The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1919-01-03

the Germans under penalty of $25.--
600 fine for each days delay. al
who refused to work were impr1son-
ed.
! M Schrauvune, leading attorney,
discussing this affair with BelgluMs
\ i'm d cafe, said he would not WOrk
for the Germans and considered BEL
gians who did a. towards. Inc next
day the attorney was summoned ~,
fore the German commander nneG
\ $3.50, sent to Sedan for SIX montns
hard labor, but never was returneu'
There were all sorts or petty tyr-
amy. French and English advertise
ments on buildings had TO oe re-
moved. Even printed funeral notlces
i'm French were forbidden.
. No resident over 10 years old was
allowed to be in the streets Wltnolt
passport containing his photo: IL
was a punishable offense to EXHIBIT
PORTRAITS of the Belgian, King ana
Queen. German officers stood az
church doors to confscate coins worn
az brooches or lockets bearing the
likeness Of the Belgian King.
! No one was allowed to be on tne
streets after 8 D. m. Occasionally
when the whole town was punished
for some alleged offensive, every
resident had to remain indoors al
fer 70. M, an especial hardship lor
the Door i'm summer time.
One Of the sources Of income TO tne
German overlords was lines lnnlct-
cd ON persons whose Watcnes VI
clocks kept Belgian time, instead wi
German. az ordered by the Kaiser
An officer sent to inspect the Con-
vent Of st. Andre, a girls school, re-
r,orted that the sister who showed
him around had a wrist watch snow
mo Belgian time. The sister was
fned $3.50. A Grand Place SHOP
keeper was imprisoned three mounts
for telling an officer Belgian lnsteau
of German time.
+! With the beginning OF l9ll prices
Of all commodities scared. a pounu
! of starch cost $3.50, an ORDINARY
candle 60 cents, ordinary SHOES $do
to $40 a pair, residing same So;oo'
while dress goods and manners pe
came 30 expensive only the wealthy
could buy. ...s,,+orv
Food supplies were unsatisfactory
and the Germans did nothing TO
alleviate them. III
Tn November, 1917, metals OF all
sorts especially brass and copper
were confiscated, German soldiers
going from house to house anu
building to building to strip away
I the metal. 49,
ON February 2, 1917, some Ger
man planes dropped bombs by mis-
toto m Bruges. Won Buttlar, COM
mandant. decided the funeral OF the
victims could be utilized for pro-
napanda purposes and got wreath
and a photographer, and while the
mourners were about the grave
made them line up, put h1mse1 LII
the center and had the scene re,
corded. On September 3, l9l1' Allleu
airmen dropped bombs at the
Basin and were fired at from 81
Croix. Shells fell i'm Bruges, killing
| a dozen people. The German ofncers
refused to allow funeral mass NC
tices to be posted unless the NEe
"killed by English shells" was ado-
ed. The Belgians refused and .ne
notices were torn down.
The Germans constructed bomb
nroof cellars accommodating 200 TO
| mo persons each. While excavat-
Ing they, came upon 5000 hidden
hotties of wine belonging to M Cans
hdf The wine was taken without
IDayment. The bombproofs were LOT
Germans and people in small houses
without cellars had to take their
chances at night, although they could
use the public refugees" In daytime