Show GERMANS ARE WELL POSTED Absolute Thoroughness Shown by Their Distribution of War Fines Fine and Requisitions Paris The Tho discrimination with which the Germans distributed war fines and requisitions In the towns they occupied In Belgium and northern northern north north- ern cnn France and the precision with which they chose the most solvent citizens as hostages has baa been a sur our surprise surprise prise but when the details became J known the tue facts acts carried their explanation explanation explanation nation with them l For or instance the first detachment of that entered the city of Lille was gul guided ed by a man who bad had left his bis job as superintendent of an Important factory in III the tho city to rejoin his regimen regi regi- men mont t At Soissons when objections were raised to the exacting proportions of the ho requisitions the commanding officer om- om ofil- ofil called his bis aide who turned out tobe to tobe tobe be a well known known business man nan of oC the town who of course knew its ro re sources thoroughly You see said the tho officer pointing to the aide theres no use resisting We e aro posted by someone who knows Similar Instances were here reported from Belgium showing that every Inch of the ground had been carefully studied the ready mone money in every town estimated every suitable horse and ever y ton of hay located and the plans of every bridge drawn up In France their statistics went eo so far as asto asto asto to show how bow many bottles of wino wine might be bo expected In each locality |