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EVENING PUBLIC LEDGERPHILADELPEDtA, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 3,, 1918
M5'J.
German Soldiers Move
Freely Among British
Tommies Astonished at Meeting Gray Uni
forms in Border Towns Many Strange
Scenes in Liberated Belgium
By PHILIP GIBBS
Special Cable to Evening Public Ledger
Corvrloht, tilt, bv AVi 1 orfc Times Co.
Venlers, Nov. 30 (delayed.)
Last night British cavalry patrolB
leached the German frontier beyond
Spa and tomorrow, morning troops o
the Second Army will begin their ad
Minco through German territory to
Cologne and the Rhine. Coming fr,om
Liege I went tluough Spa today, and
as far as tho ndwmco cavalry 'out
posts along tho Malmedy road to the
frontier lino between Belgium and Ger
many. 4
The sceneiy had become Ueiman al
ready. It Is hill country, with loadi
winding through fir foiests above deep
ravines, where the red undergrowth
plowed like Are through the rich green
fir trees and whero on hillsides and
In alleys thero were wooden chalets
and villas with pointed turrets like
those In tho Black Forest.
The load to Malmedy dips to the
edge of Belgium, and It wag there, a
few jards bejond tho Belgian custom
houso, that we halted on this side
of the little stone bildge over tne
stream which divides tho two coun
tries A picket of Roal Dragoons was
holding the bridge with double sen
tiles and with ordeis to let no man
cross.
Over thcie, a few jards away, was
Germany, a frlngo of what was un
til those few weeks ago tho mighty
German Empire. Xot a human being
appeared on this side of the stone
bridge. There was no Get man sentry
facing ours. The gate Into Germany
was open and unguarded Theie was
deep silence over theie by tho pine
woods where the undergrowth was
led. I wonder what will happen when
wo ride through that silence and that
loneliness Into the (list German town,
arid afterward through many German
towns and villages, on the way to
Cologne.
There were German soldleis on our
fide of tho frontier, n the town ot
Spa, where the German armies had
their general headquarters until the
armistice and where the Kaiser and
Hlndenburg discussed their plans on
the western front. .
For the first time Mnce the war
began I saw them walking about
freely, and not as priorfers, among
British officers and men. There were
250 of them in Spa, working under
the whltu flag with British missions
to arrange the details of handing over
the material of war, according to tho
conditions of the armistice. It is an
astonishing thing to find them theie
and it Is lmposslblfe to get over one's
sense of surprise at meeting them face
to face In the streets and'seelng them
go Into shops and restaurants filled
with British soldiers, and moving
about freely without a guard. Time
was, not so long ago, when,ono be
came excited If, from a silt In the
earth, one saw through a pair of field
glasses the gray ants moving stealth
ily behind the white line of the
trenches and some voice by one's side
said, "Germans, by Jove!"
V Germans Act I.Ike Unmans
But in Spa a German is not shot at
.. sight. He, takes the pavement as though.
. if belongs to him, gets between English
officers to "buy a bun at a counter of
" apastry shop or salutes formally as He
passes In the roadway.
Today I saw a group of 'German of
ficers In front of a garden of a chat.au,
preparing7 to set out In a rnotorcart It
is true thero was a white flag in front
of the car, but otherwise they seemed
to be starting out on a Joy ride, as free
as tho wind. To me It was one of the
most sensational things I have seen since
the entry Into Lille. But I suppose
we Bhall get used to it. The Germans
themselves seem to take It all lis a mat
ter of course, and lijde their feelings
under an impassive mask. But j ester
day they (Showed some oblous Interest
when the first squadron of British
cavalry passed through on the way to
the frontier and they leaned out of the
windows to watch the lancers go past.
I think they must have been surprised at
the sight of all thee well-groomed
horses, so sleek and so fine, for their own
horsa flesh was worn to skin and bones
"You never saw an thing like it," said
some English prisoners whom I met to
day In VervleH. "They could hardly
stagger along, and we used to have to
tench the poor beasts how to walk be
fore we could get the transport out."
These bos of tho Twentieth ana
Fort -first divisions told mo also that
the sight of u German transport In
retreat was like gjpsy caravans on the
move. Their carts were tied up wltn
strings and loaded up with household
furniture stolen from the Belgians,
chickens, pigs, sheep, mattresses ann
pots and pain, while they led cows
along the road and pushed carts ann
wheelbarrows loaded with what had
a habit of fulling to pieces In the ditches
Their machine guns were taken back In
handcarts made up of biscuit boxes.
During the last week t have passed
through many strange scqnes and seen
new aspects of human nature as the
are revealed In this dramavof liberated
peoples some of them good to vee and
some not good. It has been a great
sthrlng of human emotions Jov for the
passing ot the hostile rule, with Its daily
nagging tvrannles and bl.uk lemem
brances of biutal and cruel things: the
spirit of patriotism exalted to intoxica
tion bj flngs and banners and tho pass
ing of the soldiers who fought for this
victory; the comradelp of the Allied
soldiers, linked together bv wliut their
nations have suffered and achieved, bo
that strangers are friends received Into
the family because they wear khaki or
blue or a prisoner's badge; and under
neath all this tendernebs and generous
uplifting of hearts unforgettable haired
of tho gray men who have Just gone and
thirst for Vengeance against them and a
passionate desire to burn or break the
places where they lived and the things
4hcy used and tho property of thoso who
were too familiar with them on this side
of their frontier.
Crowds Tuk Revenge
In Xamur and Liege and Vervlcis the
crowds have been unable to lestraln
themselves from lajlng hands upon cer
tain houses where people of their own
race were too kind to their own enemies
and made trafllo with them. Smash!
go the window-panes, and out ot the
windows come chairs and tables for a
bonfire In the streets to thiow a luddy
glare upon the laughing facs of the
mob. There are alwajs crowds in tho
streets and squares, collecting densely
when columns of troops pass through,
when the prisoners tell their tales, when
tho portrait of King Albert is painted
In colors of light on the wall of a pub
lic building, or when the ring is clear
for the dance, as I saw one last night
In Liege a glorious game of klss-ln-the-rlng
before the whistle blew for the
troops to go.
for the most part they are laughing
crowds, with tho gajety of a big family
partly gathered together after a lone
separation; but now nnd then out of
one of these dense groups ot men and
women there come walling and shrieks
nnd a new note In the laughter around
which does not cease, but becomes de
risive now. It is another woman hav
ing her hair cut off as a public Infamy
because of her known friendship with
German officers.
I was In a restaurant the other nleht.
and a handsome girl came In nnd hurts
her furs up on a peg. A waiter went
Iup! to her, and In a loud voice denounced
her with frightful names.
A week ngo," he said "you were
hero with a German pfflcer."
All the people In the reMnurant were
slleht, and Into their ryes came a look
which was not pleasant to see. One or
two men rose from their chairs, but the
girl, who had gono white to tho lips,
had fi'mbled for her furs and went
through tho swinging door like a shadow.
nemen Protent lnnocenre .
On the wnlli of Liege are nppe.'il fiom
women jjrotcstlng their Innocence of
friendship with tho enemy, and naming
witnesses to guarantee their leSpect
ability. Innocence is In Jeopardv when
atlncked hv rumor. Tor the guilty they
haven no pity among their own people.
It Is all a big. strange, turbulent ilVama
In towns like Liege nnl Nnmtir nnd Vei
vlcrs Hundreds of British prisoners have
also found their way here nnd h.tvo been
lucky In their halting place, for a group
of citizens, with two IhiglNh, women.
Miss O'Brien nnd Mls( Warren, were
waiting for them nnd had nlready. with
fine rapidity, organized a plan to help
them In every possible wnv. These peo
plo early In the war founded a society
called the Private Club, tho object of
which was to'learn Kngllsh, so that they
might bo ready to welcome the British
soldiers on the day of liberation. The
two "English misses," as they call them,
were their professors, and the members
of the club studied English grammar,
held debates and lectures In broken Eng
lish and learned so well that when I met
them two dajs ngo they could all speak
English fluentlv nnd corrcctlv.
"It Is a queer thing," said one of the
British prisoners, 'but evenbodv seems
to speak English In this town Have we
como into England or part of Belgium."
But they had come Into the city of Liege,
where the people learned English with
love and made rapid progress
'the rrtvate Club altered Its title to
"Anglo-American Club" as soon as the
Germans departed from Liege and es
tablished temporary oftlces In the Hotel
Continental, which became a Tecelvlng
house for British prisoners Posters were
put up all over the city Inviting British
prisoners to register themselves mere,
nnd the members of the club, Including ii
Miss O'Uilen, a great little Iilsh ghl I1'
standing five feet high under her red-J
gold hair, with as gallnnt a spirit as i
ever were, went around Llego wltn oilier
members ot the club with arm bnnds to
act as guides
Ml I.lrte Illuminated
Last night In Liege, where the war
began, the people were out until mid
night under canopies of banners and
triumphal arches, watching the lllumlni
'tlon of the city, and truly 1 have steu
nothing so btllllftnt slnfe one of the
julillets, when Lo-idon was blazing with
Illuminations All public buildings and
hundreds of pilvate houses nnd thou
sands of shops were lit up by electric
bulln and bv devices In colored lights,
so that nfter five winters of darkness
nnd closed blinds one's ejes weio daz
zled bv all this brightness, nnd It seemed
ns though something hid lifted from
tho world some dark honoi of night, a,
indeed. It has
I left Liege when the King of the
Belglnns with General Leman, htro of
its flrtt resistance, was nbout to enter
But further along the roSds, on the
other side of fipi, titer were triumphal
arches through which British tavaliv
rode and Infantry lurched and lorries
went swinging; and foi them theie was
a rojol progress nmld miles of chinrs
Quistconck Turned Over lo V. S.
The fit st ship completed at Hog island
has been turned over to the Govern
ment. It Is the Quistconck. a "SOO-ton
carrier. It Is at League Island It Is
the first fabricated ship In actual operation.
ROMA SI PREPARA AD
ACCOGLIERE WILSON
Capo dcgli S. lT. Snra'
Ospite Iei Sow-nni
d'llalia
e trovasl sul Colle
Pub'lliM nnil T)l"trlhiitt Vniler
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i I7... n"."!o at tho roniottlcB of Pnlla
delnhla, 1M
Ily urJcr of Ihe Prfldnt
a, s in ui.i:sov
I'ostmailer timers!
Hnmn, 3 dliernhre
Grand! piepniatlvl si ulanno facendo
In Itoma per la prosslm.i vlslta del
1'resldente Wilton e della sun slgnora
die saranno ospltl ,lel Sovranl d'ltnlla
ed occuperannn al Qulrlnale gll stesl
appal tamenti cho ospltarouo l'ltnperature
f l'Imperatrlie (II Uennanhi quando
vlslturono la cltta' eterna Gil apparta
mentl sono stall rlmodeniatl ed abbellltl
IV stato proposlo ho II 1'iesldcnte
Wilson dovr.V Inlzlnie la ilemnllzlone del
1'al.izxo Ch Rarel! I the fu gla' scde del
l'Amlmpclata tedesca, ed ove 11 'Kaiser
aveva fatlo crlgere un trono per se stes
bo 11 palazzo Caffarelll fu costrulto
nell'anno 1580
Cnpltollno
Come slmbolo della ntlova clvllb
zazlone proclamata dal Presidents. Wil
son, questl e' stato deslgnato ad avere II
prlvlleglo dl dare II pi lino colpo dl pic
cone per la dlstruzione ilelPcdlflilo,
dlvtnuto per gll Itnllaul slinbulo del
1'aggrcHHlone tedesca p ilell'ninblzlone per
la dotnlnaziomie del mondo
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lustrl saranno nrennlzzute dellc vlslte
al Koro, al Colnssio, nl I'nhttlno e ait '
nltrl Impottnntl ed nntichl monument!
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I'runzl In nnoie df I 1'resldente ll'nti
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20 Bolivia Seal-Trimmed Coats,
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Duo - T6ne Velour Seal
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4 Velour "Dolman" Wraps, Regularly 125.00
2 English Velour "LanvinM Models,
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' , Regularly. 1 65. 00
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The Clothing Event of the Year!
Beginning To-morrow, a Great Sale of
the Arnold-Louchheim Co.'s Made-up
Stock of Men's Suits and Overcoats
at an Average Reduction of One-third
jrtOR TWO DAYS we have been bringing- into our salesroom, classifying and ticket-
II ing the immense purchase of the Amold-Louchheim Co. Clothing, which will be
f ready for the great Sale beginning to-morrow. This well-known company closed
out to us, at a decisive sacrifice of profit, practically their entire made-up stock of
Suits and Overcoats, owing to the necessity for an immediate settlement with the estate of
the late Philip Arnold. The business will go on as usual after the settlement, but all '
Clothing ready for the market was turned into cash. The stock purchased by us com
prised all the most desirable models on hand, made for their regular business, re-orders,
etc., and every garment is fully up to the high standard which has made "ALCO" CLOTHES
famous throughout this country. While we have not featured Arnold-Lochheim Clothing
under their trade-name "Alco ," we have sold tens of thousands of dollars' worth of it under
our own name and guarantee, and to the entire satisfaction of our customers. In fact, we
have in our regular stock, dozens of "Alco" models identical with the lots in our won
derful purchase, and
Hundreds of A. L. Co. Suits and Overcoats in Our Stock
f ! , I ' I I II...
Will Be Added to the Special Purchase at Reduced Prices
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This will make such a large and comprehensive variety as has seldom been offered
under price in the history of the Clothing business. The assortment includes ALL THE
NEW MODELS FOR MEN AND YOUNG MEN. The Overcoats include great Ulsters,
Town Ulsters, Ulsterettes, Single- and Double-breasted Overcoats, Form-fitting Overcoats,
Velvet-collar Overcoats, Box Overcoats, Ghesterfield Overcoats; of standard overcoatings
and heavy ulster fabrics, Oxford and black and fancy weaves in great variety, many of
which could not now be duplicated at any price.
The Suit fabrics include the finest of flannels, in plain colors, handsome unfinished
worsteds, fine smooth worsteds, fine blue serge, black unfinished worsteds and worsted
cheviots. The models for YOUNG MEN the new waist-line coats and the military-back
coats are the last word in men's fashions. THE RANGE of SIZES will be more nearly
complete than usual in special sales stout men, slender men, short men, tall men, all an
be fitted, as well as men of average proportions.
PLEASE REMEMBER that the savings average ONE-THIRD as COMPARED
WITH OUR OWN REGULAR PRICES, which are known to be far below present market
values:
. Great Variety and Great Values in Men's Winter Suits
at $19.50, $23.50, $26.50, $29.50, $33.50, $36.50 and $38:50
The lot at $19.50 includes many smart styles for young
men. At $28.50 are both youthful and conservative models.
At $26.50, a wide variety of youthful and conservative mod
els, of fine unfinished worsteds and cassimeres, also worsted
cheviots in plain colors. At $29.50, fine models for young
men and men of conservative taste; really extraordinary
value. At $33.50, yery fine Flannel Suits, in, blue, brown
and green. At $36.50, Suits of fine worsted, finished and
unfinished; newest models. At .$38.50, Suits of finest fab
rics, in handsomest colorings; conservative models.
Seven Groups of Men's Overcoats at Great Reductions
$23.50, $26.50, $29.50, $33.50, $36.50, $38.50 and $41.50 j
As compared with our own low prlcesr the values are
$30.00 to $62.50. At $23.50, plain Overcoats, excellent in fit
and fabrics. At $26.50, Ulsterettes, in blue andia'ney weaves,
for young men. At $29.50, warm Storm Ulsters, double
breasted ; also plain Oxford Overcoats, with satin lining. At
$33.50, Ulsters, Ulsterettes, plain Chesterfield and Box Over
coats. At $36.50, Ulsters and Ulsterettes and black and Ox
ford Chesterfield Overcoats. At $38.50, Ulster Overcoats in
rich colorings. At $41.50, fine and luxurious Overcoats,
chiefly double-breasted full-cut Ulsters, in rich dark shades.
Suits and Overcoats, Exceptional Value at $15.00.
In addition to the great collection of "Alco" Clothes, we have FOUR HUNDRED SUITS and THREE
HUNDRED OVERCOATS from other makers, conservatively valued at from $20.00 to $25.00, to be sold at
$15.00. Plain black and Oxford Overcoats; Suits jn dark mixtures. We have owned these for-more than (,
and you are onerea tne savmg we maae Dy oyu- eany inveaimeni,.
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