FAMINE IN BELGIUM
EYES TURNED TO BRITAIN DEPRESSED GERMAN SOLDIERS (Recd. 8.55 p.m.) London, Oct. 12. “Famine is sweeping Belgium. The health of the people is lamentable through lack of food and fuel. Concentration camps and prisons are overflowing,” said Antoine Delfosse, Belgian Minister of Justice and Information, who recently escaped from Belgium, when making a statement in London. “For every one executed a hundred rise. The Church stood in the van of resistance., Belgium is loyally attached to the monarchy. All eyes and ears are turned to London, whence vic tory must come. From Cologne and other Rhineland cities came streams of German civilians seeking refuge. This is just the turning of the scales and has aroused no pity among the Belgians, who jump for joy when they hear British aircraft overhead.
“The Belgians are quick to notice signs of German disintegration. With the exception of the coast there are only old and tired German soldiers in Belgium. I was living in Belgium a few days ago with an under Boche. I tell you that the German soldiers, who were formerly smart and alert, are no longer enthusiastic. They are dull and depressed and complain in streets and cafes about the length of the war.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 86, Issue 241, 13 October 1942, Page 5
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