THE BELGIANS.

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THE BELGIANS.

REPORT ON' BRUTALITIES

London, September 20. The Belgian Commission's report continues: "A number of places situated in the triangle of Vilvorde, Maiines, and Louvain were plundered, partially destroyed, and the -inhabitants snot without {"rial. Women, unable to escape, were exposed to the brutal instincts of the Germans. Allowing isolated cases of hostility, nothing justified the shooting, burning, and pillaging in nearly the whole ot Belgium. No provocation was proved in the cases of Vise, Maisade, Louvain, Wavre, and Termoude. The Germans alleged that-the Belgian Government had distributed arms to the inhabitantSi that the Catholic clergy had preached a sort of holy war, and that the women had been as ferocious as the" men, but this was a tissue of. falsehoods. Burgomasters everywhere warned the inhabitants against acts of violence. The true motives of tne atrocities "were to terrorise and demoralise the people, in accordance with the inhuman theories of German military writers." The report adds that the Commisison is only using facts, supported by trustworthy evidence.

Berlin, September 20. A message states that the Education Department has taken measures to protect Belgian works of art, the military jirotection being inadequate.