The Oklahoma City times. [volume] (Oklahoma City, Okla.) 1908-1984, 1918-11-28
BELGIAN CAPITOL
ENJOYS NIGHT or
CARNIVAL SPIRIT
City Cuts Loose When For
maIitieS Are Over
Bv Philip Gibbs.

tCor,r.glt ryis. by The New YORK Times
tito CulcuEu Ig,nune and tho Ukiuuu...
WiTH THE BRITISH ARMIES,
Nov. "a (Delayed)- After the state
entry oi the king OF the Belgians into
Brussels and the last ceremony OF the
day the people OF Belgiums capita
gave themselves up TO night OF car
nyal.
II was a Flemish "kermesSe.' in
which rich and poor, mobiles and peas
ants. high officers and simple soldiers
were exalted to equality Of rank in Tie
brotherhood Of Joy
In the opcn squares ol Brussels. be-
low the white Palace OF Justice which
crowns the central hin OF the city, the
people danced all night They clapped
their hands and made fairy rings
around English and Scottish Belgian
or French soldiers-any figure that
stood for hero worship in their hearts
and whIrlcd about them, cheering
and singing
II wls moonllt mohr and these
,wihing crowds wc.c 100 q white ,had
owy glanor as they pranccd in squad
rons down the broad avenues under
the leafiess trees. and eddied through
, the streets Of shops and restaurants,
sparkling in electric lights
Festival Of Victory.
I In these crowd. were soldiers Of all
dne allies. II was an international
night In Brussels and q festival OF VIC
tory, for, besides those who came in
for the royal observation-disclosures,
Freneh, British and Belgisns--there
moved about among the people thous-
ands OF men in the queer black uni
foins or IN strange combinations Of
military and civil clothing, who
,-ampcd into Brus els from pusor
amps liberated after captivity where
they had formed 4 comradcship lnmls
CIV
There were llalant Portuguese,
Russian, English. Scottish. Irish
Welsh. Australians and Canadians
They had been led and hou,cd by the
relrian people and n,T the, were
cau.ht up BIS rh., city OF irolr, and
ticir songs rang out-songs they had
sing before the old battles, and the old
cy ARE We d1wnhesrlcd?' was an
,rcred by tremendous No"
Scots Are FAyoTites.
Scot, IN kits were the favorne'
nhcs, "lad.c, from he'll" had aroused
Size wlicS, cheer, when they passed
IN the professions. so tha, the music
.i thcir piprs had been drowned by
te tllmor abou, them. and now, m
tho eyoning each one Of them was taken
prisoner IN friendship by scores Of men
and women who took turns IN holding
1's arm, and dancing around him
nile lock prrrncd and said ITS d
lraw richl the nioht," and hid a Ger
tain embarra mcnt at all this worship
One Scottish officer was followed
eiom by a crowd OF sixty people and
in hi. shyness pretended 10 he unaware
AZ them and made remarks TO an Eng
lish friend about Belgian architecture
and reconstruction after the war, until
sud 'enlv he was seized and over
vhclmcd
In every village on the way 10 Bus
sels there was little drama belonging
- history ard mingling curlou,ly IN
ones mind with old memories OF an.
,.ner chapter al history when, lO0
sears ago British soldiers marched
down me roads and through these vii
l7gc, 0n ne way 90 Waterloo
Memories OF Old
Throush the haze NJ me morning
enc. n1.iua'lun saw the figure. u'
WrNrr'on ON Fiv white horse. that
'arl hook ru.cl lace Of his staring
ever these fields. anil further un ~.
voices az French older, u me- Nn"
tangled uniN. u' transport and gun,
brought ha,, i've memory Of their grel,
fra1ia,hc-, who a hundred wears acc
shouted "Nirr l,nperor' as the S,ou'
lt'r man with the SallUw iaet ptS,c'
s. h. coach before, watching the ruu
81 al his dreams and the downfall OF
III, star
NE men ! passed on the road, iho,,
Ju.uS n blue had TOUGH, through man,
lN"'es more bloody than that oi Wat
rioo-on the British side II was AT
affair oi two modern division, an
through all oi them they had show
tire spirit Of Napolcon's old guard an.
% the amy ct liberty which marchc
through Europe with the song Of Nh
'Mareillaise
Now British soldiers and Frenc
soldiers were marching side by sid,
saluling one another with iricndl
greetings a, ve,erars in the war whc
lad made them comrades ior evcry da
unless there IL great iorgetiulns'
It was as though the city oi Bru''el
bad one voice. speaking with paSsio
md joy laughing for sheer gladn $
silent now and then as though hollu
Sc breath al some dramatic moment
and then shouting again with drlifiuu