Belgium.
OPPRESSION OF THE BELGIANS. LATEST HUN ORDER, Press Association—Copyright, Ausira lian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Received 1! ,‘JO a.in.) Amsterdam, October 10. General von Hissing (German Gov-ernor-General) announces that all unemployed Belgians dependent on charitable relief are liable to compulsory work, or an alternative of three years’ imprisonment. The Belgians are indignant, and interpret the announcement as a prelude to wholesale deportations.' Its attempted enforcement in Client caused riots, which the German cavalry dispersed.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 71, 20 October 1916, Page 5
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75Belgium. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 71, 20 October 1916, Page 5
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