Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 246, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 October 1914 — Ostend Now Occupied By German Army Latest Report. [ARTICLE]

Ostend Now Occupied By German Army Latest Report.

Ostend, famous watering place in Belgium,-has fallen to the Hermans. It is qnly 22 miles from the English coast and in all /probability will be the base of German movements toward England. Time alone will tell how successful these movements will be, but with the reported building of numerous Zeppelin airships and with the ponderous artillery of the Gefthans, it is safe to say that great unrest is felt in England. Poor little Belgium is certainly the most unfortunate nation of all time. In a message sent to the world by King Albert reads: ‘Tell everybody I will never leave my arm* if I leave Belgian soil. A>l are ready to give their lives, as am I, for Belgium’s independence. It breaks my heart to think that this beautiful country, so peaceful, so industrious, should be occupied even temporarily by so wanton an enemy. I feel that whatever has been done has the warm approval of all. Belgians and civilized Europe. We may suffer reverses but our confidence of final victory is stronger than ever. We are beaten, perhaps, for the time being, but we ate not crushed.”