The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1918-11-23
THE BELGIAN ROYAL F AMILY RETURNTO
THEIR CAPT tai in GREAT HONOR
Several Thousand American Soldiers Start for Home
Amid Great -Acclamation- Germans Treated the
British Prisoners Worse Than Those of Any Nation
and They in PitiabIe Shape.

:. A despatch from London says that pitiable cond
toms exist among the British prisoners who have
been liberated by the Germans since the signing of the
armistice. Reuters French headquarters correspon
dent says that thousands Of these men are entering
france daily and that he has never seen human beings in
such state of raggedness, hunger and misery The
Almost everything, were Mortified to in such
plight The prisoners of the other nationaites are
agreed that the British treated worse than the
others at all the German prison camps
A despatch from Copenhagen says that resistance in
South Germany, especially in Bavaria, to the dictaton
from Berlin rapidly growing and is likely result in
ali Of South Germany being established as new indie
pendent government.
Albert entered Brussels accompanied by Queen Eliza
BETH Princess Leopold and Charles and Princess Marie
iose Flowers were streWn and great ovation was
gwen as the royal party entered the city In December
1914 at his headquarters in Flanders King Albert said
to the Associated Press correspondent, "Some day
shall ride into Brussels at the head of the Belgian army
A London Daily Mail correspondent says that as the
American, British and French troops marched with the
Beglans into Brussels t is easy to be superative but
have never vast and varied crowds carried away
by tumut of fervor Put modern artillery barrage into
terms OF delight and you have some measure of the con-
cenrated ecstacy of the people who felt that their
lease from captivity conceded with the coming of the
millennium"
despatch from Liverpool said that on Friday
several thousand American soldiers sailed for their
homes in the United States The transatlantic liners the
lapland and the Minnehaha, are bringing them home
it was stirring the soldiers marched to the
landing amid rousng cheer from the throngs in the
Liverpool streets.
A despatch from Amsterdam says that the former
halser believed to be constantly in communication with
Germany is reported that wireless station has been
erected top of Count Bentincks CASTLE and that
German a1panes frequently fly the estate drop
ping messages
The Berlin Tageblatt says next week will be the last
eatess week. and that the bread ration will be raised to
live pounds week.
London despatch says that it has been revealed in
connection with the armistice negotiations that Ger
many had lost eighty submarines than the Allies
certain had been sunk.
London despatch says that it has been revealed in
are reported to be in panic the possibilities of the
approaching crisis. move to trick the Extremists is
seen in Chancellor Ebert's efforts to prove that the
Relchstag is still legal body while the Extremists are
s1mmoning general Workmens and Soldiers Congress-
Iontbuting to the general mx-up in the fast develop
ing third party, composed of Centrsts, Conservatives
and Pan-Ge1mans.
Paris papers have received despatch from Amster-
dam that the iron which the former German en-
peror SO avshy bestowed during the now are being
sold in Germany for five pfennngs about one Ameri-
cent, each.
From HarVe, France comes the message that the
Belgian army has passed Louvain the city which was ut
tery destroyed by the Germans early in the war In the
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