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 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 LUeTTWITZ, _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. We made quick time out through Tervueren and down to Namur, hearing the heavy booming of cannon all the time away to the north. Ruin was all the way--odd farm-houses burned, towns with half the buildings in them, the Grand Place destroyed, etc. The great square at Namur a heap of brick and mortar. The great bridge across the Meuse was dynamited, and the three sections hung in the river. All the way to Liege the main bridges had been destroyed, and we had to cross on temporary affairs constructed by the Germans. And the Germans were thick all the way, holding us up at frequent intervals to look at our papers. They have it in for Belgium, and are in bad humour. We had some fine samples of it during the day.