The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1918-12-03
Belgium Under the German Heel
BY A wHITLock


purely nbiI,sonht, ohserver of life as
m-on5tonofs ne winter came on very
early that yssr of he denortattons and
was 0np Of The most severe Belgium
had ever kn,,n In Noysrher il was
already roId cold the more bitter
because nf The buD,idjtv of The low
countries EgIal yras srarpe The Ger
mans we're taking gTeat ouaptities Of
rral IRON, M ',i5es doyn in the
Rorinape thry Centralized the RAILWAYS,
and as thry used ali the wagons to
transnnrt thsir frnnus toward the front.
the rhnmeurs and coal ia Germany. the
barges ON the canals we're the only
| remainiug means of TRANSPORT, and he
fore November was gone the canals
We're frozen over he Sarses could not
| move, and coal for use Of the Belgian
population rould NOT he brought to
brussels ono nj the saddast sights of
those sad times was that presented to
me one cold morning AS in my selfish
furs drove glong fha boulevard The
tramway had been torn nm and work
Ing men we're puttiup IN balast some
sort of Stag
Along those tracks for two blocks
women and children were clustered like
flies. in a black. solid mass, bent over
with BAGS ar baskets eruhbinp with
their halt frozen fingers in that Stag
for bits of coal II WAS one of those
humiiating snrrt,,Ias mt i]nfreuueut
i'm times Of i,ea,r hut ahoundiup in
time of war. Of the indignity that life
heaps upou the poor
IL hapueued 10 he A. day of King
/ Albert : rctr and there were the usual
masses at Ste. GIlulc and Mt st. Iac-
| mes-Sur-C oudenhrrc. the usual
/ crowds. "L'Ayenir 4" its last chords
gliding into "I.a Rrahanponnp" then
swelling loudIy and more loudIv. hen
the demonstration thns houts tho cries
for the kim ana mo nation and the
rsnaI arresTs n, aorT,ans vera ma
rading their narhjup Guns tn COVER the
restless raoule anasred that day more
than ever hy tho nnhIiration in the
H,nssals io,,,r,1g nj Era,rh tra ,sta =
lion of Van Risu.nos intnrview With
The -rresnnud II ,hn New York
Times i'm which he rvnlniurd and tried
f., n,efif, ~. :. ''r,. r in". Thn inter.
! View was i'm the mysnfionnl iona If
hynocriry tbongb thrre VAS Too much
liaIisfan sonhistirat ion In tho nolitiraI
dcnartment f." nnrnit Eissing to boast
thaa Isna N1trnni9fne inti7,arv With
The ALMIGHTY. a" not En"w indeed
that he Was that wav dismissed A. INV
iatr RrI,ss.ls wag GInaro5 thaf
IT WINS III tb"t p,Ll,s a.oL 'ras srored
and infnT, wv. m" nrnIcnGe thot ne
denortations We're in Tho RrIpian inter
EST And Tho yrry S,mr day there was
urorEmatinn n,Ieriwp thc restoration
If The ruined lawns oC Ralgiln, and
tho infrsticc nf s,rh a. dnn1S9nd dean-
enad no inIjgroTon Of tina Naomi.
Tndand tha nnstn,s at that thnn m
nenrad tn ,air 'do,%yn1 griof and ,raiami v
rr Inc lana ono Of tham a feyr davs
later announced maj thp CONFIRMATION
10 he Maid Inv ReIpium for the wear
Iq17 would no "a ono ana franrs a month
an inrreasa of ia 000 600 franz n n,ontb
oVer No. forn,e, rontrihutiom and Van
Rissino had signed thad anren tho same
dav on Which he gaye ont Tho int erview,
STATING tha, the ReIgisns had been
seized and horne Off 10 German mines
onJ n,'ar,jae crIoI, IN ~ Intnrast ~
oilers
Another dacree of that same dav an
nonnCed maj RIusseS ScborebeeE and
several other rommunes would there
after he Flemish communes, which
meant that onhy The Flemish lanEunpe
A bart of the Man for The division OF
The ]rountry ana ira rreC,rsor many
fnIt of a docr w. ordnrir r' FSnH,isb =" he
the sole language in use in the schools,
As though Tie uarhine g,Ins ana ali
his werS not ,n"mqh a Zcnnelin with
horrid whir of m"t"r' clrrIeedd low and
menarinr over he Civ
Then On tho eotb of %Novarhar tbare
was a qre,t red nostor on the walls
and a red noster was nsuaIIy eitber The
signal or the seal Of n trgapedv This
notice ordered that after tho 5ist OF
Wnven,har OH Inm"hiir oe.a wants
hotels shons theatcrs res]taurants
cinemas in aiI RrmssoIs we're 70 lose
at 3 o'clock in thp evening No one
without n writtan nern,issien, frot, ~
k~ommanSantlr unIess he ware n Ger.
man or n ritize9 Of n neutraI country
nr Of n rnuntrT nEiad in war Ylth Ca ers,
many could he abroad in the streets
The reason given for This measure was
that there lad heen tdemonstratIons
co1douGt ,1S" on "t the a. king NJ 'G fete. those those
Of the hope hat was irving so hard to
keen itself alive. Blu BRUSSELS thought
it was q precautionary measure for
the night when the slavers should come