Show Germans Demand Billion Francs of Brussels Banks Policy of Alleged Spoliation Denounced by Belgian Minister l of Finance HA HAVRE Sept The The Belgian minister of or finance Alois von vonDo vonDo Do Dc has bas Issued the following note According to news from authorIzed authorized author author- sources tho the German authorities authorities ties tics of or occupation are pursuing against the Belgian population on a policy of spoliation oven even graver Braver than that already denounced by the Belgian minister of ot finance after the tho first t reports In the Dutch press press The Belgian National bank b Is not the only national bank which they desire to reach Tho The German commissary at Brussels demands that a loan bo be made to him not of francs as first announced but of francs Cranes of which three three- fifths Is to be furnished b by the tho Belgian National bank and two- two fifths firths b by other banks All the directors of tho the Belgian National bank are arc threatened with arrest M. M Carlier one ono of or the tho di directors directors dl- dl rectors already alread has be been n arrested and taken to la Alx and is being treated with the greatest brutality He Hc has hag been forced to wear a prison garb Such are arc the barbarous methods of ot Intimidation to which the tho German government has taken recourse In attempting to Insure the success of ot it Its forced loan The Belgian Betlan minister of finance denounces this odious abuse of or power by the authorities of or pation The act Is all the more abominable In that It aims alms at ex extorting extorting ex- ex from Belgium alread already so maltreated her hor own financial re resources resources resources re- re sources to use In making war upon her |