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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: APRIL 28, 1918. 7 B OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOQWQOOOOOOOOOOOO xoooooooooo Washington, April 27. (Special) The1 Belgian legation gives out the . following statement: The Governor General von Falken hausen has handed down an order for- ' bidding, under severe penalties, the stuffing of mattresses, cushions, pil lows, bolsters, etc., with hay or straw or feathers or wheat husks or chaff. ' In order to replace the wool which 'his been seized they may be stuffed with old paper cut into small bits. The scarcity of paper is acute and all the woodlands where the inhabitants might have procured broomstraw, twigs and leaves have been seized. The inventory of church bells and organs in Belgium has been ordered. .The Belgian bishops have protested strongly against the measure, an nouncing this sacrilege. Cardinal Mer- , cier has forbidden the Catholics to as sist in the removal of the church bells. In the aviation field of Diest the Germans are constructing barracks of wood and confining Belgian civilians ' to expose them to the possible bom bardment of the allied aviators, -i Executions of patriots continue to be frequent At the end of March 14 civilians were arrested at Liege and executed the same day. A few days before six persons had been executed in Antwerp. Three men were con- demned and executed in Flanders Life is particularly difficult in the military zone which embraces Flan ders, Tournaisis and part of Luxem burg. In Tournaisis, for example, the land owners have been expressly for bidden to get rid of all animal and 'vegetable products and certain miner al products and have been obliged to preserve them in good condition at the" disposal of the German author ities until they commandeer them, which does not take long. ' Objects falling especially under the law of seizure, notably cattle and horses, must be inventoried, and as a result of the extremely careful con- , trol the inhabitants are under the con stant menace of fines and imprison ment, even of deportation into Ger many. So many things, indeed, fall under the working of the laws of seiz ure that it is rare that the searching of a house, and they are frequent, does not result in the discovery of something already commandeered, such as a copper or bronze door latch, cheap copper lamp, empty bottles, casks, old corks, rubber. Mattresses, clothing, shoes have been commandeered, as well as the most part of food products. As for the native pnesTdraconian laws force the inhabitants to hand them over in such : amounts that there remains nothing for the population. Thus al most all the vegetables are comman deered as well as coal. Of the coal taken from the mines the Germans leave 20 per cent for the population j and keep 80 per cent for themselves only. The very small children alone continue to receive milk, thanks to the Oeuvre de la Goutte de Lait (Char ity for a Drop of Milk). As for meat, the weekly ration is two and one-half ' ounces, including the bones. Thus the ; great majority of the population, des titute and unable to buy food at exor bitant prices, must apply to the "soup . kitchens," inadequate, alas! The pop ulation grows weaker day by day, an easy prey to tuberculosis. . . Moral torment is not less than ma terial suffering the Germans respect nothing. For Instance, on November 14, 1917, soldiers penetrated into all churches and convents in the Tour nasia. interrupted the services, cleared the churches, forcing even the priests at the altars to stop the reading of the mass. They rummaged everywhere, pried up the altar stones, even destroying the altars; locked up or carried off vessels and church prop erty; in toany cases forced the priests to open the tabernacle and expose the contents of the ciborium. In a convent at Tournai the commanding .officer dared to remove the ciborium with his own hands- Money and valuables were taken from rectories and convents. On many occasions soldiers forced their way into even cloistered con ventsholding the nuns at their mercy. Nevertheless, the people of Tour nasis, instead of allowing themselves to be cast down, keep up a wonderful courage. Suffering, hatred, unshakable patriotism such is their life today'. Various detailed reports, reliable be cause of their agreement, prove that the Germans continue to requisition in the Flemish territory large num bers of men, of 17 to 45 years of age, to deport them into the north of France, near the front, under the fire of the allied aviators and cannon. They are subjected to a . systematic regime of exhaustion. They are forced to labor of a military nature, veritable forced labor, which they must execute regardless of the tem perature. One can imagine the working con ditions of these unfortunate people, torn from their families and their pro fessions, under the administration and direction of enemy soldiers. They are lodged in barracks, exposed to wind, rain and cold. There are no bunks except plank or tumbledown lattices infested with vermin. Those deported suffer particularly from the lack of food. The situation is aggravated by fatigue and unsanitary lodgings. This barbarous treatment develops among them sickness, such as dysen tery, digestive troubles, nephrytisand tuberculosis. The deported are beaten when they falter at their work. Hundreds faint in the workyard. They are carried to the hospital only when they are unable to rise. They are to be seen arriving at the hospitals, or carried thence in a conddition of com plete exhaustion. These seem like living skeletons. Some have lost up to 30 kilograms of weight and deaths are frequent. The Germans push their cruelty so far as to hold the families responsible when one of these unfortunates tries to escape, seizing wife or other close relative for imprisonment. The Germans transported from Lo keren (east Flanders) to the western front, for works of a military nature, 2,700 men laborers and citizens. An nouncement is now made that 200 of these unfortunates have returned to their native town. All are in wretched health, the majority, consumptive. Dysentery, typhus, lack of food, the rigors and rifles of their masters, have in three months found many victims among them, who lie now in un marked graves. Conditions as described are con- stant, while the Germans pose at the liberators of Flanders. The regime to which those deported from Luxemburg are subjected is sim ilar. The abominable deportations con tinue in the military zone of Mons. Not only men but children are taken away. February 25 Mons had to give up 500 youthj, all 15 to 18 years old. In the province of Hainaut they are proceeding with the census of young girls between 13 and 15. If the food situation is terrible in the military zone, it is likewise pain ful in other portions of occupied Bel gium, as can be seen from the follow ing figures ent from Antwerp but applicable to any Belgian locality. The natior.al committee supplies to citizens of Antwerp, individually, at very low prices: Coffee, 16 ounce every two month. Sugar. 26 ounces every two month. Butter, 8.1 ounces almost every month. Doap, 1.75 ounce very month. Potatoes, lO.s ounce every week. Meat, chopped, 1.1 ounce every week. Baoon, 3.5 ounce every two month. lrd, 3.5 ounce every month. . Bread, poor. 10.6 ounce dally. Prices quoted by the dealers to, whom the inhabitants must apply, in" order to eke out these rations, are as follows: Before the war. I .60 2) .60 SO .16 .26 .06 .01 .60 Now. 111.00-14 .10 1.10 23 00 4.00 4.40 .40 too 1.00 1.40 .11 S.60 5 66 11.00 .60 ' 1.00 11.00.15 11.00 up Coffee Buiar Butter Tea Rice Olive oil Soap Potatoes Meat Bacon .40 Lard 36 Erg 02 Cheeee , 40 Pea 08 Coal (a ton) 7.00 Thread (spool) 04 Stocking's 40 Boots 4.00 Cloth (meter) The letter written frnm Antwrn. which furnishes these figures, says, in conclusion: "It will therefore not surprise you if I add that interments in a single cemetery here have risen from 150 to 175 a month before the war, to 540 now. All who fall ill, go there be cause many medicines are lacking or else the people need nourishing food and have not the means to procure it." The Institute of France has just be stowed its highest reward, the "Prix Audiffret," to Cardinal Mercier. the president declaring the institute de sired thus to honor oi.e of the noblest characters known .j our times a pre late personifying the solemn protest of a martyrized Belgium against the most insulting barbarism. He quoted the words pronounced by the Cardinal in one of the churches of Brussels at the time of the depor tations. "In civilized countries, man has a right to liberty in the choice of work. He has a right to his home. He has the right to reserve his services for his Own roiintrv Anv rMtf,n that violate these rights do not bind tne conscience. He mentioned, also, this portion of a letter from the Cardinal, to the gov ernor general: "There is a barrier at which mili tary forces must halt anrl which is sheltered, in inviolate safety Right. On this side of the barrier. we, the representatives of moral au thority, speaking as masters, take our stand; I am not alluding to our earth ly revenge that, we already have; for the government of occupatic.i yoi j pose upon us is descried by all that is honorable throughout the entire world I refer to the judgment of history, the inevitable judgment of the God of justice." From Cardinal Mercier down to the most humble of the Belgians all offer indomitable resistance to the enemy. Here is an example chosen, among a thousand: A commor. soldier sent on a mis sion into occupied Belgium was cap tured and carried before the military court. The prosecutor, demanding the death penalty, implied, in an allu sion to his uniform, that this man preferred not to be at the front. The soldier, springing up, retorted: "Sir, I understand very well; you are accusing me of cowardice; I do not know whether all these gentlemen present have been at the front, but I nave, and I have crossed your barbed wire ten times, and have been under fire from your guns and now you have me, and' I know quite well what you will do to me. I will make an appointment with you for that day, sir, and you shall see how the Belgians die, since you do not seem to have learned this in fighting against us." He was shot He left a wife and a little boy, but he did not yield. Neither do those others yield sen ators, deputies, provincial or munici pal counsellors who, with admirable energy, and in ever greater numbers, protest so energetically against the enemy's attempts to disunite. On March 22, Secretary Baker had a long interview, with King Albert with whom he visited the Belgian front. 1 The North Sea sector, long held by the French, and recently taken over by Belgian forces, has been the thea ter of increasing activity. Several at tacks in the region east of Nieuport were successfully repulsed. A violent attack by German as saulting troops, as well as a number of minor attempts, broke down. At one point the enemy was able to cross the Vser and took 300 prisoners. Un March io, during an engagement near Muyvekenskerke, and on March 28, in the vicinity of Bultehock, Bel gian troops took a considerable num ber of prisoners. The enemy vainly attempted attacks on small outposts, near Bixshoote. During the week. March 25-30. fine rweather aided the aviation in scouting operations. Numerous photographs were taken. Three German planes were brought down, two as the result of an engagement, the third by artil lery fire. The crew of one of the planes was captured. In April, in spite of unfavorable atmospheric con ditions, there has been some aerial activity. A squadron of enemy aero planes attempted an attack oh a Bel gian war balloon, but was put to flight by a squadron of Belgian planes. On April 4, a German Gotha, disabled by artillery fire, was forced to descend within the Belgian lnes. The crew, two officers and a corporal, were cap tured. During the week of April 5-12, artil lery activity continued in the region of Nieuport and along the southern por tion of the front. During the nights of April 8 and 9 Belgian detachments penetrated en emy positions near Lombeertzeida. St. Georges, Dixmude and Zevecoote, and brought back several prisoners. More prisoners were captured during an unsuccessful attack by the German troops in the zone of Mereken and the forest of Houthulst. On April 9 German torpedo boats shelled the coast. 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