The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1918-07-10

tuht belgian wOOuSinen ana LOkeSpeTu
have been ordered out Of the vast for
ests Of Liege and that this former
great source Of revenue for the king.
dom is to be taken over by the Ger.
mans for their own use. An example
OF Gerinany's smallness and OF their
thoroughness in combing Belgium for
booty Is found in the statement that
after SELLING all other live stock OF
the country they have requisltisned
oil dogs more than forty centimeters
tall" Owners who refuse to declare
their dogs will be punished by a max.
imum fine of 10000 marks tS5,O00)
and maximum penalty Of imprlson.
ment for Ave years.
The Germans have restored none
Of the Industries OF the country ex.
cept those which serve their military
purposes and they IRE continuing to
send Belgians to Germany to work In
German munition factories. BY
German military court slxty-six per-
sons were tried In June for oppos-
ing the German administration
twenty-four were condemned to death
and seven executed Immediately. At
Chnrlerol nineteen persons, including
women, merchants, priest and rail
way official, were tried for spying on
the movements of German troops.
six OF them were condemned to
death. but their relatives we're not told
days Of agonizing suspense. Wives and
children OF men who were under arrest
stood all night at the prison gates, their
feelings alternating between hope and
despair. Not until the bodies Of the
victims were brought out after the exc
cut!ons was II possible to know who
were killed ana who had been spared"
In striking contrast to these reports
OF sordidness and savagery Is the Of
clal report upon the results Of the &C.
cupatlon Of the Bngdad region by the
British expeditionary forces in the
Mesopotamlan valley. 1t explains why
the British administration has been
practically without opposition from
the native inhabitants. 1t is, more
over, gratifying to the allied nations
The report says:
| "Bagdad was dead to all Appearances
when the British army entered on March
II last year. Now It is q tustling hive
OF humanity. Thousands OF workmen
pass through the streets early and late
The main street is paved and lighted.
There IS a constant stream OF traffic
and the sleeplest old women who haunt
the streets have become adept at dodg-
ing the American motor cars which
rush through the city"
Referring specifically to the i'm
provements made and the develop
ments accomplished In this ancient
capital of HARoUN-AL-RAsHID, the re-
port continues:
| "a police force and fire department
have been organized. The old fashioned
OIL. ldIINDS IN the streets nave peen re-
placed by electric lights. The water sup
ply. has been improved and extended.
Mosques have been repaired. roads have
been paved. and schools, including a
training school for native teachers. have
been opened.
THE streets now are we'll watered In
dry weather and sanitary officials have
penetrated the most hidden corners OF
the city. The municipal government has
been made self-supporting. Two bridges
have been thrown across the Tigris River
These are some OF the changes whio..
have come with British occupation and
have come quietly and unnoticed."
There are two kinds of occupation
Of conquered territory. One Is by
devastation and destruction and by
the military subsection OF the helpless
inhabitants through terror and cruelty
in the name of Kultur. The other
has for its purpose the upbuilding of
the land and the paciiication ana de-
velopment OF the people in the inter
eat Of civil liza tiOn