South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-10-26
BRUGES PEOPLE
ARE OVERLOOKED
At LIBERATION
Evidences of Germany'S Iron
Heel Are Found Everywhere
When the Belgian Army
ReOCCupieS City
BY JOHN T. rARKT RsoN.


international News Service;
WITH THE BRITISH ARMY on
THE WESTERN FRO.IT, oct 25
] a p. m)-Nictorious Belgian cav
airy passing through tie historic
city OF Glrses were the frs. the
! residents had seen OF their own
/ troops since the Germans had lef'.
AS lhe Belgians entered busles
were blowing and the famous
chimes were ringing Ire people
were beside themselves with JOy
over the liberation.
A committee Of a,+ernien re
ceived the International News Serv-
ice correspondent in the great hall
of the city building and presented
the following message to the people
of the United States:
"Bruges il happy TO have the
opportunity of receiving an Amer
can newspaper correspondent in
/ order that the population may
! tell him how glad the town is for
| tle assistance America has given
/ I'm the way of provisioning and
]
! American people extend not only
toward the residents of Bruges,
I but all Bclgians a well. The
burgomastcr and the aldermen eX-
press their warm thanks 90 the
noble people OF the United
/ states"
/ The committee brought in from
IA an ante room two young girls who
had been imprisoned for six months
/ because they had written letters TO
/ their brother outside of the pre-
scribed three mile zone. All they
\ had 10 eat while in jail was mouldy
bran. The girls were told that their
brother had been condemned 20 die
because ne had written to his sis
ters. but later they learned that he
had only been imprisoned for six
months.
Preserve Copies of Orders.
/ The aldermanic committee pre-
served copies of all of the German
orders. the most striking of which
pertains 10 the death of Capt.
Frvatt. a British seaman. One or
der is dated oct. /, 1918. and eau
I toned the people of Bruges 10 re-
main quiet It said that the small
est riot or disorder would be an
swered by heavy artillery against
I the quarter where il originated. All
civilians were ordered 10 remain in
I their houses from six In the eve
ming until eight in the morning.
/ Those found i'm the streets would
/ be fired upon. in nearly all in
stances the orders prescribed death
penalties for violations and were
signed by Der Kommandant'
Plenty OF German Money.
All Of Belgium was flooded with
F German money. Prices in the res
taurants were about twice as high
as those in France. but apparently
the eating places that catered TO
the Germans were well supplied
with meats, sugar and other essen
tials.
Alderman van HoestanbergiA
+ official representative OF Bruges at
the execution or Capt Fryatt. de
clared the British seaman died
without a word.
CFrvatt was condemned 20 death
and executed by the Germans be
cause 10 was said that his merchant
ship had rammed a German suoma-
rinel
An order from Germany came
resembling the death penalty an
hour after IL had been carried out
Warns Others Of Fate.
Posters signed by Admiral Won
. Schroeder of the German navy,
were distributed in Belgium declar-
ing that other sea captains who
emulated the exploit OF Capt Fryatt
would be accordinEly punished.
The Germans eVacted from Is 70
10000 marks In fines from residents
OF Bruges every month. Three
persons were fined 1000 marks each
for not changing their clocks 20
correspond with German time
When trades people disobeyed
F German orders they We're heavily
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