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BELGIUM FEARS AIR ATTACKS
(By Luca Rizzard]) United Press Correspondent
Brussels.
"The fate of Belgium's civilian population in the air-warfare of another European conflict would bo appalling," Albert Deveze, former Belgian Minister for National De- fence, told the United Press,
"What happened in Spain and at Shanghai would be nothing com- pared with our fate if Belgium were dragged into a general war," he said. "Just consider the tremendous afr armadas of Belgium's neighbours and the smallness of our territory. Our cities are situated so close together that the devastation that could be caused in a few hours is fearful to think of."
That explains why the Belgian
to-day is Government
working feverishly to protect the civilian population against air attacks.
Liege, first Belgian elty to fall to the Germans in the World War, lics only 31 miles from the Belgo German frontier. Charlerol, one of Belgium's great industrial centres, is only
00 miles from the frontier. Brussels itself is 90 miles-less than A half-hour's flight for fast bombers
from the border.
city of the fortified Brussels,
of Antwerp, the Important porta Ghent and Ostend and the factories of Charlerol all would be the objec tives of immediate air onlaughts I Belgium were caught up in another almost war. All arc European
powerful equally vulnerable. The fortress-city of Liege, with its great steel-works and arms factories would be bombed immediately on outbreak of war.
Belgium's preparations for protect- ing civilians against air-raids are in the hands of two organizations-the "Commissariat de Defence passive aeriennefer
or "Commissariat of pos-
in
many
sive Air-defence" and the "Ligue de Protection aeriene" or "Air Protec- lion League," They co-operate to- gether and with the Red Cross,
Concrete air-raid shelters alrendy constructed have been Belgian cities. Some, shaped like beehives. сал accommodate
A few can hold as many as people. 700. Other shelters have been built in underground cellars. Most built of concrete four-fect thick.
Probably only ten minutes would intervene between the first air-raid
20
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signal nnd the arrival of hostile planes. In each city throughout the country volunters are being trained Intensively to carry out the evacua- tion of civilians and provide them with gasmasks. At the same time local Red Cross squads would be called out to take over emergency hospitals.
Plans also have been made to evacuate whole populations of cities if necessary. The evacuation would
superintended by
members of the
be
in
in
"Air Protection League," Trenches will be dug along main roads which refugees will be able to shelter ir suddenly attacked by enemy planes. Accommodation castics and houses in the country will be reserved for old and sick refugees while civilians generally will be housed temporarily In barns, schools or empty factories.
Most refugees will have to leave the cities on foot, although plans have been prepared to take some in automoblics and buses.
The Belgian people already are being accustomed to air-raid alarms by means of proctice raids carried out on Sundays. Steadily increasing numbers of volunteers are being trained for air-raid precautions. United Press.
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