Salt Lake Tribune | 1919-11-02 | Page 40 | Not Yet Ready to Forgive and Forget

NOT YET READY TO FORGIVE AND FORGET Bitterness Engendered by the Late War Is Still Rankling in Hearts of Belgians. BRUSSELS, Nov. 1. (By the Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Although it is now many months since peace was signed, there are indications each day in Brussels and elsewhere else-where that the Belgians are not yet ready to "forgive and forget" the German invasion and occupation. There is a demand de-mand that the German words on the numerous German passenger cars which one sees on Belgian lines be changed and replaced by French. German traitors are still being tried, while business men are up in arms againpt Belgians who furnished the enemy en-emy with goods during the occupation. The government needs resources and it is proposed to tax these unpatriotic persons per-sons 30 to 40 per cent of the amounts involved in-volved in the provisioning of the late enemy. These business men, who have addressed ad-dressed a formal letter to the government, govern-ment, alsj say that these persons whom they characterize as "traitors" are also receiving government contracts and they want a stop put to it. Some of the socialist so-cialist ministers also are being attaclced in the press for their unenergetic atti- j tude toward the Germans. The electoral ; campaign is on and some of these ministers minis-ters are seeking re-election. A law is being urged to deprive of civil rights all persons who dealt with the enemy. These are only a few instances in-stances of which there are many showing show-ing the state of mind of the Belgians.