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Show c; sarfd m An & 4 I, 1 Foreign Service Music und Drama 5ECTI0X TIIREK- Complete Story M-- M andLlterature TIIE I jKSKllET NEWS "SATmi)A Y MARCH 5 JVJl - ' EIGHT PAGES S Hatred Soon Forgotten By Belaian-Busine- ss Steing Holland Getting German Trade, "Martyr NatxonnPromptly Bidt for it) With' Remit Thtft Antwerp it Now Cermant Main Outlet Port Buty With Commerce of Reviving Teuton Commer . Cial nfrnnMi I l i NlhC.rman LtayjanJ H.mbar, Am.rin Ship. R.rnn,. Th.i, CnlU-Fnc- ilon ix,.... With Franc. EmJ.nl BStan,B.!n,Fa,i;m Sur1aX on AltacL0a' Goode France Maket Vanout Concettiont in Recog rut ton of Flemith Wrath Rhine Commerce Injured by Withdrawal of Water for Ipurpotet. In r i diutrUU (Special Correspondence.) NTWERp, prt, o. It a war liar after , dev-tot- n ot aK,n ? Tfc' quarrel W - devMUted.. Bocha, Belgium, tha 4 LyA Hun, domg bust- frankly, uprnly, joyoqsty, profitably with Germany and n h r fur ten years afterwards, it considered bad taste ta f in France. H..feme, re. "( Call ".H 1- ! was sura to lead to trwWe. ntayW fo biuot.hcd. Bo the' expression "surCaxe-d'etn-p- t' of dispute nfctiurvr it t flKomed rn Hr.giu .. : An ancient J tench tax imjxised on giuxis brought the country by other mutes than French ports, !U.iibrrcXsa French romUcr'T und pltTictT" Marly French shipping. When ANareMorrstr be. the great war. the sur- Luxs 4 cnUsput Siluisil struck g over ponds io Antwerp and op the fitrortil the prov. uh France, port hum. with business-Ger- man bu-ri' tottritl B g fon t raattoa ff Vhescenm of depression-hicone f.nda I, tr. nd UP ".. The J5dianahw-aaw-4h- i k Omr mm; rnmeir and cMir'"" T JWIU off to virtual .slavery - from whoaa llpa came tale of hancbeei children, foot. The Belgians were frankly furious. They hid fhlldren diaeaaed children, all blamed stood firm in to tha to loop the French, Ary said, Germane, ia cooperating w.th the German now. for . only to f.nd their friend destroying the commerce Retting poor Ixtuvain, Dmant and Ypree. of the.r great town aiid diverting trade fo their . Antwerp ia a startling exception to tha rule of own seaports. It would have paid them better had universal European depression. A trip on- tha . Alsace Lorraine remained German. , Scheldt after nightfall find ligbUika atari marking The people of Alsace Lorraine did noC tha anchorage of thouaandtLDLcrafU of appreevery size Grvaf Fwrt mi Amt mm Wtw ViftrWMiaf Wmmm Vm ciate the change for many reason; being cpnser and tonnage, from all parta of the world; a Om at a "ee.c a, in rsMss 0mm mi Mmmf mmpm4 ti Ha Hftvtcrr trip llMdfra.1' 1 tative, they were accustomed to the ways of Antthe daytime leaves tha impreesion of a hurried dne-m-a barrlrtt k4a tm fwwii Nm xtliHf ! mem laitrfaii Set weep lessee rmri werp; beside geography play a large part in lh"' 4 4 mi ahow. The films, pulled off at top speed, show Its SMrtlc BblR9s AirmmmmmU Mare ' tsSlei Hwk. question Not only if Antwerp very handy, but the elevators moving, zip anddown, curious and unusual The real reason of all this country round about is Gat; if goods cannot com M. Mcyei the Tiead of the y tn appliances for pouring grain out of ahips into waitnd.Bo-hgreat German corn ha cleared the air. Much of the had by river they are sent by canal. ' tha and Ae port unwonted and quite fodder enthusiasm of tha barges, ing regardless, apparently, of tha rules of import company, was recently in Antb'oud was rained by the fact that Ae Geria tha retreating startled Fleming the France, storm she had raised, e by completion of an gravitation. No doubt soma Flemish engineer (or werp. In the course of an interview with Al.lerman man had annesed a crane here, a weaving web has maJe various concessions, allowing goods in more likely an American) knows why the stream of shipping agreement. The immediate afStrauss he remarked with characteristic bluntness there, and even carried away essential bits of mabond and by watfir to go to Alsace Lorraine free that Germany had decided to boycott Antwerp but chinery grain does what it is told, but H is beyond tha mare fect of prolonged negotiations to bring this comjust to prevent Ae Flemings from working. of the hated impost. Meanwhile the Rhine ia bine about, is At calling of As Nordeutacher found commoner. it . changLloyd impossible. and Hamburg American companies at Antwerp from Immediately after the armistice, the Fleming ing in character. The Swiss are making us of the Amid a babel of tongues, with hurrying negroes We have tried sending our good through started gff fur Ones Lhsrs, ha no. wallet for Ae production of electricity. Even the hugging shivering parrot to their tattered cotton Ae first of next- month. Hamburg and Rotterdam," said the German, "but stone unturned Germany. unfit he had found that missing crane smallest hotels for instance contrive their own sun-pl- y eoartt, with bustling native Belgians, and above all AGREEAey have noi the advantage of Antwerp. Here or located that stolen from the adjacent falls. Thiidiyort. the water spinning mule. The Aief was with Carmans, the Work goes on. Cranes creak and MENT. goods are dealt with mpej.liously. The hiding and then forced to and little by little the stream of the Rhine then little indisgorge. supply Naturally case come AH tha arrangements have been made. 'Berths great swinging through .the air; everyunlading apparatus are good and up to date. There cident lost non of their savor in that Ae two is showing the effects of this deflection. The goods one must look out for himself on the Antwerp docks, have been allotted to Ae boats, not in Ae fine are modern lifts and cranes. But more important places disputants understood each other's language; but as traffic on Ae Rhine is getting more and more difif ha would avoid Tiodily harm. South Americans, Aey had before tha war, but far away up tha thanini, Ae people hera have the right feeling for the machine and tools came back, mostly intact. A ficult every day. -"- Croats. - , Dalmatians, Italians, and Spaniards- ,- struck Scheldt. Although Ae German boats will be in business. . T... --- W. Iis.m . the .;dumb hy inclemency of, the climate,, ekurty off disgrace for tha present, It Is very probable thafbe- FRANCIEELGIAN RELATION 8 U" f W ny whenVlI'e haunt where Aey play tor. tong Hmj A their favorite river-sid- e their' . old ls It regain place. for y,W" Frahe andBeIgium are bound by a military even- - hinted Aat the Woermanti aad ' OldofthOrg He Ish evds tmtil their -- ship, sails, careful- - never to past inaster'at ird.and A war has rather - rnnvTntionwhich is believed to be purely dufetuiive . tore outside, in Ae raw chilliness of Ae winter day. Portuguese may return A Antwerp and negotiaGETTING BACK CREAT TRADE. strengthened Aan ditrscW from his knowledge of to character; But being secret, no one knows ex-- ., The Germans do not mind a little chiU. A polices tions for other companies' return, have already been men and , he five if the In thing.ling-rpenr yearf - -- win pre war time. 2,579.bRfl tons of goods tor aefiy what Ae treaty implies,' excepting Ae two . man in English uniform and helmet, and a wry good commenced. ; wland, he has corns luck w ith an added a&set in Ae chiefs of general imitation of Ae Engtish manner, carefully hurries for Ae two countries. Thia For Ae present, however, the two leading Ger- shape of a useful knowledge of the English tongue, Germany went through Antwerp, including A a trade tor A was to have been followed by a commercial 1,133 from l.di me; ton' treaty everyone upon his way. This . cosmopolitan crowd man lines- only are touching there. They call at of British conditions, and in perhaps of. renditions may be honest, he says to himself, and he must acPlymouth and proceed to Boston and New York, an EnglUh-Jxir- t. ilf he stayed at home he learnt Germany left the port annually- - The total tonnage alliance. The question jf Ae : surtsxe d 'entrepot, is as it such But until Ae and being proved. cept contrary boat,' Aey will be supplied wiA somsAing at toast from Ac much hated Roche. The of imports and exports tor Belgium ia 1913 was' however, has puf a considerable. strain on relation between-th- e 61,500.000 tons, 23,6'0,000 going through Antwerp. two countries ana brought, into relief, with so many valuables about, it is better to keep fuel by a minor line of small boaA, running from German has more system and order than Ae Fleme difference between the very liberal, almost the clear. the quay-sid- e Since the war there ha been pract cally no the south to Boston, with stores of oil. ing but is lacking in initiative, which is certainly and the France. conservative Belgium is This with new trade first the nor fruit the ,of tor matter with here1; Aat agreeonly not wanting Germany, FINANCIALLY ON THE he has taught the Belgian to be The feeling thus engendered has been manifested menL The German agents of firms will not estate more methodical and scientific, only occasionaT ships calling at Ant- la not so fierce. The quite optimum lish themselves at Antwerp. 'The companies are ugly frontier incidents, when customhouse of- werp. In spile 6f this, the number of boats calling underwriter, the steamboat company agent, and his forced ' '' it" AnrwerjTalreadyexreeds the 'pre-wa- r total, al- - ficials have token it out of a Frenchman on the BelBelgian on the spot, and various friends are very checrfuLTh The Tbe- - gian front and Ae Frenchman on the other side has will be pur opoh lhelr trade. feeling wry- - -- though their-- tonnage is --considerably- less. ever, won t hear of overdrafts, and if you hint that are TJHfl ships in 1 9 1.3, a agsirtsf 7,693 in reciprocated on A morrow, while reprisal visa- strong only last summer. Even naturalized German figures traveling-Belgium American are Just delegates you want a loan on goods in warehouse, he Is rutR and visiting Antwerp to inspect the port and weretorced to leave Ae country of their adoption- - 1923. The tonnage figures are IT, 146,819 and 10,- - charges are doing much .to prevent all intercourse Weve too much goods in bond here, he says, and now, between the countries, excepting for those who adopt oflK 5rrr o residence, crovds demonstrating Hs capacity tor taking on more work. 'Their journey 8524r respectively. ' far too many stores. How is Ae bank to realize will be extended to in doors until their front of tha simple expedient of dispensing with.jiass porte they actually departed. and even farther afield, Meanwhile, the returns tor Ae month o, De-if you cant pay? No; Aat kind of transaction is with a view to Germany ch and crossing the frontier on footTpapers immediately made great capital cember show that the last month of Ae conditions and. there, did inspecting year not bealAy, he says. At A same time he will of things, and Ae Flemish who apeak of this state whole to The French have discuss Ae be toad can further what for premised arrangement twice as jnuch business a the month of Jurje, this toll you that Antwerp reached the bottom of the teeing identical language immediately pricked M. Moulart, the Belgian consul at Ham- -' an almost with other terms the of suretax bl in noted will question shipping. deentrepot trade. Ae It in of too, slump spite It is now on slough of degpond sometime back. f commercial treaty, making one dependent upon burg, ia in charge of The party that ia investigating up their ears were available arly in returns the forthe that -- theport at and making good progress upward grado What are they doing that fur? said the in Europe generally. Ae other, but meanwhile Antwerp has to wait. Its Buf thf conclusions reached January, which is a striking indication of Ae The fact Is, he will continue, getting confithalj 'in al probability will only be madelcnown very much Fleming. hydraulic or electric' mind. Ml desire to "know how It stands' wet and dry docks, it ish of habit and of this is' Ae flourishing, dential,- that port 120 ton sheers might stand idle while and cranes and after consultation with auAcq-itieat would later To our answered the the trade, and dockers, away AntorcfSippers get at once, probably there is abundant evidence. . home. and the Fleming went home to think. politicians deliberated. Its floating elevators worked not have enjoyed the New Year fetes had Ae balance The hammering of iron rivets. A slamming t to RETURNED-.-ThAe of on by compressed air tor transhipping grain or ita au,.. the last out HAVE GERMANS WHY day' THE been year, not When sheet Alderman Strauss, Antwerp's guardian down of loads of bricks and Ae coupling of teams were going'forward or .back- -' tomatic grab" tor coal might be unused for a pe- -. whether to receive show German a was to town. Aey anxious been re The tram have Germans even angel, requested recently. up' of long great activity, speaks riod. ward-- .. think.-- ., N bulge with iuman. beings, jEolnBejgjjjpjjia.. one sum their- - tradethrough Antwerp Immediately f he ..publicly announced Aat.. it. was The Fleming could not even think of allowing Besides the Immense goods traffic, Antwerp has worries about. regulations regarding overcrowding, ter the armisfice they Aought Aey could safely in- - ing that sentiment and business would mix. Most his Flemhis that of deal men withr and to emTgranta series 31,984' great portMo stand.- back .and wait upon, the of reprisals countrymen already appreciated pointrof punishjthe dulge In a while swiftjand silent cars carry important emigrant trade . Throwing all assuhipCion of altruism to the leit. lhe docks 'of Jhat cit y iluring l.'?2q,Mor the dreary..dlKU!?iongof .. politicians, That might termin-down to Ae dock on business of one kind and ings for Ae persecution of such Germans as lived 'view. he wanted or him in end. might 11.399 ate Rotteris to business be South he there sent Their' and winds, America; stated giving thatJ'when by Canada yhat in the town.' They goods Arough" United State, another, done, negotiations can be carried on with any people - returning emigrants reached Antwerp .during the mere futility. lie grasped the preferred, business Of. dam and by way of Bremen and Hamburg. . .. .. Theres a deal of activity, certainly, answer ' Neither port produced Ae same excellent te-- on earth, whatever' their degree of civilization, or past year, the greater part frora Ae United States the. former enemy, and will hold to it with tenacity Ae Fleming to Ae unspoken thought But Aat ....... ....... . An . inveterate as Antwerp. Bremen and Hamburg are some-- however. low Aey. stand in one's esteem." suits busines. mean Canada- - . .- good doesnt always . cited counts in alderman And the Aat George's disclaim and it wha 'Lloyd the his off to wily C. V. MARLER, present prosproximity map,' FURIOUS AT ERENCHT bELGUVS grumbler,'he is afraid M ' seems- to have been dictum that even cannibals can be treated with." and him take while Rotterdam hear all A lest gods too trading, loudly - J perity g(Copyright, by the Edward Marshall Syndicate, Inc.) At the time pf Ae CaiUoux trial, and perhaps TKi, exchange of amenitiea between Fleminit away. , . .JV ee-c- n , lfll - tw. Rmt iavriraa-Ggrauft-tolfi- J4 n b super-activit- e Amcricano-Gcr-mano-Beig- - t- - lft - - ilLlH-pgJasswAi- rfFlJldng - -- - vs f T. " frg - i i s' I "f" tas lsare-1-crr- 1 f- - i i - oil-fu- free-jtrgd- - -in ' Up-tow- vrvrrBP'8rrri ; bank-manag- -- - -- r: The-Dut- , 2-t- s , -- d.' - ' j . " ' America and they tare sease-- . The doctors, with all heir t- - England was at BlyA. Northumber- - reported from of the African dta- - perimenta, their hacterioiogiral tfsland. Th latest victim, a laborer,' the sameas-thoe- e of Hadlow, near Tonbridge, ha died ease. The evmptoms In Britain, how jand their data, are at a loss They cases.. weeX. wilh a Frequently, the cannot after atL Illness of about ever, vary sleep is preceded by pains In thq Gons: Name and Nature of Disease. What Is the cause The technical name of The complaint head, and fetor, t ' SOenee Bad Attributed It to Bite of Tsetse Hf, Bnt Appeoranee In In other case the patient cannot What la the cure? I here is encephalitis we know it Now New or Cause Dlsraao. I They offer theories based on Esrope and Americn Indicate Either lethargies, and although we are as- sleep ar night and only aep during . but ihcy are not sure. sured that it is not the tropical dis- the day. Double vision during the common. ia Sleep, startearlier seem fairly stages ease, Its symptoms make it Mont of the cause of InThe pn the to of mercy A i and everything ing malInexplicable, esses however, deadly tho Correspondence.) of It. Fresh (Special fluenza Is not solved," states the redenlaens when this awful thing linglyarolike occurring, and as yet British the outstanding feature. and ONDON, Feb.. 23. Tbs lonely jungle stalks across their- threshold, la un- ady disease may not havi a direct port. 'Clinicians,arebacteriologists, reThis a found hsv pot medical experts wilds all agreed that A epidemiologist traveler wandering in derstandable. with the connection of fa tropical sleeping .The average liable remedy. ifeiffers bacillus (discovered ir Of East A fries w!U sometime Aero utoTdin--M- mt . This is the sleeping slcknese ot Ae AVbwlghborh - ! com across a village of but tsets fly. Is it tbs same as that Per cent. , thl! whether Tt to the can, remains bu ! 1e off men which afflicts Europe and whlqh 1 This by The solution of over which there reigns a terrible America sleeping idekneas was unproven. which . be one of the aymplftn -0 against? IT. guards firat dIeovrd in Vienna to I.'the great ewU In - East Afrlcen s silencer 7 terrified to the ob-- 1 A whose diseass har rymptoma medicine. tt th ot then htttarr beenbn rince hu he earned for It A name of "sleeping eervatlon of the Medical Keeearch j native. Breaking Through A- Jungle Thus the doctor who have wrltteo - to enters an area where once there was slcknesn" and which, according Future Outlook Gloomy. but eo far the microbe ias not I ihe report are In a mood that does Ilf and activity, but which now is one medical authority, leaves its vic- council, V1 ' : fu' . oh not inspire confidence, been discovered. ,.7 "Wbst U th wor!d outiook sunk in the lethargy of death- tims with a "mask-like- " face, surely . Brof. Marie, - of A Balpetlere. turn pestilences or dangers? It to, we The conclusion to which we ary Then he remembers A tsetse fly. ' been beard of tn various pafit Paris, latea that th diseas pene think, gloomy." has. led. y. "to th generation Of a they at-House after house be may find 1 oil has of Europe and rely That ominoua warning to given In great pestilence, such as tnfiuen or trate by th nasal organa, and flleted with the terrible scourge of to American Cases have occurred In tacks reeom1 He column. a'.seriousness as the combined cpln-- pneumonic plague. Is dependent on th spinal sleeping sickness He may even meet England, in Franc and In Sweden, mends Ae nee of Qomenot or a Tint- - jon 0 of social order Involving number of the most eminent n a man staggering towards probably you know more tbaa we, on .liar product as a preventive. Th mal- - medleal Aien tn a report issued re- - (disturbance y for absolutely large number of. him in a vain effort to speak, and thman do of ravage to tb United seems to attack prtnei pally cenrtv 'byThe Hritfsh ihlnlstry of belngs the endursne of ll li face wort convulsively an d hl gutea- - Whether it la a new disease Influenza afford for which of . on . infanta tions Among health the epidemic insalubrity and, lips move In. agony, tilt, overpowered, due to poms hitherto unknown gsrra adult H had scarcely been observed which swept tha world to Invading parasites a suitable field ot hi eyes clous droyslly, hi leg sink, or whether It la a disease Which In before the war, and it wa made aiJ This epidemic- - Caused more death j modification. Jio impartial spectator hi body drop to A ground where b the pest has ot been recognised Is notifiable disease, that la, on Which in Its short, fierce course duringican doubt that at th present time. stands, and b Jles in- - deadly sleep still uncertain. It cannot ba tho tsetse must be reported to the health author-- T Aoee two years than did the whole and almost certainly for generation from wh ich be dill never wake. British ministry of j of th aflghttng In A great war. Th to cbme, there will exist in. manyttiea by th fly disease. Few diseases are more fascinating oVer and .death roll to England and Wales Wide.trpcts ot Tbe idekneas was responsible for health only last year.prefaL-wdb- r to the Imagination than this strap nuM ofAe Try,' prvctsvly .Tire Typo of misery which tntersrnne'Was In I hi esuery Ism woelk e Th ten IMP and ITTlttr snf dealhs M rou rgand. those esttog symptom of (Jzto disease ae found vtcttm were from the young, healthy yvs suspect to b the appropriate forcing'toilady,. this euro th oftsetse figure is mors than double fly which Thls fiendish power of and dispersive Trrer- - life Of the country; It was on of th -house of irnTTlii when the number to Europe I th steep wklctiIt come of comes diwtuined as natures refreshing of . and powers h vlegim. Frequently was 13 respectively germ." great plagues of 'history. deaths . it be Im. The horror with which to com to Ae 3(11 pl- . of the mads Certain unoonaclousnses have deaths symptom It follow, plain How throughout suddenly, 104 many ThF natural. ia carded by the natives course w do aot j and sometimes there to ne wken-Xh- e tong, moat' carefully, prepared report Asm th United RUM of oa frensiad terror which make (Con tin usd from that Ala tofluansa to a mystery di-first rsported Isjlag. Tbeas ar the famlUm, Iev- - knew. O ibstr hemes, t Sickn of ess Sleeping Mystery it - 4. ir,n Li TZl ' - been-carrie- hu-ad- thla-std- e, I na-tb- -- I- ; ' lilt St's . J ring & -- V I ' ts,- ' mt m - British Police Methods in Greece In Id YQh Expert From fktolumi'Varif Cslh-.cw Cops Will Not Argue But Will Act, Dutlc Tla-l- r d t kpeci-i- i Correspondence ) THEN A. Feb. 20. Athens, for The first time' In living mem-- , has reason for pride in IS police force. Simultaneousthe Greek ly the law breakers in capital ere compelled to recognize that for them the Golden-Age-t- o past. It the tutelage of British is tlTanks-tAthens th that police force, experts long a disgrace t the city, has now been. brought to a state, of. efficiency umliemot of In its previous h'rtory. Formerly the policemans lot in Athena wss not a happy, one. He rah the risk 'of being abused and I the public whom he was seeking Jo.protect. nd if tl ill luck, metaphorically speaking, to tread on the corns of some influential citizen, wo betide him! Under - Ae circumstances tt to tint, to he wondered at if th "Athens policeman course, sought to steer a did less. and officially sew little-apThat ,was yeeterirTiqt today There 1 anbf hT and Ksjfttiei' story to tell ot the Alhirnton It to on t'Halllwell ahi who has For many wrought the change year police eommlasioner tn Calover two little years ago be cutta. a wa asked by tb Venize'Ust govern- d safe-midd- k - ment Jlo try his expemenred hand t reorgiimzalion to Greece- Fir Fredertr.lt Halliwell established-hbnwl- f one day in Athens, bringing with htm a assistants Inspector of the' Metr pallia n - I'oilce . Hill Force, London, and InpegHor from Scotland Yard. This police miss Mon has been busy ever sine; a great deal has been accomplished, though much remains to be done. : Athens. In days ihe average knew Athens policeman ttcarceSy of hat a dozen the whereabout street of the capllsl. Crime and undrtarted, and It was th "golden Sgri of Ae pick- Dnn-rtiinc- n. thrived-unchecke- ' This Inefficiency was due not so much to want of intelligence on the rive a to. part of the pollce.-thefan entire sbsenee of anv system of .trrinin Under Ae'HaHi-w- H scheme the police' recruit to caught young, over ?1 and under 27 and years of age,, and. If .phvsical.y merrily fit. to enrsned aa a proba-Uone- r- . F f - 4 i - A. police school of ' tostrueAra M modern lines is shortly to be established in the old British milkary bar- - t |