Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-09-02 | Page 8 | French Aviator Loops over Germans

FRENCH AVIATOR LOOPS OVER GERMANS London, Sept 1. 6 p. m The correspondent corre-spondent in Antwerp of an Amsterdam Amster-dam newspaper says that a French biplane bi-plane appeared over Brussels Saturday Satur-day and in a hail of German bullets twice circled the town, dropping hundreds hun-dreds of pamphlets containing the message, "Take courage. . Deliverance soon.' Th aviator then made off, after Riving the spectators a daring performance per-formance of the loop-the-loop. The correspondent adds that all the saloons and cafes in Brussels are compelled to close at 0 o'clock In the evening. The German soldiers there are behaving properly, but their officers of-ficers are accused of arrogance. The Germans have ordered a Brus sols firm to make a German flag, which they say they intend to hoist over the Eiffel tower in Paris. General Jakowlsky, who has succeeded suc-ceeded General Count Von Arnim as commander at Brussels, is now living in the national palace. The grand duke of Mecklenburg Is residing in the city with half his military staff. The headquarters of the Belgian minister of state, the royal palace and the palace of justice are now hospitals, hospit-als, filled with German and Belgian wounded. Machine guns are in place at the street corners and In the squares Antwerp is reported to bo very hopeful, everyone trusting in the strength of the garrisons. ir