OSTEND IN WANT.
SOLDI—BS TAKE ALL FOOD. RIGOROUS RULE. (Times and Sydney Sun So-ricea.) LONDON, November 25. f Two thousand Belgians remaining at ,- Ostend are threatened with famine, the l Germans having commandeered all food They have forbidden the ei'azens to leave I their houses escept on specific business, ' and have also forbidden tfaon to appear i in the streets after saves o'clock in the evening. Not more than three are per- > mitted to converse together in the struts. . The penalty may mean death. The . favourite pastime of the Germans is to compel Belgian boys to become drunk on champagne, and then the Germans laugh at their antics. Horses and cows are paid for with receipts which translated mean two kisses. . ' " ""' -
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 282, 26 November 1914, Page 5
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OSTEND IN WANT.
Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 282, 26 November 1914, Page 5
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