Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1919-10-18
zen. jacques, Who
Saw War From the
Start, Is Visitor

New York, Oct. 17.-Lieutenant
General Baron Jacques, who, accord
ing to his own assertion, occupied
the front seat in the front row.
when the Germans opened the great
international "show" in 1914, is the
most striking member of the suite
which is accompanying King Albert
OF Belgium on his visit in the United
States. Tall, straight as an arrow,
General jacques looks like the fight
ing man he is and has been from
boyhood, for he is one of the profess
slonal soldiers upon whom Belgium
relied when it made the great decis-
ion which held up the German army
until French and British soldiers
could get into action.
General jacques was in command
OF the Twelfth regiment, one of the
crack military organizations Of Bel
GUM and was stationed at Liege
where General Leman was in COM
mand.
II had never been impressed by
the bombast of the German soldiery
and l had full confidence in my own
men," said the general as he sat in
his plainly furnished cabin on board
the George Washington on the voy
age to New York and talked of the
early days Of the war.
1--WE first came in contact with the
Germans on the bridge at Wise, and
after sharp fight drove them back,
capturing the flag of the 9th Bran
denburg regiment.
"That fight aroused the people,
and Immediately we had more than a
thousand civilian volunteers, digging
trenches and helping in every way
possible. General Leman issued
proclamation in which he said: Big
Germany has invaded our country
imposing an ultimatum which consti-
tutes an outrage. Little Belgium
proudly accepts the challenge. The
Belgium army will do its duty. The
people of Liege only ask to be allow
ed to do THEIRS"
During the discouraging days which
followed, whe nthe Belgian army was
compelled to retire from place to
place until it at last had to go give
up Antwerp and begin it's slow re-
treat along the coast, General JAG
ques never doubted the final outcome,
and encouraged his men by pointing
out that when they reached the User
river the backward movement would
end. And so it did.
"My regiment had orders to hold
Dixmude till death and we did. Not
until high command decided to eva
cuate the town did we leave our
Places" said the general.
"The war is over. But the Germans
still have arms and men. 1t is up to
the allies to see they do not use them
again. look upon the German as a
barbarian who still has in his heart
the desire to conquer, because he is
trained to it from the cradle. This
war was not war entirely Of the
kaiser's making. 1t was war of the
whole people, war for loot. They
believed they would be able to get to
Paris in six weeks, and the booty
they took would amply compensate
for the expense of military opera
! tions."
General Jacques has had an ad-
venturous career. AS young Off
GER he went out to the Congo, and in
the early nineties began his memor-
able fight against the Arab slave
traders. On one occasion, when he
and his natives were hard pressed by
a large body of Arab slave traders,
/, he killed Is of them with his own
rifle. His administrative work in the
Congo also was of high order. He
has been decorated II times, and
wears the highest honors his country
can give, while other countries have
been only little less generous in
recognizing his abilities and valor.