(_Kr. D. des K. Z._, p. 11.) However, it was necessary to prevent the bad effect which would be produced on the population by foreign communiqués announcing that the German army was continuing to besiege Liége after taking it. After the complete success announced on the 7th the task was, in fact, rather difficult. How was it to be effected? (_a_) Discredit might be thrown on news coming from abroad, for example, by "demonstrating" its untruthfulness. _Der Lügenfeldzug_ gives on p. 19 the announcement of the taking of Liége, and on the _following_ page the Havas telegram stating that Liége is not taken. What will the superficial reader conclude if he does not take the trouble to dissect the telegrams? That the Allies are shameless liars, going to the length of denying the obvious. But examine the dates: Liége was taken, according to the Germans, on the 7th August, at 8 a.m., while the Allies declare that Liége is not taken--on the 6th! And to think that the book which perpetrates this trickery is entitled _Der Lügenfeldzug unserer Feinde_ ("Our Enemies' Campaign of Lies")! and that it undertakes the mission of calling attention to the lies and calumnies of the enemy in order to correct them! (_b_) To establish confusion between the city and the fortress. As early as the 7th August the false newsmongers were rejoicing over the taking of the fortress, intentionally confusing the city and the fortified place, so that the reader of these communiqués no longer knows what to think, and naturally accepts the official news of his own country. _The sudden Attack upon France is checked._ To understand how completely it was in Germany's interest to create the belief that Liége was taken in two days by a small body of troops, we must remember that the object of the Germans was to traverse Belgium as rapidly as possible, in order to crush the French and capture Paris. The author of _J'accuse_ reports the remark of old Marshal von Haeseler, who proposed to celebrate in Paris the anniversary of Sedan--on the 2nd September, 1914. We ourselves copied a charcoal inscription written on the front of a house burned down at Battice, making an appointment in Paris for the 2nd September with a certain regiment of artillery. Now this sudden march was completely spoiled and the German plan of campaign undone by the unexpected resistance of the Belgians, first at Liége, then at Hesbays. This loss of a few days was fatal to Germany, and Germany bears us malice on that account. _The Disinterested Behaviour of Belgium._ One last point as to the violation of our neutrality.