[37] Nothing was known of the torture inflicted on the curé of Bueken until, at the request of the Dutch Government, the body of Father Vincentius Sombroek was exhumed, at the end of September 1914 (_N.R.C._, 1st October, evening). The body of M. De Clerck was found at the same time, and it was then seen that he had been mutilated. This was known to his parishioners, but they had never dared to speak of it. What other horrors shall we learn of when tongues are again unloosed? [38] Rom. xii. 12, 13. [39] Oratio in Dominica infra Octavam Epiphaniae. [40] Rom. xii. 12, 13. [41] Prayer for the Sunday in the Octave of Epiphany. [42] _Etappen_, a provisioned halting-place for troops.--(TRANS.) [43] The words in brackets are ours. [44] Other witnesses, however, more sincere, admitted in May 1915 that the attitude of the people of Antwerp had remained just as hostile as at the outset (see the article by Dr. Julius Burghold, in _K.Z._ for the 29th May, 1915, 1 p.m. edition). [45] In Brussels the tramways had issued, up to the 15th July, 1915, 1,032 gratuitous permits to German spies. [46] The French of this proclamation is so bad that literal translation is impossible, but I have kept as close to the original as is consistent with intelligibility.--(TRANS.) [47] The passages italicized were underlined in pencil on the placard posted at Andenne. [48] We shall give names at a later date. [49] At least, they boast of having done so. [50] I was told later that this old man was a sand merchant of Chatillon, and was in a state of senile dementia. He was well known to the people of Arlon. INDEX Absentees, tenfold tax on, 298-9 Accusations, German, of Belgian cruelty, why made, 36; absurdity of, 36-7; progress of, 38-49; against the Belgian Government, 89-92 Administration, German, of Belgium, 295-338 Aerschot, return of prisoners to, 95; German burgomaster of, 140-1; massacre at, 166 Agadir Crisis, 27 Agents-Provocateurs, 317-20 Aggravations, 336-41 Agreements, attempt to enforce illegal, 320-4 Air Raids, German, 122-4, 259-60, _see_ Dirigibles Albert, King, 178; his patron saint's day, 268-9; portraits of, 269-71; his birthday, 272; German abuse of, 282-3 America, Germany desires to influence, 38; sends help, 173; Belgium's gratitude towards, 178 Andenne, massacre at, 164, 326-33 André, M. François, speech by, 139-40 Anseremme, men sent to Germany, 119; Germans hide behind women at, 119-20 Antwerp, siege of, 51, 144; bombardment of, 123-4, 128-9; the city fired, 148; sorties from, 163; flight from, 166 Arlon, massacre at, 349; narrative of an eye-witness, 349-54 Arms, surrender of, 90, 207 Army, Belgian, the "enemy," 272-3; correspondence with, 356-7 Army, German, _see_ German soldiers, Prisoners, Wounded, Officers Assessment Bureau, suppressed, 304 Asquith, Mr., speaks in Dublin, 53