HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1914-12-11, Page 5STORY OF LOU AIN'S UIN
AN AMERICAN AUTROR TELLS
WHAT 1(.E HEARD:
Told By the Men Who Know Most
About the Ruined
City.
Only a year and a half ago I had
gone down from Brussels in •com-
pany with a young American stud-
ent, writes Mr, Barnes, €ihe New
York author and editor, I sem Lou-
vain as it was then ; as it had been
for over six hundred years; as it
will never be again. And it •was
Sunday, the 13th of September, of
this year of. disgrace, 1914, that I
at in the little front parlor of the
house of Mgr. Deploige, president
of the Superior Institute of Philo-
eophy of the University of Louvain.
Seated at the table were Prof. Leon
Veriest and Prof, Alfred Nerincx,
acting Burgomaster of Louvain,
and by the irony of circumstances
also professor of international law
in this second oldest university of
Europe. The speaker's English was
fluent, and his words forcible and
well chosen.
"It was all so unexpected," be
said. "so frightfully astonishing,
this destruction of our city and the
murder of our people Even to us,
it is hard to understand and to be-
lieve it. •
The First Shot.
"For eight days the Germans had
f lived here in the town. We had
ti treated them well; they had eaten
n much of our food and partaken
much of our wine. There was no
il beer left; that had all gone in the
1,1 first three days.
"The streets were quiet; our own
ft bourgeois police patrolled the
streets in the daytime, !but were
not, allowed to be on duty after 7
1 o'clock in the evening. There was
no proper provost guard, although
the Germans claimed to have estab-
lished such.
"On Tuesday, the 25th of August,
at 8.10 a.m., the dreadful thing be -
0 grin. Late in the afternoon Ger-
` man soldiers had'conxe in and had
been well received; they seemed to
be under no command, but wander-
ed about collecting food."
The professor paused.
"Here is the gentleman who can
ell you the ,story of the first.shot."
He indicated Prof. Leon Veriest, a
.� Slender, handsome man, with a
1dark, pointed beard.
"It was from his house, No. 18
me Leopold, that it took place.
There is nothing but the walls left
ow. It is but a step from here;
�v!,e can show you the very window,
Get him tell you how it began."
Speaking French, but in the very
iuetest and calmest way Prof.
erlest began his story.
"We were seated at the table at
inner, my wife and I, a. German
fficer, a captain of the Landwehr,
iso was quartered with us. Sud-
enly an alarm sounded, and there
as much running into the street,
man ran by, ehouting in German.
he officer rose, and, buckling on
s sword and revolver, went out.
'e closed the door and my wife and
stood in the hall. We thought
rhaps our troops were coming,
it we did not know.
Germans Started It.
Red ('rosy Workers in Nieaport's Ruins, Where Fighting Is i<lct these Days.
I)he shells from the German guns were still falling into Nieuport when this photo showing a group of Red Cross -workers was matte,
are searching the ruins of the Belgian town for those who may need their help.
some loss out of the little Bueken,
between Louvain and 1Vlalines,
In the semi -darkness they had
come clattering in their hob -nailed
boobs into the suburbs and the
alarm had spread before them. By
the fire of their own men one Ger-
man was mortally wounded, two
were slightly hurt, and a horse was
killed, and for this nearly two hun-
dred citizens, men, women and chil-
dren, suffered the penalty of
death.
They were shot in -the streets or
houses; or burned to death in the
holocaust that followed and that
lasted for 'two days, nearly one
hundred dwellings (being given to
the flames, including the priceless
library. A crime of vandalism un-
equalled!
BILL STING SOLDIERS.
The Invasion of a Surrey (England)
Village. •
SEES ENO OF WAR IN JANE
SO SAYS AN AMERICAN JUST
FROM BERLIN.
Germans linow Defeat Is Inevitable
—Stocks of War Materials
Are Low.
The London Daily Telegraph neb-
bishes a long article by an Ameri-
can just returned from Germany,
which gives an interesting picture
of that country and the attitude of
the population toward the war. He
says:.
"Let me sae atone a that the pat -To rite Bitter End
tree. Mr. Crawley fired at a second
riotisand determinatien of the lion, and it also rolled over on its
Germans is not one whit behind that Sinn -ming up the •writer 'says : back. • Mr: Crawley 'then tried to
the
of allies, At no time have the "In their inner hearts the Ger- bring down a third prize, and, tak-
of r and the Crown Prince man offieiai classes realize quite ing careful aim at the 3aast of the And as he spoke his brown ryE,r
be•en'more popular than at the pre -
well that there can be only one re- remaining four,—whichwere mov- filled with tears, In /.,u:stria, to -day
sent, At no time has the rpersonal suit to the present •struggle, They ing
At last the unenlisbable part of off,—he wounded it. The lion there are thousands ,of .such cases
our village has been able to take a ascendency of the Emperor been know that they are beaten. The turned, and made toward the sound and every one of the 42 hospitals
practical share in the ever, ,says a greater. Those who expert to see a realize that the odds against them of the rifle. A second and third here is filled wbeh then.
contributor to the Field, sudden outburst of Socialism, are too great. They are fighting shot followed, both of which took The longer I remain to •tihis tow
Out of or had gone modsudde will force the Governanent to now to obtain the best terms pos effect, but did not kill, and the lion the more imprt,esact f. •aim with the
est contributions to the Prince's make peace, are living in era fool's si!ble. —now aware of his enemy's where- order and .peace that prevails.
Fund, out of our homes field glasses paradise. _. e bitty are determined to fight to bibouts— ht hicharged.
down at last withley the The bulk offs within .doors hy 10.
and ,saddles, out of our hearts swan , the 'bitter end .other than yield,the population ,tem
Intend to Finish Fight. ht. gp ,p
pithy for ,all who were able to fi h;t • t; and are equally determined to hold Browning pistol when he was only
g three of ma tdy indifferent to ,icicle change
butt we had done very little to help I am fully convinced that the on to Belgium and preserve theiryards away. 15meantime
of masters. Evan tio't le to inns are
the great cause, Then one day this German people intend to fight to a fleet, as they are the only two weap-
on
three lions had in the meantime not particularly hostile to Russia.
p finish. At the disappeared in the bush,
week a man with a strip of red and present moment the ons left with which they can obtain and one of the anomalies of the has
ribbon in this coat chalked a
Germans have sixty-eight corps, favorable terms.
Mr. Crawley enlisted the services nation is that the new regime hay
number on ,all our gateposts- The fully mobilized, each of an average They hope by prolonging the of a number of boys to carry the maintained :2ustran
figures "2" and "3" were the favUr strength of 43,000 men of all arms. rear to exhaust the patience and dead lions to camp, but of reaching preserve order in the tcrwntupenden 1
Its numbers, but here and there, Zilnis, you will see, makes nearly 3,- endurance of the allies. They hope be -
the tree, he found one of the ant- ing the arrival o.f crffi, i.als thiel will
000,000 of men full mals had disappeared. He left the
where the inmates ,vete few and the y mobilized and to offer such strenuous resistance boys to attend to the other two, eventually canha freta. luu,ita to
windows looked t little .larger, was in the field. on both frontiers that rattler than take their to aces.
a "4," and even a 'btl The magic- "TSE military authorities have continue the year the allies will and, accompanied by a native, be- ,
trate's gate had a "9"; it was not created ten fresh corps ou•t of the meet thea. half way, fan a search for the wounded EGGS GOWN UP' ll� +`ii91\.l.
a big house .by any means but it surplus of the Landwehr, and frombeast.
hada billiard room, • the vast numbers of volunteers who What They Hope For. He had gone only startled
hundred ,
''1 shave s open with many who yards, when he was startled by the Rotrsewift' (Dnilg, (reel,,: °tt{th Harr at.
"Suddenly there was a What did these ,signs mean:? Sim- have come forward. They claim P
Y great that they have .a frankly admit that they ea roar of the lion, whic31 timer Inatesal or 910 •
mmering on the door. We open- ply that the War Office had paid applications from no peel t° from the bash not twelve feet from Fifteen
OW' village the compliment of se -
On
than 2,000,000 volunteers, but lose Alsace and part of Lorraine. yearw age elle price o€
it slightly, and two soldiers On their eastern frontier they ex- him, The lion immediately charged, eggs in the Cl amt— tie of Shantung.
ung,
lectin, it as the training uarters this, I think, is an era enation, To
est through. They had both been g g gg pect to lose art of East Prussia, Mr, Crawley managed to get in a China, wee 41t. titer 900 eare,s. Now
inking; one of them was quite for units of Lord Kitchener et army. mv, certain knowledge very alarge
not p shot, which, however, did not bring
unk. I tried to stop them, tell- These potential soldiers—fifteen nnmbens of the Landstrom have not so that ,Russia can straighten out don. the beast, and in another in- the price has ritu,n t., en ,r 3t?
t(ttem that there was an officer hundred of,them---were to come into yet laeen called up, and compare -
to her frontier, They expect Au:str)a Twenty Ssvelt m•ol:ltaa, a were ,
Stant, the lion was on hint. ported feint. Ude t)i ovinoe in MI:
our homes, be part and parcel of lively few of this class have been lose Galicia for a title reason. All Crawley tried to force the barrel most of. !1ine.h ,a•c t,l.., r C°;n;,,I,,,:i•
our house, but they ran past its our family, enjoy and benefit by
sent to the front. they hope is to preserve the unity
the stairs: they did not stop to what hospitality rye. Could offeof Germany and to save what re- ti r ai buof his rifle se tip the
the
paw Few C'hititan aa,a,ufi;r5, r,r,� . r 1,.,,•.
en the window, but broke the No Food Shortage. mains of the empire. sexy more than o. dozen n , hens.
!.ss, and from there began to them. Their advent transformedbrushed it aside, and knocked the I They hatch :name ;,f ,tali( ,.lti�•ltees
the life of our neighborhood 'There "There is ,absolutely no shortage "The official classes, society ---in man bade against a rock. Standinglin earthenware ;tenth ,., .
)ot, first two shots, then another, is no khaki yet. The recruits wear of food supplies in the country, Of fact, all those who know—keep up with his front at, tit in t(nea since
• then two more. Then they eau pp g heart , lion
on Mr, Craw- are heated try elle firer v,,hdr.t1 weenie
what are, rottg!hly spec -king, ItnUck wheat, rye, and meat there is smelt. faces, At .they are in ley's legs, the lion }•it hum en the Item living :wins rn.n:i alto fit_,u,• thee
nnstairs and want out the back about suits --,the kind of thing a plenty. despair because they c knots that, right arm. from the shoulder down- ; all the heat Le caved. We have
however -long they continue their ward, and on the left hand: then it. `word of our con.ul: ,e.e (Irene, :hitt
`It may have been ten minutes Y.
Iran might use at a not tic, exacting "Where Germany will fail is in ( rtt ,.hut:
' golf course, or when he sets out for those articles, essential to war, resistance, before a pear ie ant the left him and staggered ha1i to the old women ftv,c •ua^„ ;l incubate . ,
1 there was more knocking and { y �.ab.tt , �,p,•s
a good twenty miles lt.cress country. which require raw material that she lack of certain essentials in the de- bush. It was evidently hard hit, by cauust; thein sbroetpetd ul ;• t
teat noise; four or five soldiers strntctien of mankind will brie Mr, Crawley could net use-. hie t t ' `t`
tired : theye were not drunk, but He has an overcoat, a sleeping suit, cannot produce herself. g ti, pis- their waists, uncia.:, ,Siete outer :tr-
atly excited. I tried
to talk a spare tunnel shirt, a ,pair of ex I .have seen great hopes placed them up against a cit e wall in tol, for it was jammed between meats. This is, crt,rr yirtt; •.,r„n<,m7
bra socks and. a pipe, but little on the .failure of her su ) of et Which there is no exit except by himself and the rook.
I them, abut they would not lis -to the; limit, it week/ R,a ra,
One fired at.me; the bullet else. 1 prol. These hopes are piillll-founded, the acknowledgment of their de- Mr. Cram ley {lulled himself to- Meet Chinese f:n•nrilie�s Are tee
Those that are billeted with us Officials .assure Inc that there is still feat.”
gether, called the natives to hila, Poor to eat .•gga <+vcsrt zt tape 1th
t under my arm, have no light or eras • day. They are
enough___se_____ and wells in secret, of the lion, entre metrtiorhecl cep therefore the
My wife was very brave ; she g Y 3 g petrol in the country to
d to step in front. I draggedhe out at h•alf,past five each morning, lash for another year and a half. My which he fonnd in the bush, quite entire product, aril:opt t a,t ale4Th the
back and again the shot, ust They return to .breakfast at nine own personal investigations bear „ Smallest Book. dead, used for /leaching, x sr old. On the
and to dinner at one • before and out this statement. The smallest book in the world-- None of the man's wounds were average ten C7}enesa tinge weigh a
sing my head. We ran out into ' "Ona microscopic gem of book making,very se.riou.s:, for he were a very poured. ---F MIR ,ttar,di 1.a''ir�hteetl .
garden. Ina few minutes the
after each Meal they have hotel the other hand, every one scarcely la.rgea° than a .Scat's thumb-
nail—is stout khaki shirt, buttoned at the _.a. ____
se was all in flames. We had and steady drill. Thera is a, ,high admits that there is a terrible nail --is in the British Museum. It tv'rists, and the lion was so severely On the Contrary.
time to save anything:" tea �at five ; lights must be out In scarcity of rubber,
our ;military guests' ,beda'ooms at "More serious still is the short 9:cribed b�ontaine he a German artist ew eof, Nu- strength.
wounded
d that he had n,ot his uisual 'Uid that botat]te of ;patent ninedt
) > -it1Di ironggrey hair andlooking 4;en, But .the majority of the ane. age of copper, which is essential for remberg in +tlhe earl: cine do your aunt tin
are of such fine physical maateri•al, the mxanufacture of sahe]1s and .am Y part of the y got, 'h
years of cgs, leaned toward 17th •contttry. There are 208 pages "Mercy, no 1 On reading the ci�-
• so used to prolonged and vigorous munition. and the lettering is ,so perfect that color that came around it, elle got
C'Est veal," he said. exertion by the rigors of outdoor Gunpowder Scarce. it •can be read without difficulty, Plainly Evident. two new elisea•ses,"
nd this was the story as it was sport, that ,their training sloes not , The book measures three-quarters '---
in the least Exhaust them, I have every reason to believe of an inch by two-fifths. Mrs. Lc>vswstt (at 2 a,m,)— "i+eythar," . said little Rieke,
to me of the first shot fired. The _ that the supply of gunpowder is
cause was the sudden cute , Whew have ,you been 4 "wasn't it Paa"thricic ftiutr, that said
y+ causing the General Staff the great- Lovewett—Just fell in wiz an of `Let us have ipeacre l' '" .S "Nivel. .
ether a panic-stricken condi- Many a man is his oven master est anxiety, They lack saltpetre It is an impossibility to matte ;troth Erie.', my dear, said old Mick -et. r`.. 0!1 n
1 of a'stnall body of Ger'ma;i shmp.ly because none of the girls and. nitrates necessary for its man- ends meet ley burning the candle at , Mrs, Lovewette-Fell in, eh l I he- name of Pathrmlt fiver )sat db�an
>ps who had been driven with y will 'have him, ufacture Th.ey carefully avoid giv both ends. y'
Neve you, You've -.soaked, tiling loike thot."
ing direct answers to all ques-
tions on this subject, and prefer to
turn them away with some feeble
excuse. When asked why they are
using old aanmunition they say, In the Field there is a stirring
'We wish to get rid of it.' account of an English hunter's bat -
"I do not mean to imply that tie with six lions, three of which he
inhere are not still imense reserves killed. It happened in ,South Afri-
of ammunition in the country, but ca. Armed with a magazine rifle
from my inquiries I am convinced and an automatic pistol, he went
that even on a scale vastly below out in search of adventure, aecom-
that of the present time, they will, panied by a native boy, and climbed
for•=thxs reason alone, be unable to a small hill studded with boulders,
carry on the war after next June. On reaching the orest, he saw a
"I am sure that the most. vital 'large lion sitting upon' its haunches
considerations of this struggle a•re under a tree about 150 yards away.
Germany''s lack of copper and gun- He fired and killed the lion.
powder, or the essentials necessary Thereupon five others, which he
to make the various explosives now had not seen, appeared from the
in use." bush, and began to walk round the
TRIC STRUM IN
TILE A.U'•STRIAN SWEARERS ARE
ID ISHEA ItTt1'a N 1t11A n
The Russians, on tine Contrary, .:e
sept 'I`heir Bot With
Complacency.
A special eor'respondent of The
London Times at Lwow (Lemberg)
writes: I am more and more • im-
pressed daily with the coni•placenee
with which the Russian soldiers ac-
cept their lot. There is no doubt
that they have (been deeply stirred
by this war, and, though they be-
moan the misery that it, has'brought
nearly all seem to accept it as some-
thing that had to be. It is certain
that they hate the, .Germa,ns and are
fighting willingly. But the case of
the Austrians is quite different.
I talked a long thew with a
young Austrian reservist who has
been lying now for week.+ with a de-
sperate wound through !the body,
An Austrian.Sold.ier":4 Story.
He was a carpenter Living near
Prague, On July 25 'he was called
to the colors without evert knowing
what the war was aaboue and caring
less when he did earn.
I left my wife .and children wee'
ago, he said, without any warn;.
They had no money. Since the
have not heard a word from ti
and have no idea wh&i has'ham
They ed to them or how they .are man.
ing to live at all without •me. Why
is it? I am a. blare Edam inan. I }lave
IN THE ILI(DN'S JAWS. no dislike of Shp Itueeiares. They
_ are a very friendly people. Vet we
L Illuieter's ]i;xeititig )Fxpeh•ienee in are all called away .from our famil-
ies and sent over here to attack
South Afrin°.R, men we have nothing whatever
against. All the men in my regi-
ment who came a+i t ea ervisss feel as
I do about it—that is, all ,that are
left. Many have ,been trilled,
We were sent forward .after being
told by oux offtoerethat we were
e
marching against a th.oueand Rus-
sians, and we foiled fifteen thous-
and instead of one. I wan shot
through the back as we were with-
drawing. After 'I felt into the
Russians everything was Nagy for
me. lam quite satisfied. They are
very kind and the nurses very good
to DS. But always and ,always I am
worrying about my wife and my
Children. Not a word ,Simco I left.
How can they live with nothing
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