Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1918-12-23
HOLLAND B0RDERllNE
PROTECTED BY HUNS
aud Nn,iiii. Cnn >c-is
tansiru'tcd
ROADWAYS LONG ABANDONED
bridRrs Blown up and anus- urow-
ing ThlcLi,-Duich scniitc.
just iicyosi Line.


AMENltAN INESS llENDul
TEhs Dcc. - brhnsNp positions
~ sicai depth. including s,rtnd upon
sliand ~ wiiu UutaugjrmeUis nuu
concrete boxes Tor machine gunn.rs
extend along the lIuteh ftOinior. rep.
ies"niins G.rmanS'A thorough ptep.
Hration either Tor the eventually ~
British landing part, attempting
an ouifanhing dtiNo or hollands
cnto iuio the war.
Tn the iuad frem hnolcke Iiel.
luS'is 10 Holland. over Nhich mo.
tored the other dnN, these rNttnutdl-
hhrily deep dcfen--s pauiiNiod the
fronucr aH far ~ W. vuu,d sor. At
the. very edge ~ liqlsium The wire
was only two feet h,fh. vloutls ciirH-
ctos-"d with short posts u few feet
apart Then there would be a gap
fo1"wed by high.r wire uutu II
reached To ones shoulders
Itoati. Abairioim,,i.
Evidently our car was the tirs, 10
20 over this road In somo weeks for
the people seemed to hr thrilled a.
the sound ana sisht of An automu.
piI", ana thefe was grass on the
road. We drove Ia the belsasn iard
where We we're cordially received
The helEian sentrie- we're Just inside
a hiHh feno. the Dormanz had put
~ 10 prevent niv escape by civilians
into holland, Wa walked To the gate.
ana a lew feet ahead the Dutch
guard, IN trim blue uniforms with
long caprr. much resembling the
French yendarmes. came rharply Ia
salute
We woud have liked to haV. par.
Had with Them. hut n false step might
have meant internnent, not IN IN.
pleasant experience Judging by the
gracious smilea OF Queen Wilhcl-
ninas soldierss Yet W. wanted to
stay with the British army to soc
the finish of the war.
white ~ stood looking down into
flat. green Holland particularly az
The little village OF siuis with itr
squat little church spire. We saw ~
girl approach the officer of the
Dutch guard tie waved his hand
To tho llrhian- Hnd the wirl wNlkcd
TO the frontier line. In n few min
ties a belgian soldier ran To tho girl
and ktsncd her wildb
She II his sister" explained the
iicls ian lieutenant lite hash {
seem her since waf broke on, She
had written lAHl she wuuh hr Nssaih 4.
INK for him iiBlui- When his REG
intcnt cnme out of the line he walked
here. Three days ~ took him IN"
Dutch told us his sister wits waiting
and sent for her Sonh ihcy viii b-
happily home togctnrr In brussels
We had to take a most Wrcuituu~
route to yet To the border ~ the
Hcrnaus had blown NJ all tho
bridges over the canals winch M
northern lielsium are quite wide,
Two temporary bridges We crossed
rested ou hnrg"s that hii evidently
been run IN FROM the srp
where thprr we're unhridgcd
breaks iu raliwuy lino. tlut ears had
teen carried aud when loaded with
supplies wtrr pushed tu tt,nspur,
crutctn hN llrlgiau doldlvrH TINS
wHs nrduuus worn hut t wns para
doNcally llshI"n"d b, JoVuuS hulr
Flemish rntldr,n who rode along on
top the huNcs of food nnd aumuni.
tion singing aud Chvctiug
when VIZ passed there vas a dc
llghtful chorus ~ chccrr tnr the
brave English. In which soutc Of the
nldietr ioined Then ~puc 81 thr
little boys To show Ms nov ftWiltu
they could bc with tho fighiors uf
their own homeland, hopprd down
from the slow moving cars aud
nushch the soldiers. WIN, merr,lv ac.
knoN lcdving this aSsistanCr shpN ed
the rats ur u bit raster
Aged peasants stopped uprooung
their sugar hcrt- ANA tufn'ps Go duti
their cabs and wave W. were sui
~ is-d ~, Tho number oc them that
could speak Errish The, ~ud thcN
were worting with veal plr'surr
now. fot thrN were working Tor
themselves and their country For
four years The 1etlraus hni not per
mitted them tn pa. ~ tutnlp ~
potato without pcrnl asion, and had
tikru mo~t uf their produce
NoU Americans h~'o'i1tc huge
four S,ilrd Vindmill~ with Holland
but they are quite ~ common w llcl
sium Hnd northern Franc" A. ~
approached Holland wc were
thr He'd 80 see an occasional AWefl.
rnu windmill standing high above
the l,yrl fields ana fpnning husily n,
the strong sen breeze