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In the more thickly settled districts, where
presumably the populace could read and write, proclamations posted on
wall and window took its place. During the three days we stayed in
Louvain one proclamation succeeded another with almost the frequency of
special extras of evening newspapers when a big news story breaks in an
American city: The citizens were to surrender all firearms in their
possession; it would be immediately fatal to him if a man were caught
with a lethal weapon on his person or in his house. Tradespeople might
charge this or that price for the necessities of life, and no more. All
persons, except physicians and nurses in the discharge of their
professional duties, and gendarmes--the latter being now disarmed and
entirely subservient to the military authorities--must be off the
streets and public squares at a given time--to wit, nine p. m. Cafes
must close at the same hour. Any soldier who refused to pay for any
private purchase should be immediately reported at headquarters for
punishment.


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