EXTRACT FROM A PROCLAMATION TO THE MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES OF THE CITY OF LIEGE. Aug. 22, 1914. The inhabitants of the town of Andenne, after having declared their peaceful intentions, have made a surprise attack on our troops. It is with my consent that the Commander in Chief has ordered the whole town to be burned and that about one hundred people have been shot. I bring this fact to the knowledge of the City of Liege, so that citizens of Liege may realize the fate with which they are menaced if they adopt a similar attitude. The General Commanding in Chief. (Signed) VON BUELOW. NOTICE POSTED AT NAMUR, AUGUST THE 25TH, 1914. (1) French and Belgian soldiers must be surrendered as prisoners of war at the prison before 4 o'clock. _Citizens who do not obey will be condemned to enforced labor for life in Germany._ _A rigorous inspection of houses will begin at 4 o'clock. Every soldier found will be immediately shot._ (2) Arms, powder, dynamite, must be surrendered at 4 o'clock. Penalty: death by shooting. The citizens who know where a store of arms is located must inform the Burgomaster, _under penalty of enforced labor for life_. (3) Each street will be occupied by a German guard who will take ten hostages in each street, whom they will keep in custody. If any outrage is committed in the street, _the ten hostages will be shot_. (4) Doors must not be locked, and at night after 8 o'clock three windows must be lighted in each house. (5) It is forbidden to remain in the street after 8 o'clock. The people of Namur must understand that there is no greater nor more horrible crime than to endanger the existence of the city and the life of its inhabitants by attacks upon the German Army. The Commandant of the City. (Signed) VON BUELOW. Namur, 25th of August, 1914. (Imprimerie Chantraine.) LETTER ADDRESSED ON AUG. 27, 1914, BY LIEUT. GEN. VON NIEBER TO THE BURGOMASTER OF WAVRE. On Aug. 22, 1914, the General commanding the Second Army, Herr von Buelow, imposed upon the City of Wavre a war levy of three million francs, to be paid before Sept. 1, as expiation for its unqualifiable behavior (contrary to the law of nations and the usages of war) in making a surprise attack on the German troops. The General in command of the Second Army has just given to the General commanding this station of the Second Army the order to send in without delay, this contribution which it should pay on account of its conduct. I order and command you to give to the bearer of the present letter the two first installments, that is to say, two million francs in gold. Furthermore, I require that you give the bearer a letter, duly sealed with the seal of the city, stating that the balance, that is to say, one million francs, will be paid, without fail, on the 1st of September.