Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-12-17
LONDON CELEBRATES
FETE DAY OF HEROIC
BELGIAN ROYAL ALLY
Englishwoman, in Letter to
Philadelphia Relative,
Tells of Sympathy for
Stricken Nation.

BHtaln's sympathy is deep for stricken
Belgium. according to an English woman
who writes an interesting account OF war
time events in England TO u Philadelphia
relative The feast day Of King Albert
was commemorated by appropriate mes
snges and the presentation OF gifts In
her latest letter the English writer says'
'Today is the fete day OF King Albert
OF Belgium. No doubt It will not DO
passed over unnotced in America, but
naturally both In France and England
we are full OF admiration and gratitude
for his noble conduct, and also OF SYM
paihy for the misfortunes which have
fallen upon him, and his country. The
Belgian refugees here have sent tele-
gram of congratulatlon to King Albert,
and also one to their Queen, and have
presented charming gifts to the royal
chndren-a a History of England to Prince
9old. VI book OF travel to Prince
files and a big doll to Princess Marie
POOR, Belgium seems TO be threatened
famine Just now and urgent appeals
being made for provisions of every
Adj The conditions grow worse with
every day which passes and the misery
these poor people must endure seems TO
ha endless They want very suhstan-
tial help most urgently and l am 80 re-
jpiced to HEIR that your good kind Amer
ican friends and noghbors are full OF
schemes and arrangements for practical
aid.
Have you seen Cammaert's poem, "Au
grand roi dun petit pays" written es-
,l.,If, iV,ar
name-day? Isn't 1t fine? l am sure you
must have seen it In some OF your pa
pers. BY the way, Will you send me some
of your papcra? l am very interested
to know the attitude OF America on all
our present doings and on our sins OF
omission or commissoni whether we are
earning praise or blame, You must en-
tighten me little bit and show mo all
our shortcomings. don't believe the list
Will be very long one.
EMDEN's CAPTAIN PRAISED.
1T is relief to hear that that daring
little cruiser, the Emdcn, has been de-
stroyed after its remarkably active ca
reer Still we have all had n more than
sneakng regard for her daring and chiv-
alrous commander, Captain Won Mueller
He had captured 20 Of our merchant ves-
sells, II of which he had sunk at a cost
of more than f2,OoO,0OO. He bombardcd the
capital Of an Indian province, isolated
Burma for many days and entirely clear
ed the Bay of Bengal of shipping! And
through 1t all 1t Is acknowledged that he
committed no outrage, never took life
unnecessarily except by accident and
stkictly oheyed all the rules OF lnterna-
tiohal warfare,
3"Do you remember going with me to
the exhibition OF Robins sculptures when
you were over here In the summer? Well,
my dear, Rodin has formally presented all
those masterpieces to the British nation,
Is not this a most preelous gift, abso-
iptelv priceless? II is impossible 70 ind
words to describe our gratitude for such
generosity. These works should form
such an inspiration to our artists as
well 40 such delight to our amateurs,
#'i have been grently amused today by
reading IN paper that cats are being
efnployed to keep rats and mice from en-
teflng the Germans' military stores and
provision quarters. Each animal wears
little collar on which tho letters r. VI
X. are engraved, These mysterious, but
important initials stand for kalserllche
Milltar Katie, Eact cat Is provided with
an allowance of marks per month and
each has to present itself regularly at the
quarterly inspections There's a sample
of German method, II you like There is
no doubt they arc the most thorough
nasters of detail the world has ever
snown. But regiment OF cats, with the
exception OF Dick Whittington's famous
pussies, have never heard Of
"BoBs'" DEATH DEPLoREp.
''We nave only just had the tragic news
OF dear old Lord Roberts death IN France,
where he had gone To visit our Indian
trops. This will come as a painful sur
prise to the whole country. for we mourn
our greatest soldier Ills life was an in
spration for every man in the army and
his fame viii endure forever, He was
full of energy TO the last, and. although
short of stature and fTail of build. he was
capable of more hard work than most
younger men, It was no doubt the death
he would have chosen for himself and
adds the final touch 10 life OF courage
and achievement "Bobs," as he was af-
fsetionatsly known was the idol OF our
British "Tommies," and he will be most
Jneerely mourned In our trenches I'm
Northern France. II was most drastic
and most fitting that he should have
brsathed his last doing the work of a
soldier and on the battlefield.