At the same time the Germans made it known that all these people would be transferred to the well-known camp at Münster, and warned the women to provide themselves with as much body-linen as possible. The whole of the little town was in consternation. Later arrived a telegram from General von Bissing, announcing that the departure for Münster was postponed for a week, and the prisoners were taken to Tongres. (_N.R.C._, 3rd February, 1915.) A last example of punishment inflicted upon the innocent, when the "guilty" person had already suffered punishment. A Belgian, having made signals to the enemy (that is, to the Belgian army), was killed while being arrested. Immediately the curé and the vicar were sent to Germany as being responsible for the members of their parish. IMPORTANT NOTICE. Alidor Vandamme, inhabitant of Cortemarck, committed espionage by making signals to the enemy. Resisting arrest, he was killed by a rifle-bullet. The German authority has taken the following measures of coercion in consequence of the crime committed by Vandamme: 1. The curé Blancke and the vicar Barra, responsible for the members of their parish, will be deported as prisoners of war to Germany. 2. The commune of Cortemarck must pay a fine of five thousand marks (5,000 M.). (_Posted at Thielt_, _Termonde_, _etc._) This iniquity was not enough for the German authorities: they advertised it all through Flanders (we copied it at Thielt and Termonde), and forced _Le Bien Public_ to give it publicity. Through lack of conscience or insolence? _Contributions and Requisitions._ ARTICLE 51. _No contribution shall be collected except under a written order, and on the responsibility of a General in command._ _The collection of the said contribution shall only be effected in accordance, as far as is possible, with the legal basis and assessment of taxes in force at the time._ _For every contribution a receipt shall be given to the contributories._ ARTICLE 52. _Requisitions in kind and services shall not be demanded from local authorities or inhabitants except for the needs of the army of occupation. They shall be in proportion to the resources of the country, and of such a nature as not to involve the inhabitants in the obligation of taking part in military operations against their own country. Such requisitions and services shall only be demanded on the authority of the commander in the locality occupied._ _Contributions in kind shall as far as possible be paid for in ready money: if not, a receipt shall be given and the payment of the amount due shall be made as soon as possible._ The last paragraph of Article 23, already cited, in reality presupposes that passage in Article 52 which forbids the occupant to force the inhabitants to do work which would assist operations directed against their country (p. 112).