Ogden Daily Standard | 1914-11-28 | Page 1 | Ostend under Strict Rules

oo OSTEND UNDER STRICT RULES Market Hours Limited, All Horses Taken by Germans, Normal Life Entirely Changed. (Correspondence of The associated Pross.) Ostend, Belgium, Nov. 21 The normal nor-mal life of this usually lively city has been greatly changed by the German Ger-man military occupation. The Inhabitants Inhab-itants are forbidden to leave their houses between 7 In the evening and 7 In the morning aud no lights may be shown during that time No one can leave town without passports from the German authorities. The usual market gatherings are almost suspended Villagers from outside Ostend can come In only when attended by their burgomaater and the market hours are limited to Monday and Thursday mornings. All horses have been taken by the military mili-tary authorities so only dog carts can be used to bring food into the town Butter, eggs, meat and vegetables are cheap, but Ostend is without fish be cause all fishermen have fled to England. Eng-land. Fishing would be Impossible because civilian are forbidden to ap proach the coast, and the Inhabitants of houses along the Beashore have been expelled. The railways and electric trams have been stopped for everything ex cept military purposes and are being used nlpht and day for sending provisions pro-visions to the front and bringing back wounded Little is left of what was formerly Westende, Dlxmilde, Schoor?, Rams-kappcllem. Rams-kappcllem. Plcters. Cn pells and Men-nekensvere Men-nekensvere and over 150 farms in Hi neighborhood have been destroyed. Hundreds of wounded Belgians and French are brought to Ostend and those who can stand the journey are Bent along to Germany. A dozen or more Germans. dead from their wounds, are burled here every day The wounded allies are well cared for by the Germans. Ostend is without newspapers, soap, oil, candles and coffee. The Germans made heavv requisitions not only oi foodstuffs in large quantities, but of cigars and wine and all available mat 'tresses and covers, as well as clothing, cloth-ing, linen, wire and bicycles For the property taken the Germans have given requisition notes amounting to 11,000,000. The hotels are occupied by German officers who live on the best of everything German band play In the parks every day, but have only the Germans as auditors, because be-cause the inhabitants who are left boycott th em