Show ill Men Alen en Being g Deported at Rate o of 2000 Daily The Hague Nov No Nol The l 17 The Tho number o of ot f Belgians deported b by tho the Germans up ui to date dato according to Information given give I en n the Associated Press tolla today from a a. re reli reliable re- re li liable ble source apparently is between b and OOOO and they arc are being fi deported at tho the rate rato of ot about 2000 90 00 0 d allf l Antwerp It was WaR said has been commanded com com- to furnish which ablo Is not more than 10 per edit cent o of ot f UH ilK bodied Able population but the com corn commUne mune muno of at Lessines has lost more tha than n 2000 from a total population including including- g women and children of at representing represent represent- ing virtually ever every bodied able-bodied man excepting officials The Thc entire Belgian population th the e narrator said eald Is terrorized because th tho eo o people realize tho they are entire entirely helpless help help- les less Crowds Crowd of ot h hysterical women an and d I children gather Jather at the railway and re rc 10 stations station and man many women a at Jemappes threw themselves 68 on the tho rail rails raUs s to prevent the departure dE of at a train of ot emigrants brunts and had to bo ho forcibly removed re removed re- re moved b by German sol soldiers len Tho ho nie men are frequently lon loaded od Into cattle cattIe cars car s and spend one or 01 two clays lIan on th the e Journey They are strongly doter deter mined to to work believing that tha t If It thc they are not employed In military works they will be n 1 compelled L. L to replace vj 10 u u U ui- ui U u vo lV ark vorK 01 dl- or Indirectly against tho the Del Belgian lan arm army and Its allies The Tho deportee deport men in iii trains passing through Liege LIcK are declared to have havo been heard singing h the Marseillaise l and other patriotic airs The newspaper reports a case near Valenciennes of sixty Frenchmen who impressed b by the Germans refused to v work ork and are arc declared to lo have hn been tied to posts for fort fort-el forty eight ht hours until until un un- un til half of ot them fainted from tram hardships hard hard- ships and hunger Many prominent Belgians ore are reported report report- ed ell to have o hesitated to risk their thell liberty lib lib- liberty ert erty b by by the tho strongest tron est of ot protests to toe to the e German authorities against tho the de de- de Various official bodies have ha I drafted resolutions of ot protests protest and the senators and deputies of Antwerp and provinces have t taken especially especial especial- ly stroll strong action In the premises andare and andare are arc said to bo be dal daily expecting dep tion Neutrals In Belgium especially the ministers are aro receiving man many appeals to try and Induce their governments to Intervene Inter The newspaper La l a J Libre which has haR maintained a a. wide circulation throughout DI Belgium lum for more than a year cor dc despite tho the alleged efforts of or the tho Germans to discover Its authors and suppress the sheet has published a n. special number containing an appeal to the neutral nations |