| Effect of big German shell on Fort of Waehlem | Outside view of the Fort of Waehlem after bombardment by big German guns |
General von Lüttwitz has come out with another Proclamation, forbidding the sale of foreign newspapers in Belgium:
I remind the population of Brussels and its suburbs that it is strictly forbidden to sell or distribute newspapers that are not expressly authorised by the German Military Government. Any infraction of this prohibition will entail the immediate arrest of the vendors, as well as long periods of imprisonment.
The German Military Governor,
Baron von Lüttwitz,
General..
My laisser-passer has not come, and there is no telling when we shall get away. The Germans swear it was sent last night.
On board S.S. "Oranje Nassau" off Flushing, Sept. 30, 1914.—We got away on Sunday morning about eleven o'clock, after many calls at headquarters and a mild row about the laisser-passer that had not been sent. It was finally discovered that some boneheaded clerk had sent it by mail—a matter of three days! It was fished out of the military post office, and we got away in a few minutes.
We were in the big car, heavily laden—two trunks, several valises and a mail pouch on top—my two passengers inside with their small stuff, the chauffeur and I in front.