The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1916-10-26
SAYS BELGIUM WILL
COME into Her OWN
Little Kingdom Will Regain
Her Lost Place In Sun,
Says Minister.

Havre, France. (by maiD.-"Belgium
will come back to her own. to he ,"ce
In the sum-, and to complete freedom
and Independence SAID baron Deg els,
minister OF foreign affairs of Belgium,
IN the course of an authorized interview
given to tho Associated Press.
Baron Beyens is one of the notable
figures of the present war, for up to the
beginning of the war he was the Bel
glan minister at Berlin and went
through the crisis eliminating in the
first blow at Belgium and the immedi-
ate entry Of England, France and all
Europe into the seething struggle. Then,
leaving Berlin, he entered the Belgian
cabinet and has since directed the for
elgn affairs of the country, finding time
also to write a book which graphically
describes the week Of tragedy" at the
German capital when the British and
trench ambassadors and himself made
their last attempts to prevent the Euro
pean conflict.
The ministry of foreign affairs, where
Baron Beyens was seen, is installed ct
Ste. Adresse, a suburb Of Havre, in the
villa Hollandais, a rustic chalet occu-
pied in ordinary times by seashore Wis
itors, but now bearing on the outer gate
q small placard reading: "Ministere
des Affalres E~strangeres de Belgique."
A foreign office usually suggests mar
BILE halls and big diplomatic rooms with
.AAcooSotolo sitting among OH paint
lngs and mahogany furnishings. But
me villa Hollandais has nothing of this
Kind. Three small pine structures have
been put up in the garden for various
diplomatic and consular branches. In
side the villa there is the simplicity of
a summer cottage, but everything Is
scrupulously we'll done and effective.
Grateful to United States.
Baron Beyens expressed at the out
set the deep sense Of appreciation felt
by Belgium toward the people of the
United States, and, in particular, to-
ward those who had directed the work
OF sending food supplies to Belgium.
am always glad to meet al Amer
1can,' said he. and to express my graf
ltude to your people in general and to
those who have literally saved our peo-
pie from starvation. 1t is difficult for
me to say how much we feel indebted
to Mr.. Hoover, head of the committee
directing the relief work Of Belgium.
lie has proved himself a man Of great
resourc and great ability in the gigan-
tic task of providing for a whole ma
tlon which found itself threatened with
or, at least, with cruel p.i-
Vatlon. 1t was a task, moreover, re-
curing much diplomatic tact as we'll
as business knowledge, for the relief
committee was obliged to deal between
the German officials on the one hand
and the allied officials on the other. But
all this has been accomplished with in
mite skill; obstacles which seemed at
times 1nsurmountable have been over
come, and practical results have been
realized which are of the highest i'm
p~ortance to Belgium and the Belgian
people.
The American minister at Brussels,
Mr. Brand Whitlock. has also won orr
admiration and respect IN
performing a work of colossal magni-
tude under most trying conditions. Re
naming at Brussels while the govern
ment was constrained by circumstances
70 establish itself temporarily outside
or Belgium, the American minister mas
oeen, with ms courageous Spanish COL
league, the bulwark between our citi-
zens remaining in the invaded regions
ana the German military and civil au-
tnorltles temporarily in control. Out
SIDE OF the horrors and atrocities of
war which have been committed, the
ordinary administration of civil affairs
mas Deer carried out with an iron hand
n with rigorous h~arshness. In all
this Minister Whitlock has stood be-
tween our people and the rigors of the
German military administration. and
come largely through his energetic and
discreet Intervention.
But" added the minister, the
anne Of Americans who have shown
this good will toward Belgium in very
prac1lcal ways is almost unlimited
DR.. Watson Of the American church
AZ Farls. n Mrs. Watson. Mr.. Bliss.
the American charge d'affaires at
Paris. and his wife, Mrs. Wharton. the
well known American writer. and
many, very many, others. To all OF
them Belgium is deeply thankful"
turning now to international af-
1alrs. In which ne had taken ouch an
active part at the debut of the war.
Baron Beyeps went on:
We had every reason to remain at