What the Germans did not think of forbidding was the little demonstration of sympathy which they received on the evening of the 4th. In conformity with the order, all doors were closed at 20 hours (9 o'clock German time). But in several of the popular quarters of Brussels the inhabitants were no sooner indoors than the upper windows were thrown open, and a deafening concert issued forth, in which phonographs, alarm clocks, and saucepan-lids were predominant. The patrols demanded the closing of the windows; but the people climbed on the roofs to continue their _charivari_ there. The military commandant was not pleased. It took him only five days to think of an appropriate punishment. OFFICIAL COMMUNICATION. M. Maurice Lemonnier, acting burgomaster of the City of Brussels, has just had posted the following communication:-- "_To the Inhabitants of the Rue de l'Escalier and the Rue du Dam_: "I place before you the translation of an extract from a letter which I have just received from the German authorities. "I call your attention to the penalties announced against those who shall contravene the measures ordained by the German Military Government." BRUSSELS, _9th August, 1915_. _At the Sheriff's College, Brussels._ ... Even if I am willing to recognize that the Administration of the City endeavoured, by means of its organs, to obtain the application of the prescribed measures on the 4th of this month, there yet remains the fact that in two streets isolated individuals were guilty, in a demonstrative manner, of gross misconduct toward the German patrols. It is to be regretted that it has not been possible to discover the persons individually guilty; consequently nothing is left me to do but to take measures against the streets in which the offences were committed. Consequently I order the following as regards the two streets, Rue de l'Escalier and Rue du Dam: From Monday, the 9th of this month, and for the space of fourteen days, that is to say, until the 23rd of this month inclusively: A. All business houses and cafés will be closed after 7 o'clock in the evening (German time). B. After 9 o'clock in the evening (German time) no one must be found out of doors, in the street. After that time all windows giving on the street must be closed. It is incumbent on the city to communicate the foregoing to the inhabitants of these streets, to apply the aforementioned measures, and to exercise a strict supervision in order that they may be observed. Also I beg you to see that these streets are sufficiently lighted, until 11 o'clock at night (German time). Moreover, I shall have these streets inspected by German patrols. If on this occasion fresh offences are committed against the German patrols, these latter will make use of their weapons. With my utmost consideration (Avec haute considération distingué), (_Signed_) VON KRAEWEL, _Governor of Brussels_.