  [1] Later the City Councils were forbidden by German authority to debate political questions, such as the autonomy of Flanders. [2] Article 21 of the Constitution reads thus: "Employment of the languages used in Belgium is optional. It can be regulated only by law and solely for acts of public authority and for judicial proceedings." [3] Such articles in trade and industry were declared seized Dec. 30, 1916. The form of that edict is practically the same as this, penalties being somewhat higher. The listing of these articles had occurred in July, 1916. Other items were added later and all were now declared seized. [4] The full text of Prince Lichnowsky's memorandum, with the replies of Herr von Jagow, the MÜhlon letter, comments of the German press, and other matter, has been published in a separate forty-page pamphlet by The Current History Magazine. Transcriber's notes:Puncuation normalized without comment. Spelling changes: Page 383, "y" was changed to read "by." (a private letter written by Emperor Charles to a relative...) Page 383, "Guilford" was changed to read "Guildford." (At the time the Guildford Castle was...) Page 385, "langauge" was changed to read "language." ( including parts of two fine bridges across the great river, a language largely Latin in substance,) Page 402, "altogther" was changed to read "altogether." (they spent the night clearing out the enemy from the village, where he made a desperate resistance, and brought back altogether something like 700 or 800 prisoners.) Page 406, "fiften" was changed to read "fifteen." (made a general counterattack and succeeded in advancing their line to a depth of about fifteen hundred yards beyond the line of the three hills,...) Page 427, "Austalians" was changed to read "Australians." (Germans gain a foothold at several points midway between La Clytte and Voormezeele, but are repulsed at other points along the line; Australians advance 500 yards near Sailly and 300 yards west of Morlancourt.) Page 440, "skudskÄr" was changed to read "skudshÄr." (the head of the Russian Bureau of Counterespionage in Finland spoke of the skudshÄr as...) Page 455, "miniumum" was changed to read "minimum." (The executive organs of the Soviets of Workmen's Control have the right to fix the minimum output of a given firm,..) Page 468, "cinsiderably" was changed to read "considerably," (After America's entry into the war material help for the Entente has not only not increased, but has even decreased considerably.) Page 468, "rogram" was changed to read "program." (Wilson's gigantic armament program has brought about such...) Page 470, "dur-" was changed to read "during." (In regard to the sinkings in April, French official figures showed that the total losses of allied and neutral ships, including those from accidents at sea during the month, aggregated 381,631 tons.) |
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