| | All persons found in the streets of London after 8 P.M. | | will be arrested by the patrols. There is no exception to this rule | | except in the case of German Officers, and also in the case of doctors | | visiting their patients. Municipal officials will also be allowed out, | | providing they obtain a permit from the German headquarters. | | | | (7) MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MUST provide for the lighting of the streets. | | In cases where this is impossible, each householder must hang a lantern | | outside his house from nightfall until 8 A.M. | | | | (8) AFTER TO-MORROW morning, at 10 o’clock, the women and children of | | the population of London will be allowed to pass without hindrance. | | | | (9) MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES MUST, with as little delay as possible, | | provide accommodation for the German troops in private dwellings, in | | fire-stations, barracks, hotels, and houses that are still habitable. | | | | =VON KRONHELM,= | | | | =Commander-in-Chief.= | | GERMAN MILITARY HEADQUARTERS, | | WHITEHALL, LONDON, _September 21, 1910_. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------------+ VON KRONHELM’S PROCLAMATION TO THE CITIZENS OF LONDON. army of invasion was a no mean responsibility, especially when at any moment the British might regain command of the sea. His supplies and reinforcements would then be at once cut off. It was impossible for him to live upon the country, and his food bases in Suffolk and Essex were not sufficiently extensive to enable him to make a prolonged campaign. Indeed, the whole scheme of operations which had been so long discussed and perfected in secret in Berlin was more of the nature of a raid than a prolonged siege. The German Field-Marshal sat alone and reflected. Had he been aware of the true state of affairs he would certainly have had considerable cause for alarm. True, though Lord Byfield had made such a magnificent stand, considering the weakness of the force at his disposal, and London was occupied, yet England, even now, was not conquered. No news had leaked out from Bristol. Indeed, Parliament had taken every precaution that its deliberations were in secret.