GERMANS THREATEN TO LAY WASTE BELGIUM
SURRENDER DEMANDED (Reo. September 10, 6 p.m.) • Tho Haguej September 9. Refugees state the Germans have threatened to destroy the , whole of Belgium if the people do not surrender. —"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) ~'.' ■ London; September 9. A Ghent report says that .the Burgomaster has been appointed secretary of the United States Legation, to prevent him being molested by the Germans, who wished to hold him as hostage.—"Times" and Sydney "Sun" Services.) The Belgian Minister advises that he. particularly requires flour (in 71b bags) and tinned meat (in 61b. tins). ■ x . ' Amsterdam, September 9. The Germans are steadily drawing nearer Holland, and the' inhabitants of the Belgian frontier villages,'. fearing the entry of the Germans, are abandoning their property and taking refuge in Holland. ■-~'■■ Three hundred Belgian fugitives arrived at Oostburg, and have been conveyed to Flushing.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 5
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143GERMANS THREATEN TO LAY WASTE BELGIUM Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2252, 11 September 1914, Page 5
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