nces are in favour of his
following Max into exile sooner or later, if he tries to do his duty. As
to his own future he says only--"I succeed only to the troubles of the
office--_Max a bien emporte sa gloire avec lui._" The life of a Belgian
official these days is anything but comfortable.

* * * * *

_Sunday Morning._--We were all up working until two o'clock this
morning. Monsieur Max was spirited away to Namur, and everybody is
standing by for trouble. The people are greatly excited and highly
resentful, but it is to be hoped that they will not do anything rash.
The cooler spirits are going about urging calm. The excitement is not
lessened by the fact that there is heavy cannonading from the direction
of Antwerp.

Luettwitz has announced the arrest of Max in the following poster:

NOTICE.

Burgomaster Max having failed to fulfil the engagements entered
into with the German Government, I am forced to suspend him from
his position.

Monsieur Max will be held in honourable detention in a fortress.

The Military Governor,
BARON VON LUeTTWITZ,
_General._
Brussels, September 26, 1914.

We are evidently not yet through the epoch of destruction, for the
Governor-General came out to-day with this Proclamation, which is posted
on the walls of various towns:

Recently, in regions not occupied by strong forces of German
troops, convoys of transport wagons and patrols have been attacked
without warning by the inhabitants.

I draw the attention of the public to the fact that a list is kept
of the towns and communes in the vicinity of which these attacks
have been committed, and that they must expect their punishment as
soon as German troops pass near them.

I have not been able to learn of any places where such attacks have
taken place, but suppose this is merely an evidence of the well-known
nervousness of the army of occupation, and that they are trying to
frighten the people to a point where they will not try to start
anything.

[Illustration: Fire at Namur during the bombardment]

[Illustration: Effect of big German shell on Fort of Waehlem]

[Illustration: Outside view of the Fort of Waehlem after bombardment by
big German guns]

General von Luettwitz ha