The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1919-01-02
BEL Clan ARMY GIVES The HUNS
TASTE OF THEIR OWN MEDICINE
ny m,nOID EDWIN BrCnTOL

European Manager - the Newspaper
Eutefpfiae Association
Mt-NCHES b. CLADBACH. Ger
many Jan Germans Ia this
northern Rhine district occupied ~
the little belgian army are getting a
taste but only a taste OF how the
Germans ruled Belgium for 90
months
Let u l~ undersf0od at once that
there b. no cruelty and no Wndictiye-
uos- about fieiRtan occupation.
No toriunng u prisoners and
pfierth
so shooting ~ the popuince.
40 destruction - churches.
No Wholesale iooiinE
/ 80 stripping - factories.
Hut fhr belgian command here IN
Gladhsch has posted over the entire
~ points. the soldiers call them--and
many ~ thcae rules follow almost 20
"a letter the German rules posted IN
Belgium Tor tho conduct Of the Bel
CLANS
Paraphrase Rules
Somebody With an uncanny ss-se
~ justiu" conceived that parnphraa-
inE idea No cruel or oppressive
German ruio has been used. only
thops- that govern the naiutinF 81 Of
fccrs and 81 the flaE. and which pro-
hihit Eun-totinF. and require the
Germans 20 remain in their homes
after O'Clock.
The Beigians are strictly enforcing
thee ruler
The attitude % most 81 the Ger
mans b. suiky. They are poor ioscrs.
Dozsns % Germans have complained
% mr ~ the o'clock rule They
cannot 80 any place or DO anything
a. usual they vail
told one German store keeper
that u wis one OF the German rules
Ia Belgium.
~Ach. the war Is over now" he re-
piled. lfritabiy.
Hold Parades
The Bsigians hold frequent pa
raden They march proudly down
the streets - Gladtach and other
towns behind lying flags and han
nsrr. and ~tth hands playing "iirA-
hanconnr" and the 'Nhrnoiiiaias
The rcnidrnts are not permitted 20
forget ho~ grayeiy Germany erred IN
believing nhc could crush and Ger
rnanine and absorb her little neiEhbof
-IiriEium
In Aix-la. Chap lie a black box
hangs over the statue Of Wilhelm --
over horse and al u has t--en there
since the biE military review 81 the
French and lseigiana and Americana
Allied banners and pictures Of al
lied heroes are everywhere.
Consciously Proud
The iliile Belgian army L. proudly
conscious % 80 victory After news
- tho armiriicc vas received. most
- the battle fronts quietrd down. In
some places intermittent nriaE con-
tinued. In others there was not a
shot. but on the Belgian front. ~hen
the nrus came. 30 guns let loose and
fired continuously until exactly :
o'clock. when the arulissice became
effective This was told me by an
Ohio officer ~ho WAS fighting along
E3de the iteigtans near Client;
have taken notice 81 what the
Belgian soldiers talk at.ou; aH saey 20
about their duties In the occupied r..
zion. II h not % tho days ~ Ger
man occupation. hut % the days 81
1914. when they fired tho FIRST shots
against the OUTLAW Invaders and tiled
and were pushed hack fighting. bu,
delayed the onconinE Germans until
the line behind was formed
But. mos; % all. ,ho~o BeiEtan sol
diers talk Of the future. IN which. II
the peace congress does It's work
well. BslEium's dcsfinies will never
again b. a matter Of European con
Venirnce.
They talk Of a future IN which
they can restore their country. with
the Assurance that the days Of Bel
GUM as cockpit arr gone forever.