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Show WPlEEBS LOYEDJULEflS Entrance of Royalty Into Famed City Made in Brilliant Sunshine. People Shower Them With Flowers as They Ride Through Streets. By PHILIP GIBBS. (New York Tifnos-' 'iij'';is'" Tribune Cable, Copyright.) wirrr Tiii': huitjsu ahmiks, Nov. "3. -In my rueHgo the, other day fruin Antwerp f had only time, to givft a KliMHWfi of the king's entry and of Hie .vtiii,i in tho .street. It was fining then, but km soon as. ile Iilng crossed the :i hfll'it by the ferryboat, which take motor ran as writ us men, the sunshine hrok) t h mi it;li I lie wer mist and brought out the I'ol'u of nil Mils paRfrintry which Iih'I br-'Ti ci'.-iy b'M'i.rt. Antwerp is a ' it v in u hirh i m of lt;i o ilb-ini I v s with modei nit;. , and wlir-ro old .sj-trcK and tow-i:rii tow-i:rii uf chnriiiiiM and houses built ','.(l0 y en rs a o a nd more, jire wedged 1 n bo-twfen bo-twfen public bulldingn, whipping and banking offices, hotobs and shops belonging belong-ing to ttin growth of prosperity in tho half century before, the war. But yesterday, with long banners and standards floating down It a streets and hoisted upon pinnacles pin-nacles of the belfry and falling in waves of rich color from many bnleonics, there vhm a flense of old things, rather than of new, and the ancient history of this .!";! port, with tt.t merchant princes, was about as one walked. So it was with the people In the sLreets. A boy scout perched on my motor car to gutdo the way, and llm Antwerp pollee-ijK'ii pollee-ijK'ii were so like the London bohhles that I wanted to ask the tima of them, juat for old time's f-ako; nnrl the crowds were made up of well-dressed men and women, xuch as one might Fee in Liverpool on a day of public feslivat. Figures of Past. Rul amoiiR- (hone crowds were figures helonidntr to the past, ss rne sees It in tdd Flemish pictures. Franciscan friars, with 1 heir cowls lined hn rk wo t ha t one waw l heir shaven crowns, raised themselves them-selves on liptoe of their sandaled fret to pet a glimpse of the kins'. From lattice, lat-tice, windows under high gables around about tbo cathedrals nuns poked their heads out. I I laughed and cheered and wept a little1 a h the l-ieighin soldiers carried their col-' rus past Iho king. Tlie bishop paced down the narrow avenue between the people i behind the guards: a nd there were nervous sounds every few minutes and shrill cries when the mounted soldiers put the weight of their horses apulnst. them. Commissaries of police, in cocked hats, exhorted the people to keep their I M, ;,,f th.-'- '. err. , i;, 1 r. t! ruvhey whfM 1 J. r i ;r i - J rof"p m'.t.r in r O ,.'r I r 1 ' 1 I !' iirs I.--'1',. I -A CMVJ,-". f-.-O.-t. 1 b:id I. :o Lie;.,. nj I',.- w't i . , w i 'h' il"" i !: Vil-.-. 1':.- ! gib, ted .;i I -' on I. ..it imU-vux-.;: ,,f lc ' K'enii'-lt pulM. ;niri j.ow from of i v indo-.' mr.'-.j fh.werx :HI. thai t.. drr..c Ci rough a fiurrv of re.J ;miJ while FvtM'ore f';r-v v.fU to 1 1 return? ba'-.e, tV-ro ;rs a pr,'-i sion w '-c h ;m;,.!c eTir,. 1"U p;(-s liu'.Mi Hie lii-.--: ,,f tin, people hkf w;.-e. ft a crowd of hipn alkine ' ''f s ow! y . I hp hr-ip r.f -rnthfrs a'.d l nd-t. it b u banrer hNv. f th.-rn. Some of 'hem were ,n t e uniform uni-form of the b:et;i ;i jirmv of 1 '! 4, Hnd ot uer.s wore a rnib'i - of t :.e peiKian co! -or-s. Tb' y w-re (' men -. ho t:ad bepti (n f'.e sic'e of. Antwerp in 0-"ther of the fir-r yr-., r .f the war, and wlt.ii their bodies ;id barred t:.e v,r: for a little while to the invading hordes. Stirring Picture. Tbo march fast of l.: Poiprum troops who hn foil ql it In the la ier ha t tics at IdxTMiide and at. Purvev.n on the mud hanks of the Yser, and at Men-keni, H n:onth or two a-, was a stiri'ln tbii:- to s,-o. T!e, penpio bad u wa it intj for thun to come into thin city aain, after I'm ir lon years. ,iu.t four ea-s aso I used !o se men Ijkc tbi, covered in mud and blood, laid out. in rows on streh-hrr. I siw m.inv ff liicm file. Tbi-se men who marched t hroncii Ant w erp t-sterdav Iiad lived to f-ee Die liberation of I heir country, coun-try, and many u ere the lucky ones. We, mi I u ted 1 be memory of t hose who had falir-n when the Belgian colors passed . a nd f roru thousands nf t !i roa t s t liere came a ; nou t. of " 1 .e I )ra pea u ! I .e firaiieau !" Hel'ian macliine Runs were drawn on Iildit carriages by dut;s marching march-ing with wonderful discliiline and the Runs tbernsel cs were garlanded as pretty toys. Not lon a'o they were hidden behind be-hind hushes in swj-imps and s()eakiupr wltli tliat. rlMt-rh.it I nr. which, if t lie world ha ni iv luck, will not be beard a sain in the fleld'i of Fraiicr nr Pelfilum. There was a te detmi in the cathedral, but I could ;ot no further tl-an the transom, tran-som, hp ra use of the crow ds t here vtra in -imr to Kd a Klimpso -of the kint:. Hp-fore Hp-fore (lie hit;h altar J could scp Ibe "l-Kcpiit "l-Kcpiit I'rom 1 he 'ross," by Rubens with its rich color like a jrea t bouquet "f painted window through .which the lipht sliines, and aboe tlio people loner silken' banners were draper) from the tall pillars. pil-lars. The air was heavy with Incense, and music and I he murmur of voices came down Die aisles, meeting1 the murmurous mur-murous whispers of those about me; and through the open door ojit there in the square where other crowds were around the slat ue. of Peter Paul Rubens. Bells Ringing;. All over Antwerp bellp were ringing, their poles mingled in a strange elasldng jnelodv, and from the belfry of Hip cathedral ca-thedral Ihe chimes of the gay carillons ca (tie tinkling down. . They were playing "The Marseillaise." ' I went out of the cathedral into the place Verde by the statue of Reubens, and In the crowds had conversations with people who stared at my. uniform and then said : "Arc you Knglish?" and after that he- : came excited and said : "Kugland for- ! ever." j Belgian girls made grave little speeches, i as though learned by heart, thanking Kn- gland for all she had done for Belgium; j some of them had been refugees in England En-gland for a year or more ;md learned our language beToro coming- hack by way of Holland. "Withal, it Is good to know that real love of itg is in their hearts. Two men in the crowd were not Bel- 1 glans. They stood saluting to peoplo who raised their hands to them as they passed They were tall, sturdy fellows with dark e es and ruddy cheeks, and I saw they were Italian prisoners of war. They were captured by the enemy seven months ago and had lived miserably until un-til the armistice, with hard work and little food. One man had been in Chicago Chi-cago and gone back to Italy to fight fori ! bis country as soon as the call came. Now they were happy, like tens of thousands j of their men, wdio tramped many miles since the day when the Germans said: I "You ':an go. We have no nfOre use j for you.'' In the crowds at Antwerp I-heard about I the last days of the enemy, in that city, which some- of them hoped to keep for- ; ever. The ierman heath piart ers staff, j which vas established at th. Hotel Ter- i minus, read Hie terms of the armistice, wilb long faces, and were profoundly j downcast. Then one high officer, speaking speak-ing for the. others, said: "It cannot be helped. We have done all we can to win this war, and we lost. Now we must pay the prices of defeat." Most of the high officers left hi a hurry, hut others who' could not leave before their men were very frightened when the red flags were raised, and I havo already told of It. German marines, in organized revolutionary army committees for several sev-eral days ruled Antwerp, issuing a proclamation proc-lamation to' the people not to intervene, and ordering them to stay. Inside their houses between 8 o'clock In the evening and 5 in the morning. Parties of them, led by non-commissioned officers, went around the cafes and restaurants, searching search-ing for officers, revolver In hand, and tore off their epaulettes and all badges of rank. One young, officer who resisted was shot dead. Others submitted in-stantly. in-stantly. i Most of tho work was done by German marines,- but' the infantry also took part in it. There was no orderly withdrawal from Antwerp, but gradually the Germans Ger-mans filtered out in small groups and by twos and threes, until, not one was left a few days ago. The pilot of the ferryboat- over the Scheldt told me the Germans Ger-mans attempted to fraternize with the Belgian people toward the end. "Hut it was too late," lie said. Antwerp has its lights up at night and as darkness fell yesterda v and 1 looked back at It across the Scholdt. all Its wharves and docks and the old castle called The Steen. and the huge tower of .the cathedral and many spires and belfries bel-fries and roofs were all glamorous, like a I dream city, and war had not changed or i spoiled the beauty of this seaport. |