The daily Alaskan., 1918-02-15
uments which follow illustrate BelglaH appeals and German answers.

uments which follow illustrate Belgian appeals and German answers. .n
 Tn the matters of the reQuisltion made by the German authorities on Oc- tOber 20, 1918 (rcquisitlOn of list of workmen to be drawn up by the mu- niclpalityl
 "The municipal council resolves to maintain Its attitude of refusal.
 Tt further feels it it's duty to place on record the following:
 "The city of Tournai Is prepared to submit unreseryedly to all the edgen- cies authorized by the laws and GUS toms of war. Its sincerity cannot be questioned. For more than two years 1t has submitted to the German occu- patton, during which time 1t has lodged and lived ut close quarters with the German troops, yet 1t has displayed perfect composure and has refrained from any act of hostility, proving thereby that 1t Is animated by no idle spirit of bravado.
 ''In his declaration dated September g. 1914, the German governor general of Belgium declared: I ask none to renounce his patriotic sentiments.'
 "The city of Tournai reposes con fidence In this decaratIon, which 1t Is bound to consider us the sentiment of the German emperor, In whose name the governor general was speaking. In accepting the inspiration of honor and patriotism, the city Is loyal 10 funda- mental duty, the loftiness of which must be apparent to any German Offi- cer.
 "The city Is confident that the stralghtfOrwardness and clearness of this attitude will prevent any misun- derstandIng arising between itself and the German army"
 Answer Is Lecture and Fine.
 "Tournai, 22-d October, 1916.
 "In permitting Itself, through the medium of municipal resolutions, to oppose the orders of the German mill tary authorities In the occupied ter ritory, the city Is guilty of an unexAm- pied arrogance anu of complete mis- understanding of the situation created by the state of war.
 "The clear and simple situation is In reality the following:
 "The military authorities order the city to obey. Otherwise the city must bear the heavy consequences, as have pointed out in my previous explana- tons.
 "The general commanding the army has inflicted on the City-On account of its refusal, up to date, to furnish the lists demanded-a punitive con- trIbutIon Of 100000 marks, which must be paid within the Eext six days, be- ginning with today. The general also adds that until such time as all the lists demanded are in his hands, for every day In arrears, beginning with December 9l, 1916, sum of 10000 marks will be paid by the city.
 HOPPER, Major General,
 "Etappen- n-Kommandant."
 The Commission Syndicate of Bel gian workingmen also attempted to in- duce the German authorities to aban- don their terrible plans.
 RecIted Wronss of Workmen.
 Commission Syndicate of Belgium.
 Brussels, S0th Oct, 1el6. ITO the Governor General of Belgtum.l
 "Excellency: The measures which are being planned by your admins tration to force the unemployed to work for the invading power. the de- portation of our unhappy comrades which has begun in the region of the etapes, move most profoundly the en- tire working class in Belgium.
 "The undersigned, members and rep resentatives of the great central sO- cialist and independent syndicales' of Belgium, would consider that they had not fulfilled their duty did they not ex- press to you the painful sentiment which agitate the laborers and convey to you the echo of their touching com plaints.
 "They have seen the machinery taken from their factories, the most diverse kind of raw materials requisi- toned, the accumulation of obstacles to prevent the resumption of regular work, the disappearance one by one of every public liberty of which they were