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LONDON WOOL SALES.

LONDON. March 1.-THE wool sales
closed TODAY with offerings of l.:i;:, bales.
Bidding was brisk ut current rates.
New South Wales l'o bales; secured. Is
III 10 IS Id; greasy. 7I2d to I1l.d. Queens
land. :Do bales; secured. Is lid to Is Nd !:
greasy. Sd to 10d Victoria, 100 bales
secured. Is to IS; greasy. sa4d t. Is I'd.
South Australia. 100 bales. greasy. 1a.d to
is ID New Zealand. $3.50 bales: secured,
is I'd 10 Is 1l.d; greasy. 1%.d to is I'd.
Cape of Good Hore and Natal. 100 bales
greasy. I'D to s1si. Punta Arena, 100
bales; greasy. Sd to Is.
When the series opened the smallness
of stocks at consuming centers created a
strn-G demand. which only temporarily
sisckened when immediate requirements
were satisfied. Brisk competition was re-
newed and the market closed firm at :, to
10 per cent higher than January The Wig
orous buying of Americans. who pur-
chased more than for some time past,
was largely instrumental in the improve
ment. During the sales the home trade
took 5000 bales, the continent 1000, and
America 1I.OOO. There were 1900 held
over
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NEW YORK.

NEW YORK. March 17.-Flour-Quiet.
Favorable southwest crop conditions re-
suited in slight decline early today.
May, 1.01sal.O1 sic; July, ~ 3-16ay7A.
Pork-Steady.
Beef-Steady.
Lard-Easy: middle west 1o.6oa 1910.
Petroleum-Steady.
Enthusiastically.
Hay-Steady.
Leather-Etrm.
Hides-Steady.
Raw sugar-Steady: molasses. 2:3;: cen
trifugal. 2.9S Refined. easy unchanged
to > points lower: cut loaf, 800: crushed.
49,: mold a. 40: cubes, 40: XXNX
powdered. 400; powdered. 395; fine
graduated. 3.S5: diamond A. ::.S5; con-
fectioners A. 3.75: No. l. ECO.
Butter-Gnsettled; receipts. 1860
tubs. Creamery extras. 25iaa2S firsts
TAB: seconds. 22a25: held. extras, -;
frsts. 23a24: seconds. 20a22. process
extras 2O1sa2lls: factory. current
make, firsts, 19a191a; seconds. lSa18h
packing stock, current make, No. =
l51sal6.
Cheese-Firm: 900 boxes; state
whole milk, fall and summer, colored
specials, 19a19A: white average fancy
1SalS1a; colored. 1914 a18a4 Wisconsin
whole milk. young Americas. 1885.
Eggs-Steady 2l.00O cases; fresh
gathered extras, %: extra frsts, 2l1a
sylvania and nearby hennery whites
%: gathered whites. 22laa23: hennery
browns. 21taa22: mixed colors. 21a2ila.
Dressed poultry-W eak: fresh killed
western chickens, Has: fowls. 14aiS'4
turkeys 1Sa25
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COTTON MARKETS.
NEW YORK,

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE census re-
port on supply and distribution caused.
considerable confusion in the cotton
market at the opening today. as it gave
lint cotton and linters separately. whereas
previous reports have given the statistics
including iinters.
The market opened barely stead. with
March unchanged and other months 3
Active months sold y to l. net lower
during early trading Gables were a
shade lower than due. and reactionary
sentiment was evidently strengthened by
the misleading comparison of the census
figures.
Futures opened barely steady. March,
1859: May. Eos: July. 11.S6; August,
11.61: October 11.32: December. 1l.3S
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BALTIMORE.

Special Dispatch 10 The star.
BALTIMORE. March II. - Whea, -
Steady: spot No. red. 1.00k: spot No.
red western, 1.O0A; March. 1907
April LOIS; receipts. 34.s52 bushels:
exports. S7.911 bushels.
Corn quiet: spot contract, 671:;
March, 67i.; steamer mixed, "a: re-
ceipts 1885 bushels.
Oats-Firm: standard white. 44s4a45
No. white. 44h: receipts. 3.43S bushels
Rye-Steady: No . western export. TT;
No western domestic, Gsa63: receipts
lo.4J4 bushels: exports. SSH bushels.
Hay-Easy: No. | timothy. $50 asked
No / clover mixed, 1G.50a1I.00.
Grain freights-Quiet: steam to Liver.
pool, per bushel, Unchanged: Cork fol-
orders, per quarter, unchanged.
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Definite Reports Expected Soon.

Having agreed to practically every
demand by the government for the dis
position Of its subsidiary properties.
following several rnonths of negotia :
tions. it is expected that definite report
on the affairs of the New Haven rail-
road system will he made during the
current week. r. W. Gregory and Jesse
c. Adkins. assistants to Attorney Gen
eral Mclteynolds. in charge of the New
Haven case. now are in New England
seeking tirst-hand information about
men proposed by New Haven officials to
take over the systems trolley holdings
in Rhode Island and Connecticut.
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NEW HAVEN SITUATION
PASSES CRITICAL STAGE
President Wilson Regards Progress
in Adjustment of Affairs as
Satisfactory.

President Wilson let it be known today
that he does not foresee any receiver
ship for the New Haven railroad: that
ne regarded the negotiations between the
Department of Justic., and the New Eng
land railroads as proceeding satisfactor-
lily. and that the most critical stages in
the parleys had been passed.
The President LOOKS upon the negotia-
tons as being Equally arranged and is
hopeful of an early settlement.
There were no indications at the White
House that the President would inter-
fere with the demands of the Depart
ment of Justice, though the President is
understood to have been acquainted y
the Attorney General with the disputed
points.
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CHICAGO LIVE STOCK.

CHICAGO. March 17.-Hogs-Receipts,
5000 head; slow: bulk of sales. S.7OaS 80:
light S.6oaS.S5; mixed S.JoaSs5; heavy.
8. lOss. S2hs; rough S.40aS.5o: pigs, 7.25a
SO.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900 head; weak
beeves, 7.1Oa9.JO; Texas steers. 7.15aS.l5:
stockers and feeders. 5.6oaS.1O: COWS and
heifers. 3.75aSJ0: calves, 6.JOa9.0O.
Sheep-Receipts, 5000 head: slow: ma
tive 4.7na6.oO; yearlings. 5.7oa6.90; lambs
native, 8. 7Oa7.65.
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Attorney Generals View.

There is no reason to believe that the
original plan OF the Department of jus
tice will not be worked said Attorney
General McReynolds today. just before
the cabinet meeting. He said the situa-
ton was proceeding satisfactorily. that
he anticipated no difficulty in a settle
ment, but that he did not contemplate
any extended discussion of the subject
with the cabinet.
The New Haven situation was not dis
cussed AT the cabinet meeting. Attorney
General McReynolds stayed for moment
after the meeting AMI told the President
that negotiations were proceeding salts
factorilV.
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LOCAL STOCK EXCHANGE.


Saes-Resular call l. O'Clock noon:
Mergen. haier :, at 2l5L
National Metropolitan Bank 10 at aO4. 10 al
cot
After call--Mergenthaler. at o151a. at 2151a-
Capital Traction. l at 100.
National Metropolitan Bank. 10 at 2O4.
Washington Railway and Electric pfd 10 At 81,
/ at 81
Washington Gas. l al 81. l at SSH, ! at s..
GOVERNMENT BONDS
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United States Court of Claims.

Present: Chief Justice Edwar X. Camp
bell. Judge Charles 3. Howry. Judge Fen
ton w. Booth, Judge Samuel S. Barney
and Judge George w. Atkinson.
Heirs of Moses Waters; submitted by
Mr. c. = Consaul For heirs and Mr.. G.
H. Thorne for the United States.
Louis Friedman tcongress!onaD: Mr..
Henry A. Baker was heard for plaintiff
and Mr. G. II. Thorne for the United
States.
Lizzie Dixon and Martin p. Crandall /:
Nos 30 and 151; cases remanded TO gen.
eral docket.
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NEW ORLEANS.

NEW ORLEANS, March t1.-Cotton
early was depressed 2 to 10 points owing
to confusion regarding the meaning of
the census figures on consumption dur
ing February. Excluding lnters from the
total gave the report "A bcarish look and
the market opened to points down
and had an easy tone around the call.
Futures opened steady. March. l2.64
May. I2.3S: July. 12.41: August. .2G; Oc-
tobcr. 1l.47: December l III.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. March 1..-Cotton-Spot
~aSicr: good middlinG. TO: middling.
..o5: low middling. 6,6J Sales. 10000
bales. speculation and export. I.Hn bales.
Ecccipts. 33.'sn bales. Futures quiet.
March 6.S: March and April. 6.66: May
and June. 6.:sala: July and August. q. 4?I. !:
August and September. $50; October
and November. 6.i6l=; December and
January. 6."3i=: January and February,
Gt.i.
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LIVERPOOL.

LIVERPOOL. March l1.-Wheat-Spot
dull; No 2 red western winter, Is 4iad
No. I Manitoba, rs Sd; No. = is 3D. No.
3, rs I'd: futures steady: March, rs 2ssd;
May. rs 27sd: July, rs "a
Corn-Spot quiet: American mixed. Us
sid: La Plata futures steady. March, Is
lid; July, As Sd.
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CHANGE IN THE METHOD
OF TRIALS IS FAVORED
Commerce Department Officials
Would Alter Steamboat Dis
aster Procedures.

A change in the method of holding trials
of important steamboat disasters may be
recommended to Congress as result OF
the divided decision rendered yesterday
by the local board of steamboat lnspec-
tors in Philadelphia. when one member oil
the board held Capt. Berry of the Nan
tucket guilty of negligence, while The
other blamed Capt. Johnson of the Mon
roo for the recent disaster off the Vir-
:.inia coast, when forty-one lives were
lost.
The Department of Commerce officials
here today inclined to the opinion that
in cases of such magnitude and impor-
lance as that of the Monroe collision
some other way than that at present
REQUIRED by law should be adopted.
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xEx Dividend Today.
American Can Company pfd., IA: Re-
public Iron and Steel Company pfd, IL.
kansas City. Fort Scott and Memphis
railway pfd.. 1; Lorrillard Tobacco Com
pany com, IA and extra. and the pre-
ferred Of same company. ia: Pettibone
Mulliken Company LIST pfd,, IA.
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officials Hold Conference.

Edwin +. Sweet acting secretary OF the
department: George Uhler steamboat in
spector general. and Solicitor Thurman
held a consultation over the matter, ant
while no decision was reached nor will be
II was said, until after Secretary Red
field. now in the west, returns to Wash.
ington, they were led to believe by the
tangled outcome of this case that bet
ter system for determining responsibility
in such cases might be found
1t was suggested that possibly i,
might be well to have such trials hea I'd
by board composed Of the solicitor
of the department and two supervising
inspectors. or by three supervising in
spectors who are of higher rank than
local inspectors. There was no crit
cism of the technical ability shown by
the local inspectors in Philadelphia
who conducted the trial. but the need
of trained legal ability was pointed to
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Technical Position Is Revealed
When Concerted Pressure
Fails.
SENTIMENT VEERS
TO THE LONG SIDE
Buying Promoted by Favorable Re
ports1Inquiry for Industrials and
Rails-Close Is Strong.

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE market
opened quiet and steady. with no
changes of Importance among the lead
ing stocks. There were further wide
fluctuations in issues which recently
have been weak.
Kansas and Texas preferred dropped
~ to 442.. the lowest since 1904. New
Haven receded one.
Extension of Rumely's note issue
caused the preferred stock to rise near
ly two points.
Speculative sentiment veered to the
long side of the market when it was
apparent that the liquidation in Kansas
and Texas preferred was having no
general effect.
Prices mounted swiftly on repur
chaseS by the short interest and New
Haven. Canadian Pacific, Amalgamated.
Can. Central Leather and the Fertilizer
stocks sold ! to IL above yesterdays
closing
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NEW YORK METAL MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 17.-Lead, quiet,
5. 25a5.35; London. Ell, los.
:. 95a4O5; London, $50. Spelter, steady,
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1t pays to read the want columns Of
The star Hundreds of situations are
filed through them
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WEATHER..
Fair Tonight; Wednesday Unsettled
and Colder; Probably Rain.

For the District OF Columbia and Nir-
Sinia, fair tonight. Wednesday unset
tied and colder, probably rain; moderate
variable winds.
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LONDON MARKET.

LONDON. March 1I.-Money and dis
count rates were steady today. Russia
bought the bulk of the s:;.ooO.ooo new gold
offered in the open market The price
paid was rs 9Isd per ounce. an advance
of an eighth.
The stock market was depressed by
home politics and labor troubles. Consols
lost three-eighths and home rails and
other gilt-edged securities declined in
sympathy, while the absence of Paris
support weakened Brazilian issues and
Eaffirs. The market was steadier near
the close. when consos recovered a
quarter of point.
American securities opened easy and
from /. to 2. below parity. Prices i'm
proved on covering during the forenoon
and continued TO harden in the afternoon
on New York buying. The closing was
steady.
Closing Prices.
Consols for money. Ij,s: for account,
1Jk: Pennsylvania. J6s4 Reading, "a;
Union Pacific, 1872; L. S. Steel, 6Jss
Bar silver steady. &c 13-16d
Money. 2a2h. Short bills, "a three
month, 2sa2h.
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variable winds.
The storm over the Atlantic ocean is
apparently moving northeastward To-
ward the grand banks Another dis
turbance of moderate intensity is cen
trail over upper Michigan. and it Is
causing local SHOWS in the upper lake
region and the upper Mississippi and
lower Missouri valleys. In other parts
of the country the weather remained
fair.
temperatures have, fallen considerably
in the great central valleys. the lake
region and the northwest. and they con
time high in California and relatively
so in the eastern and southern states.
The Indications are that the weather
will be unsettled. with local rains and
SHOWS in the region Of the great lakes
the Ohio valley and the north Atlantic
states In the south Atlantic and cas-
gulf states and Tennessee the weather
will be generally fair tonight and We'd
neSday.
Temperatures will he lower tonight in
the upper lake region. .onight and We'd
neSday in the lower lake region. the
Ohio valley and Tennessee. and Wee
nesday in the middle -.ttantic and north
Atlantic states.
Records for Twenty-Four Hours.
Thermometer and ba semeter at the wealth
err bureau for the tNrnty-four hours be
ginning at = pm. Yesterday:
Thermoneter-Yesserd pm, "a:
pm. 81: II midnight. 81: today, an.
20: 8 am. 80; !: noon. u: PM. %.
Maximum. ~. at w, pm. YESTERDAY;
minimum. IS, at am. today.
Temperature same date last year-Maxi-
mum. ~: minimum. 80.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 pm. 2l:C;
pm 1896; II midnight 5000: today. 1
am. 1904: 8 am. .sa.o9; II noon. 3o.'t:
- PM. 1913
Tide Tables.
Today-Low tide. $40 /. and 1:ol
pm; high tide. 12:1a am.
TomorroW-loW side, 1:1O am. ana
sos pm; high tide. l2.43 am. and
liza pm.
The Sun and Moon.
Today-sun ose e:l0 am; sun sets
sos pm.
Tomorrow-S,n ris.s 6:09 am; sun
sets 6:09 pm.
Moon rises 1911 pm.
Weather in Various Cities.
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Naval Movements.
NEW YORK CURB PRICES.

Quota lions furnished ny W. d. Hibbs Co.,
members New York Stock Exchange.
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Fail to Unsettle List.

The cumulative effect of persistent buy
ing on recent recessions was apparent in
the stock market today. Failure to IN
settle the list by concerted pressure on
New Haven and Kansas and Texas issues
revealed the strong technical position Of
the market and gave an opportunity for
a squeeze of the shorts.
After a listless beginning. the market
gradually gathered strength. becoming
more active on the upturn.
Buying was promoted by reports of
pending favorable developments in the
Mexican situation, which. while they APP
parently had no authentic origin, in
fiuenced trading widely.
Reports of business expansion in Va
rious lines stimulated the inquiry for
the industrials. and there was good alb
sorption OF many railroad shares with
high investment ratings
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Call Money!. >
Hourly Sales Of Stocks Today.
liam, 1880 I'm, 1850
lp.m., Isl, 100 Ppm, 10000
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Bonds Are Irregular.

Bonds were irregular.
Re assuring statements as to the pay
ment of the next dividend on Kansas and
Texas preferred stopped the fall in the
stock. and it rallied points.
The speculation elsewhere dwindled to
nominal proportions. but generality
strong tone was maintained.
Stocks which had Jagged behind in the
early rise moved UP rapidly in the late
afternoon. Steel was bought in large
blocks.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-20

'ha, he had been brought up an army
officer and had studied strategy. more
or loss
You did we'll" sad Joffrc. Each
General because he is a specialist and
knows the great strategic schools 10y
heart. i, tempted To- be partisan of this
or that one. HIS ideas of the defence
Of Belgium are made mp in advance
and. unwttingly. he might try To force
events to ~ thomas has happened
TO he German General stan The
high aroiter should not pe partisan
of any school or prcconceived campaign.
That is why civilians often made good
Ministers .of War"
And the young King bushod with
pleasure,
The young and great King of my
uttle country" Maetcrlnck calls INN.
lie was truly the providential man,
for whom all We're waiting II, cm-
bodied in beauty the deep will of his
people. suddenly h. was all Belgium
revealed to herself and to others. He
mad the great luck 80 take and give
confidence in the most tragic moment
when the stuutest consCienCoS may mo-
mentarilv lose courage Had he not
been there things would, doubtless, not
have happened in the same manner and
history nigh, have lost one of her
noblest pages.
surely. Belgium would have been
faithful To- her neutrality Switzer-
land wuuld be to-day, but switzerland
- warned. prepared and guarding her
frontier. while Belgium was taken
hreathless Who knows what contu-
sion might not have resulted in a
pcnp,e overwhelmed as We We're what
useless discussions false manTuvreS,
what fumhling, legitimate but irrepar-
,n,e, Above all. the necessary words
urecise. unaltcrablt, would not have
been said at the necessary moment.
Thanks To- him, the heroic line is a.
straight. neat and magnificent a. that
If "A ThcrmopylN indefinitely pro-
longed''
But what he suffers, day lay day,
those Only can imaSiue who behold this
hero. discreet, silent and timld. az all
his Kingdom there remain only a few
cit.os intact. and they are threatened
daily. Al the others. So beautiful and
venerable with art and history, laugh
ing and tranquil, happy and innoilen-
sivc. Jewels of the crown of peace
museums whore tourists loved Ia dream
Industrious lahoriouS, rich, open, free
are dead,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-12-20

TT was In a town Of north France,
IN the edge of the lighting line.
4 There appeared some German in
fantry uniforms.
Germans" exclaimed the corporal
Halt. Hesitation. Then:
"Sapristi!" said the corporal they're
prisoners"
Which was the case: 1872 Germans
escorted by a dozen French soldiers
were resting in a corner Of the square.
Thanks To- fog, they had been able 20
slip across and surrender voluntarily
overcome 10y fatigue sickness and fam
inc.
They were pitiful to see. Some were
wounded their faces as white as their
bandGges. one, lying on a stretcher
had been shot in the flight and car
RED by his comrades All had boards
an inch long and the sunken eyes OF
men who have not slept for a week
few wore pointed helmets, which
they sold for 20 cents apiece: most We're
harehoadcd. They stood under the win
dows II The town hall.
Suddenly the crowd looked up. the
Germans too, with weary curiosity. In
one ~ the old carved windows stood
young man in a dark blue uniform.
OF pa,c face and sad eyes.
PcnSNey he looked upon the Ger
man prisoners. Silence. All looked mp
40 he looked down in meditation. The
personality of the young man impressed
all There was no cheering. yet all
Know ana vcnersted the pail. man in
darh blue who looked down So though
fu!ly. although three months ago few
would have recognized him and still
less have cared { snap to see his face.
But now
u was thu young King of the Bel
thns, Albert who does not quit his
SOC ers. He eats the ordinary fare.
'n-ng", HIS shirt when he can, works
'Ish'""u hours q day. and has slept
I'ur nights running on the cushions Of
"S l'"m',.Ic' The King has no dwell
ing place; up one knows where he -
> .'' every one has seen him.
.' ~ hughes. The scattered French
infantry laughing troop in their red
H"lS'r- ls,"mblc, form in columns, and
ISAIAH Hc..2 tn' " lndow wh4ya the King
~.
n .'d disappeared: now he returns,
'""t- '"- .ng on the old stone balcony,
h'id ''r' m,r in the breeze. Beside
' w.. c"..uu is a band Of trumpets, cor
".r."s-- music Of the infantry
'.,'''r uu Il war footing It's chief
l..'. raiol order.
3" once the nags rise, while "A
~" ''Ir-' 'un" ur flourish lasting
."' '.' minutes breaks upon he air.
I.' i'' 'wu rows begin the joyous
...'' 'Nou up 10y The next two, and
''N i.' I.si behind. all Interviewing
n'." 'Yt. q fanfare If high hearts
"p's '.4 r,joung'
N.. Pc, bright refrain danced in
- sunlight cannon without warning
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Young Ruler Has No Dwelling Place
Does Not Quit His Soldiers, Shares
Their Food, Works Eighteen Hours
Day and Is Beloved by His People

took it w and marked the measure fou,
or five miles away.
The King looked up, half turned and
talked rapidly with his orderlies behind
him. The fanfare stopped short. The
King waved an au revoir and disap-
peared. while a rapid order soon started
the Chasseurs to some new point.
Cavalry messengers salloped up. The
Kings automobile gl.ded up and he
drove away with a French colonel. Not
a cry or word had been uttered in the
ranks or public.
He has gone to fight" said the old
dame selling apples.
The Queen is lucky woman" said
her gossip inconsequently.
He's a man." explained the bunch.
back boy who pedd.es Paris papers three
days old
No other king in modern times has
won such popular respect, affection. in
terest confidence from his own. people
and the world at large in such short
time, and so young man unknown.
one might say. previously. certainly in
different TO those who now rejoice In
HIM AZ a credit to themselves.
In the first instants of the war he
had an inspiration of genius. an impulse
of bravery and a spirit Of self-sacrfice
which won him and his land eterna.
honor
Since then daily during three months
he has simply renewed day by day his
acts Of devotion and courage.
Since the day when "A neighbor
drals and bombarded his libraries; since
the day when the Germans emptied his
municipal treasures and the private
banks Of his land when he saw In looted
Liege and Louvain his priests shot down
and people led away to prison. while the
armies began to devastate the rich
countryside and make cinder heaps of
stored cities from Malines to Termonde,
King Albert, leading his heroic army.
has not ceased to hlrass the gigantic
enemy.
lie, the King, stays always among his
soldiers. When they go to fight tho
King is at the front beside them; all
have seen hm-mayhap pointing can.
non He Is there to give them heart.
and does II. So much that It IL cur
rent saying with them that the King is
sure to he killed yet Yet none would
have the heart nor do the King the In
jury to let him see them try to shield
him All these Belgian fighting men
consider themselves as already dead. in
principle. "And he's our chief" they
say. What win you?"
After Ncuport- Dixmudc they saw him
50 tired that h. fell down and slept on
the edge of the road, like a workman
VINO has finished his day: and thou
sands passing, saw him sleeping ana
stepped silently, not to awake him,
The Belgian people have blind con-
fidence in Albert. When he Judged that