There are some banks still doing business in Belgium, but the Belgians reject the German money except when obliged to take it.
The Belgian stores remain closed for the major part, and the Germans threaten that unless the Belgians reopen and proceed with business they will confiscate the stores and sell them to Germans who will do business.

The people of Antwerp must be in bed by 9 o'clock.

The people of Liege are ordered to retire at 7 P.M.

No Belgian is permitted the use of a telephone, the entire system having been appropriated by the military authorities.
The Germans have decreed German time, which is one hour different from that of London, but the Belgian people refuse to set over their watches and clocks.

The Belgian railroad system is different from that of the Germans,--left-handed tracks and a different system of signalling.