But the Belgians refuse to love the Germans, refuse to cooeperate with them and will not resume their work for the Germans to appropriate the results.

The people of Antwerp were invited to come back from Holland and it was proclaimed that there would be no indemnity levied, yet a huge one came down upon the city.
The Germans levied a war tax of 50,000,000 francs on Brussels, and Rothschild and Solvay are not permitted to leave the city.
Payment on the tax was agreed to, and then the Germans demanded 500,000,000 francs from the entire province of Brabant, which includes Louvain as well as Brussels.

The inhabitants said it was impossible and the demand was reduced to 375,000,000 francs.

The inference must be that the latter levy covers a term of years.
The Germans are provoked that the bank money got out of Belgium.

The Bank of Belgium sent its gold reserve to the Bank of England, 600,000,000 francs, and Germany demanded that this reserve be transferred from England to a neutral country; but, of course, England refused.