French and opened fire.
Other reliable people tell with con-
yincing detail that the trouble was
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Houses Plundered
And Set on Fire

We continued down the boulevard
for a quarter of mile or so until
we came TO the station. Sentries
came out and looked through our
passes again. We parked the motor
with number of German military
cars in. the square and set off on foot
down the Rue de la Station, which
we had admired so much when we
had driven down its length just ten
days before.
The houses on both sides were
either partially destroyed of smoul-
dering. Soldiers were Systematically
removing what was to be found in
I the way of valuables, food and wine,
and then setting fire to the furniture
and hangings. 1t was all most bust
nesslike. The houses are substantial
stone buildings and fire will not
spread from one to another. There
fore the procedure was to batter
down the door of each house, clean
cut what was to be saved, then pile
the furniture and hangings in the
middle of the room, set them afire
and move on to the next house.
1t was pretty hot, but we made
our way down the street, showing
our passes every hundred feet or so
to soldiers installed in comfortable
armchairs, which they had dragged
into the gutter from looted houses,
till we came to a little crossing
about half way to the Hotel de Vile.
Here we were stopped by small
detachment of soldiers, who told US
that we could go no further; that
they were clearing civilians out of
some houses little further down
the street, and that there was likely
to be firing at any time.
The officer in command spoke to
us civilly and told us to stick close
to him so that we could know Just
what we ought to do at any time.
He was in charge of the destruction
of this part of the town and had
things moving along smartly. His
men were firing some houses near
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

We came to a German ammunition
wagon, half upset against a tree,
where it had been hurled when the
horses had turned to run away. The
tongue was broken and wrenched out.
Near by were the two horses, dead
and swollen until their legs stood out
straight. Then we began to see more
CHASTITY sights-poor civilians lying
where they had been shot down as
they ran-men and women--one old
patriarch lying on his back in the
sun, his great white beard nearly
hiding his swollen face. All sorts Of
wreckage scattered over the street,
hats and wooden shoes, German he'll
NETS, swords and saddles, bottles and
all sorts of bundles which had been
dropped and abandoned when the
trouble began. For three-quarters
of a mile the boulevard looked as
though it had been swept by a cy-
clone. The Porte de Tirlemont had
evidently been the scene Of par
ticularly bloody business. The tele-
graph and trolley wires were down;
dead men and horses all over the
square; the houses still burning.
The broad road we had travelled
when we went to Tirlemont was
covered with wreckage and dead
bodies.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

bv and he stood outside smoking a
rank cigar and looking on gloomily'
We exchanged remarks with nm
in German flor a few minutes,
limping along behind the more fiu-
ent Pousette and Bulle. Then l
said something in an aside to Blount,
and the officer broke into the con-
versation in perfectly good English.
He turned out to be volunteer Of
ficer from Hamburg, who had spent
some thirty years in England and
was completely at home in the Ian
guage.
We then accomplished the formal
introductions which are so necessary
to Germans even at time like this,
and when we came to Bulle the Of
ficer burst into a rapid fire OF ques-
tons, which ended in his proclaim
ing in rapture:
"Why, / knew your father IN
Hamburg and went to school with
your Uncle So-and-so"
"Reminiscences went on as though
we were about dining table at
home; minute inquiry was made into
the welfare and activities Of the
Bulle family from the cradle to the
grave. On the strength Of the
responsibility Of Bulle's relatives we
were then taken under the officer
wing and piloted by him through
the rest of our visit.
From where we stood we could
see down the street through the
smoke, as far as the Hotel de Vile.
1t was still standing, but the Ca
thedral across the street was badly
damaged and smoke was rising in
clouds from its roof. The business
houses beyond were not to be seen
the smoke was too dense to tell how
many Of them were gone.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Davis Passes Through
A Twelve-EIour Ordeal

Davis got back yesterday from MS
trip to the front, and we learned
that he had been through perfect
" good experience that will look well
when he comes to writing it up, but
enc that gave him little satisfaction
while it was in progress. He started
Of to follow the German army In
the hope of locating the English.
After leaving Hal some bright young
German officer decided that he was a
suspicious looking character and
ought to be shot as an English spy.
As a preliminary they arrested him
end locked him up. Then the war
was called off while the jury sat on
his case. One of the officers thought
il would be a superfuous effort to go
through the form of trying him, but
that they should shoot him without
further TODD. They began consid-
ering his case at II o'clock in the
morning, and kept IL up untit nllu-
night. He was given pretty clearly
to understand that his chances were
slim and that the usual fate of spies
awaited him. He argued at length,
and apparently his arguments had
some effect, for at o'clock in. the
morning he was routed out and told
10 hit the road toward Brussels. He
was ordered to keep religiously to
the main road all the way back, on
pain of being shot on sight, and to
report at headquarters here imme-
diately on his arrival. By this time
be was perfectly willing to do exact
ly what was demanded by those in
authority. and made a Decline back
here on foot.
He turned Up at the legation YES
terday morning, footsore and weary
and looking like q tramp, and told
his story to an admiring audience.
was still away on my little jaunt
pnd did not get it at first hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

Belgians were SchUein, and that the
people of Louvain were the lowest
known form Of the animal.
After talking the situation over
with the officer in command we de-
cided to try getting around the town
10 the station by way of the ring Of
outer boulevards. We got through in
good shape, being stopped a few
times by soldiers and by little groups
of frightened civilians who were
covering in the shelter of doorways,
listening to the noise of fighting in
the town, the steady crackle of ma
chine guns and the occasional eX-
plosions.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Women and Children
Herded Into Trains

Our friend, the officer, said Br,
was right, and chat it would be u
part Of wisdom for US all 10 d
back to the station, where we v''s
be near the car in case anyrH
happened. He started of at age
pace, and as we were in no mos
argue we went meekly along ! ,
wake. We overlook Bulle ergF
in an alteration with a very drrir
en- soldier, who wanted to see :
papers and was insulting aooH I
Instead of taking the easy e0uS
and showing his papers, Buiie II
opening a debate OF the SUD-"
when we arrived and took na'
Our officer waded into the soldle
a way that wculd have esu'a
mutiny in any other army, sn'
soldier, very drunk and sullen,
treated, muttering, TO his arne~
on the curb. We then moved o.
the station.
Outside the station was a CIV
of several hundred people, ns
women and children, being hs'e
on to trains by soldiers, to N"1
out Of the town. They seen~ n
be decently treated but were nA,V
ally in a pitiable state OF W.
Just inside the gates Of the fTt
yard were a couple Of women ~
their troubles TO a group Of ono
and soldiers. They had oon
their husbands in the street nsa.
and were in a terrible state
officers and men were ga'"
about them, evidently distress"
their trouble and trying to coz
them. They had put the
woman in an armchair and weH
ing her a little brandy in q ts'
And the same men may have :
the ones who killed the hu'0'
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Orders Had Been
Issued to Rae City

He was rabid against the Belgians
and had an endless series of stories
of atrocities they had committed
though he admitted that he had none
of them at first hand. He took it
as gospel, however, that they had
fired upon the German troops in
Louvain and laid themselves open to
reprisals. To his thinking there is
nothing bad enough for them, and
his chief satisfaction seemed TO con-
sist in repeating to US over and over
that he was going the limit. Orders
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
General Promises
He Wouldn't Be Shot

The minister took him down 70 call
on the general, and got them to I'M
derstand that Richard Harding
Davis was not an English spy, But,
On the contrary, probably the great
est writer that'e lived, not ex-
cepting Shakespeare or Milton.
The general said he had read
some Of has short stories, and that
he would not have him shot Just
the same, he was not keen about
having him follow the operations.
He is now ordered 10 remain in
this immediate neighborhood. until
further orders. To-day he had sew
c-al interviews with the general in
an ATTEMPT 20 get permission 10
leave the country, but had no luck.
The last We saw Of Davis he came
in late this afternoon TO tell us that
he did not know what to do next.
He said that he had been through
six wars, bit that he had never BEEN
20 scared al he was at that time. II
he Ia allowed 10 get out Of Belgium,
think thst he win net darken the
door Of Gmersl Won Ldttwitz for
some time 10 come.
Head Of American
College ! 1uddled With Pigs
was surprised TO learn that Hans
,cn Herwi nth, who used 70 be mill
tary alta he in Washington, and
whom / knew very well, is here as
adjutant 10 our new Governor. ]
have not ret had time 10 get over TO
see him, but shall try 20 doro To-
morrow. am glad TO have some
body Ike that here 10 do business
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

planned and started by the Germans
n cold blood. However that may
nc. the affair ended in the town be-
ing set on fire, and civilians shot
down in the streets as they tried to
escape. According to the Germans
themselves, the town is being wiped
ont of existence. The cathedral,
the library, the university, and
ether public buildings have either
been destroyed or have suffered Sc
verely. People have been shot by
hundreds, and those not killed are
being driven from the town. They
are coming to Brussels by thousands,
and the end is not yet. This even
lag the wife Of the Minister Of Fine
Arts came in with the news that
her mother, woman of eighty-four,
had been driven from her home at
the poiIrt of the bayonet and forced
to walk with a stream of refugees
all the way to Tervueren, a distance
Of about twelve miles, before she
could be put on tram to her daugh-
ter's house. Two old priests have.
staggered. into the - legation
more dead than alive after having
teen compelled to walk ahead Of the
German troops for miles as a sort
Ct protecting screen. One Of them
is i'll, and it is said that he may die
as q result Of what he has gone
through.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

90 to Brussels or some other town,
so that the destruction of Louvain
could proceed systematically. We
thought at the time that they were
exaggerating what was being done,
but were enlightened before we had
gone much further.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18

over six hundred people were shot
down, but it is hard to get any exact
figures yet. After the shooting was
over other civilians were brought
out and compelled to bury the dead.
NV informant says that some of the
scenes attending this duty were quite
as poignant as the shooting itself,
for some buried their own fathers
and brothers.
One man about to be thrown into
the trench was found to be still alive,
tut the German doctor, after a cur
sorry examination, ordered him buried
with the rest. The man had enough
life left in him to raise his hand In
appeal, but the doctor shrugged his
shoulders and repeated his order.
There were many incidents, most Of
them horrible.
The man who told the story seemed
still dazed and spoke quietly, with
few adjectives and little emphasis on
anything he said. 1t was bare
recital of facts and far more NOV
ing than if he had striven for effect.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-11-18
Making the World
Respect Germany

We went on into the freignss.
and were greeted by a NUM-
officers with hopeful talk ~
train con ing from Brussss
food. We were given chsirs
orderly was dispatched for ~
Of wine 20 that q drink -
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Mrs. R. P Evans, of Atlanta, who
has been attending the bedside Of
her mother, Mrs. Eliza Clark, on
Prince street, during the past several
days, returned home Tuesday.
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Don't Wait Too Long

w. H. Jones, who was stricken sew
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-01

Mrs. Eliza Clark, who has been Sc
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Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1917-05-01

Harry Williams, who stood the exam
nation for the navy in Atlanta, left
Monday night for Norfolk, Va, where
he will go by boat to Newport, R. l.,
to enter the navy business school, he
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Friends of Miss Annie Cawood, who
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F. G. Oliver left Tuesday afternoon
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Miss Mary Eva Martin, of Fitzger-
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A. R. Cooper of Birmingham, Mrs.
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visiting Mr. and Mrs. j. P. Chapman
and family, on Forrest street