FAMINE SWEEPS BELGIUM

Southland Times, Issue 24873, 13 October 1942, Page 5

FAMINE SWEEPS BELGIUM

LACK OF FOOD AND FUEL (Rec. 8.55 p.m.) LONDON, Oct. 12. “Famine is sweeping Belgium and the health of the people is lamentable through lack of food and fuel. The concentration camps and prisons are overflowing,” said M. Antoine Delfosse, Belgian Minister of Justice pfid Information, who recently escaped from Belgium, when making a statement in London. For every one executed 100 rose. The church stood in the van of resistance. Belgium was loyally attached to the monarchy. “All eyes and ears are turned to London, from where victory must come,” bd said. “From Cologne and other Rhineland cities come streams of German civilians seeking a 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. 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 underBoche. I tell you the German soldiers who formerly were smart and alert are no longer enthusiastic. They are dull and depressed and cpmplain in the streets and cafes about the length of the war.”