Show HE SLEW DOGS IS CALLED HEROD I 1 N Name sine G Given I Man l Who Vho Killed hilled Canines in in Belgium l' l y nr nY ny Service Staff Correspondent Bruges Dee Dec 7 1115 His name namo Is Von Yon Butlar but for tor years to come como the tho people peo peo- or C Bruges Druces will call him Herod For Von t Butlar chief of oC the tur was tho German who vho ordered tho slaughter of oC the tho Innocents in Bruges Bruges' very doS doer world This Ihle example of oC useless and cruel tyranny on the part of oC tho German overlords o who were masters of oC Bruges during durin during four bitter r years was cited to tome tome tome me me- meby by a n Belgian as ns the perfection of or ortho tho system of or slow persecution cal calculated at d to break the tho spirit spirit of or the tho conquered Von Yon Butlar the same tamo man who stood coolly by smoking in a L cigar with his dog on a leash when Captain Fryatt tho the Englishman was shot in fn inthe the Casern suddenly issued a n. command back in back In 1915 that all doS dog owners in the tho tho thov thoI at district v of or Bruges must report r I and these there register the l f pedigree of oC their animals tit All animals con considered mongrels would be bo killed Those who have been In Belgium beI be- be I fore the war recall how Important a beast beast is the dog do through all Flanders i He lIe I is a a. draft animal of oC the hard bald work work- I ing inS J kind Hitched Bitched under a push cart cartor or driven in a team with two or others Rovers foyers Belgian cousin Is a real realI I I economic asset ho works t for a living ln To deprive a Belgian farmer or small I I trader of or his dogs Og's would be to strike at nt his poc pocket et as ns well as his heart Von Butlar no reason for tor h Ins his I mandate mandate did did not excuse his order for tor tori j i slaughter on the ground of oC food tood consor conI conservation con con- sor atlon or any kindred red reason With lh I true Ge German J an peremptoriness ho he simply said all dogs doSs not passing muster as to I their ancestry must die le I I Some strange things thinS's happened the day of oC registry People with pet dogs dobs as well as sturdy peasants whose husky I I mongrel brutes had hall no possible claim to a n. blue ribbon pedigree appeared at I the komm with all sizes and andI I breeds of oC substitute victims hastily hastU I bought for tor the occasion Tho majority or of dog doC owners however either elthor could not note provide themselves with a n. Jacob for the altar or trusted in to win respite for tor their pets I Bruges nor any other Belgian city I under r the German occupation ever witnessed a more mournful procession than that of or the do dog owners the da day day- of oC registration Tho The refinement of ot Von Yon B Butlar's cruelty la lay in the provision that all whose dogs dots were ere condemned must themselves es take taka them to tho abattoir abattoir abat abat- where they would be dispatched Many a d sturdy patriot who had hatI withstood the German attempts attempts' to lo break breal his heart b by continuous and petty pet tyrannies felt his bend that da day of ot the dog doS slaughter when ho had to turn over his friend and to the hands of ot tho the e executioner Eyes Ewes of or World Will iII Be e Centered Center d On OI Versailles te i II es During D u ri COll Coming Co m ing I i Peace Session Sessi oI c I t tf i r l It T fi f f S. S r Es t tz z w Aw S 1 s F t v tv t-T t ift x t w s w i S 3 t Two glimpses of famous palace of Versailles where p ace conference will be held heM Upper view shows part o o. beautiful garden adjoining adjoining- palace Lower picture is a gen general eral view of the palace from the Place d' d dArmes Armes The garden gar garden garden den and park are on the tha other side In the center of the court is a bronze n statue of Louis XIV IV Th central part of the building at this point was the original hunting lodge of Louis XIII From Versailles the magnificent magnificent- Versailles Versailles the Babylon throne of oC Louis Louls XIV the grand ran monarch who declared 1 I I 1 am the state and stood forth as tin till supreme autocrat exemplifying the so- so called divine divino right of kings kings from from this regal reg-al domain went vent forth the tho armistice e edict lct which pronounced despotisms despotism's doom In 50 years jears from Crom King Louis XIV to Marshal Foeh and Tiger Clemenceau Clemenceau Clemenceau Clem- Clem a I. I marvellous pageant of or personages per per- and events toward freedom and democracy this same superb Versailles built nt at a cost of or 0 o 1 francs of ot the peoples people's mon mon monon on I a sand sandy waterless plain a dozen miles southwest of oC Paris Pan stands to toda today today to- to I da day as the most impressive historical monument In tho the world worl It was in shortly before the death of ot Marla Maria Theresa and the Kings King's s 's marriage e to Mme de e Maintenon that Louis XIV commissioned Mansart I the great Ireat architect to undertake the ast extensions which transformed the theold theold theold old ancestral chateau into a aa luxurious palace of or art in the classic style stylo of or the Renaissance Already it had hall lon long been beenu u used ed for revels re and entertainments entertainments- including those to which Moliere and anti his players contributed The Time place lm had des de developed eloped to 10 Its Us full tull splendor when I H I became came the time scene of or the glided gilded Collie o of tho regency and Louis XV's reign r d by do 10 Pompadour ant ami Dubarry Louis Louts XVI VI and Marie l Antoinette An toinette lOmetto were still keeping up the family tam fam ily traditions o of frivolity trl and extravagance a gance s-arco there when the Nemesis of ot th the revolution overtook o them an and the fish n m market TI et mob from Paris Puls stormed storme their gates In the halls of or Versailles palace p were convened con tho the states general to an anthe and d the national assembly which drafted d the constitution In the great assembly room the time treat treaty between I France Spain and England was signed on SEptember 3 3 1783 Napoleon a held hehl court here dur dur- lag ing the first empire During tho the siege of or Paris Paris il 71 Versailles was wa tine the headquarters of or jn I King William of or Prussia whom Bismarck ills ills- marck marcle proclaimed German emperor From here a little later General MacMahon Mac Mac- ac- ac Mahon rahon directed the time Versailles army I j of oC government o troops that suppressed ed edI I the tiro commune Subsequently after the tho establishment lie of or the French I tic ll the palace became tho the meet meeting In of or tho the and oC and andoCI of the senate In later years it h has ul been ma made e a national museum filled with I choice objects of or decorative art and historical paintings I But the tho sanctum of or the recent suI supreme su- su I preme premo war council that council that august bo body hea headed ell b by Premier Lloyd Llod George Georee of or I Tn ringland Premier ClemenceaU of or orI Franco rr Premier Orlando of or Ital Italy and I Col F. F M At House representing President President dent Wilson lIson of ot the tho United States St which formulated the momentous decree o to be han handed ed b by Marshal Foch to tho the defeated and suppliant foe foe tho tho scene of or this memorable conference was a the life main salon of the Grand Trianon Trianon Tria Tria- non a detached 1 palace or villa In Ver- Ver m r ailles park which Louis XIV built for tor Mme Mine do Maintenon I in 1685 It is an l bijou filled with objects of oC art art and and not lo to be confounded with tho limo Little Trianon where Marie Antoinette Antoinette Antoinette An An- toinette use used play at t rusticating |