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 ANTWERP : THE TEMPORARY CAPITAL OE BELGIUM 



View looking east from the Quay Van Dj^ck along the principal street of Antwerp. In 

 the background is seen the cathedral. Since the Scheldt River was made free from Dutch 

 toll levies, in 1863, no other port in Europe has enjoyed such a great ratio of increasing 

 commerce as Antwerp. Before the war broke out it handled an export and import business 

 aggregating perhaps twenty million tons a year. A vast deal of Germany's foreign trade 

 passed through Antwerp. 



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