The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1919-01-04

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aTTaaunus e1sitbsrh, Germany, Jal a..
;;erlffans irfsshis Northern RhineNlis-
trict occupied by the little Belgium
arms, ,,lre gerting u taste--but only 1t
taste-.tof how the Germans ruled Bel
GUM for so months. e7a@ - s. 'si.
lie, it be understood at once that
there is no cruelty and no Nindictiire-
ness about Belgian occupation.
No torturing Of prisoners andsEthe
priests!
No shooting of the lnpulace. y, y
No Dissertation Of churches.
No wholesale looting. q
No stripping OF factories. 9.
But the Belgian command here in
Cha dhaeh nus posted over the eAtire
district a list OF IA rules Belsi6m's
n 4" points, the SOLDIERS call them md
many of these, rules follow almod to
q letter The Ereman rules posted i'll
Belgium for the conduct OF the Bel
gians.
Somebody with HI uneanny sense of
justice conceived that phara phrasing
idea. No cruel or Oppressive German
rule has been used, only those that GOV
ern the saluting of officers and of the
tiag aud which prohibit gun-toting and
require the Germans to remain jim their
homes after seven o'clock. H.
Tho pul<piqsy,S GC rtx.fl1 mt 0fy,tr
these rules. 81 a )
/ The attitude Of most Of the Germans
is sulky. They are poor losers. boz
ems Of Germans have complained to
me Of the seven O'Clock rule They
cannot 20 any place or do anything as
usual. they wall. = j.. zsz-
] told one German store keeper that
it was one OF the German rules in
Belgium. ID. ..... i
''Ach, the war lis over now" he re-
piled irrita1y. r =. .ss.
The Belgians hold frequent parades
They march proudly down the streets
OF Gladbacb and other towns behind
tying fags and banners and with ihe
hands playing 'Brabanaonne" and the
'Marseillaise.
|. The residents are not permitted to
forget how gravey Germany erred i'll
believing she could crush and German
ize and absorb her little neighhor-
Belgium.
In Aix-le-C hapeIle.a black box
hangs over the statue Of Wilhelm l.
over horse and all. d 1t has been there
since the big military review Of the
French and Belgians and Americans
Allied banners and pictures Of allied
heroes are everywhere.
The little Belgian army is proudly
conscious OF its victory. After news
Of the armistice was received, most Of
the battle fronts quoted down In
some places intermittent firing COLI
tinued. ia Others there was not shot,
but on the Belgian front. when the
news came, the guns let loose and fired
continuously until exactly II O'Clock,
when the armistic became effective
This was told me by an Ohio officer
who was fighting alongside the Bel
sians near Client.
] have taken notice OF what the Bel
gian soldiers talk shout as they go
about their duties in the occupied re-
Eion 1t is not Of the days Of German
occupa ton, but of the days Of 1914.
when they fired the first shots against
the outlaw invaders and bled and were
pushed back fighting. hut delayed the
oncoming Germans until the line he
hind was formed.
But. most OF all. fheAe Belgian SOD
diers talk Of the future in which il
the peace congress does its work well.
Belgium s destiniiK will never again he
a matter Of European convenience.
They talk of a future in which fheH
can restore their country. with the AZ
suranee that the days Of Belgium as
4 cockpit are gone forever
Call C.. A, Finch Lum-
heP In nlanno ~ fnr