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Show I BURGOMASTER i ; OF BRUSSELS ;. TELLS STGRY L"' i TH THE ALLIED ARMIES IN W i JlKCB AND BELGIUM, Nov. 17.-W 17.-W fnt he Associated Press.) The bur-Vjf bur-Vjf i ; (B) 0f Brussels, M. Lcmonnlor. j 'the correspondent the following ' fory f the revolulion on Novcmber j i l0,',T was informed that German sol-i sol-i ji -r were making manifestations in " I 1 ftreots, setting prisoners free and 'it i J cateniDg their officers The officers J 1 elsted but tho manifestations over-" over-" them. It was als0 reported there to be a mooting at the Place ; SlaerL I arrived there at 3:30 fJ viock and found between flvo and ' ?n thousand German soldiers sur- Mai t k non-commissioned officer and a I toud of German soldiers on a motor 'ir '1! fir were displaying an enormous red S"" J flac and a bouquet of white flowers. 1 ?.bny soldiers wore a while brassard. ' l vras told they were a committee of ' 'oldlcrs and workmen, organizing a - I manifestation. Just as a non-commis-1 ; cioncd officer was concluding a vigor - eir speech an allied airplane nppear- Ia above and German anti-aircraft ' wns opened Are, and at each shot, LCj, obviously missed the airplane, 1 . ' tie German soldiers cheered. JJ Aficr further speeches tho troops lid narchcd to the offices of representa-! representa-! tives of the German government in the 'i nyg Regencc. Here they trampled down a German flag. The procession 3Un Mjniinucd through other streets and by now a number of red flags had been pre" "l cured. le,i" Arriving the Hue Roi I found the 1 p'acc black with people. Unfortunate-Iti Unfortunate-Iti 1 x I must say there were numbers of r" ? Belgians singing the Intematidnale. d t x, Germans had invaded the gover-Ul gover-Ul I DOr'S hotel and hoisted the red flagj from the balcony. '.f: 3 "Meanwhile I visited the governor's ' oe'es and found them vacant. I then vent to the hotel de vjlle and, ob-'4 ob-'4 serving our workmen apparently be-ginning be-ginning to fraternize with the German '"II Dinifestations, thought it right to give ' h them some good advice. At this mo-!JJ mo-!JJ Is nenta young man with a white bras-i- sard on his arm entered and asked in t h behalf of the soldiers and workmen's fin' ' committee that I, as burgomaster, If ft s 10 ,he soldiers' ancl work-sen's work-sen's headquarters at the senate and ' Irl come to some arrangement with them, '.yjl I replied that I could not recognize the Jfjlf authority of the cdmmittee. .1 "He responded that the committee ..v j came from Berlin and had arrested r General von Galkenhausen, the mili-f mili-f j ur)' governor and oilier authorities in gj Belgium. The committee desired to gi' iiold violence, especially as it had ten learned that civilians had bought 2 inns from German soldiers. A long ,y ' eollouy ensued at the end of which he aid the- committee wished to see me f because U desired to restore to the I Belgians all their rights. J "I replied that as burgomaster I , i must remain at my post at the hotel de ville and could not visit the com-: com-: nlmttee. He then withdrew and the .rj .manifestations continued in various I ' parts of the city. In addition to red ' , flags, British and American flags were 'f salved and the Marseillaise was sung. 7' , Unfortunately a large number of Bel- ': ' ! glinand French were still manifesting 'i i with them I ; j j "Jlcan-hile the Spanish minister as-1 fured me that the committee had been1 f' I sent from. Berlin and when a delega- I1 tion from it came to visit mc at thoi ! hotel I declared that I made myself ( ! responsible for order among the civil- ; ' ians but that they for their part must ha responsible for order among the 1 :i soldiers." ' 1 I nrv i ' |