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Show GERIM PEOPLE 1 SHOW HATRED FOB CONQUERORS ROTGEN, Germany, Sunday, Dec. 1. (By The Associated Press) Detachments De-tachments of the British army pushed out this morning from tho frontier to German soil and once forbidden domain do-main of militarism now Is furnishing billots for tho "contemptible little army'" which roused German scorn in 1914. Tho correspondent went forward with the forces advancing from Ver-viers Ver-viers through Eupen to Rotgen and the surrounding territory whero they paused for the night. Hero they are In the course of their methodical march toward the Rhine. Some of the people gathered by tho roadside to pay their respects or to welcome the troops, but for the most part stolid indifference or glances of hatred were encountered as might be expected from a race conquered but not yet humbled. Once over the bordor tho contrast has been strange the same kind of beautiful country of neatly kept farms but a land of gloom and distrust. Thousands of German families kept indoors rather than enduro seeing the hated British. It was repeatedly necessary for tho correspondent to halt his car and ask his way, for all the signboards had been dofaccd in order to give tho oc- possible. A courteous rosponso invariably in-variably was given to questions but evidently through fear and not friendship. friend-ship. The German people encountered today to-day appeared to bo well fed. Thoy were dressed woll nnd their farms looked prosperous. Large numbers of, cattle and cows were to be seen. It was impossible that tho Gormans j y i, 1 1 in 1 ii i ii 1 1 ii i i along at least this section of the bor-Jder bor-Jder could have felt the hand of war ! excessively heavy. I The advance bf the British forces through Virviers, Limburg and other towns durging the past few days has , been one triumphal procession. The , towns were ablaze with entente colors 'for miles. The highways were dec-j dec-j orated with triumphal arches, flags j and mottoes and the boys in khaki i were showered with flowers and given a royal welcome. Progress necessarily necessar-ily has been slow as the commanding officers have been contlnuajly required to attend festivities and make speeches. |
