All crude materials indispensable for Belgian industries were requisitioned and sent to Germany--leather, hides, copper, wool, flax, &c. Furthermore, if not the entire stock, at least the greatest number possible of machinery parts, were shipped to Germany to be used, according to German statements, in making munitions which the Belgian factories had refused to produce. At Antwerp, requisitions of all kinds of materials and products were considerable, notably: Francs. Cereals 18,000,000 Oilcake, about 5,000,000 Nitrate, over 4,000,000 Oils--animal and vegetable--over 2,000,000 Oils--petrol and mineral--about 3,000,000 Wools 6,000,000 Rubber 10,000,000 Foreign leathers, to Dec. 1, about 20,000,000 Hair 1,500,000 Ivory, about 800,000 Wood 500,000 Cacao 2,000,000 Coffee 275,000 Wines 1,100,000 Cottons in large quantities--one house having been requisitioned to the amount of 1,300,000 francs. Other enormous requisitions were made on shop depots, &c., and are impossible of computation just now. PAYMENT WITHHELD The requisitions from Antwerp, which Mr. Whitlock enumerates, were the subject of a protest by the Acting President of the Antwerp Chamber of Commerce on March 18, 1915. He valued these goods at more than 83,000,000 francs ($16,600,000) and stated that only 20,000,000 francs ($4,000,000) had been paid by the German authorities. The reply of Governor General von Bissing on Sept. 24 shows that up to that time payment had not been made. The reason is indicated in the following statement of German policy, published in the Frankfurter Zeitung Dec. 21, 1914: The raw materials which the Imperial Government has bought in Antwerp, Ghent, and other places will be paid for as soon as possible. The payment will be made only after the goods have been transported into Germany and after the valuation has been made, and _the payment shall be made in such manner that no money shall be sent from Germany to Belgium during the period of the war_.