Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-07-22

that some OF the spirit OF mind of
those great statesmen would have
remained In that car so that they
could have thanked you for your
! splendid and cordial welcome"
Gentlemen" he continued, Il
have come to this country To tell the
profound gratitude of my king for the
sympathy shown by the American ma
ton to our stricken and unfortunate
! people. We thot that we would travel
thru the country and deliver with our
own lips that gratitude. especially to
such cities as Tulsa. which have re-
, sponded SO nobly to our call for help"
Where LaurcIs VIII Co.
ITO you all-the women. the peo-
pie. the authorities-we extend our
most profound thanks and gratitude.
And especially now that you are send
ing your sons to the front to join the
allies, you are doing the greatest thing
for us. and when victory comes. as II
surely must. you will take the best
part of the laurels to be won"
This is the day of our independ-
ence." said the baron in conclusion.
AT the celebration Of its anniversary.
our independence is under cloud.
but not permanently. As you Amer
leans say, we are down. but we are
not out | am sure that we will be
! celebrating our full independence on
the next anniversary. and to the
United States. to whom we will owe IN
great measure this accomplishment.
/ proffer all honor and glory"
After the baron's talk, Lieutenant
General Leclercq, chief OF the mill
tary mission. thrilled his hearers with
a novel substitute for a speech.
Modern war is a horrible thins
and I really believe that I would
rather have been born one hundred
years ago. so that I might have been
saved some OF the improvements of
the times. In the chivalric age. the
knight Of old rode forth single handed
| to his jousts. But since that time
they have invented aeroplanes, sub
marines. big guns-and Germans.
| However" concluded the general,
'let me revert for a moment to the
fuedal customs of war and propose n
toast to the women of America, so
ably represented by the ladies of Tul-
sa whom we have met today"
Hugh Gibson, personal representa-
tive of the United States department
of state. concluded the banquet
speeches with a description of the re-
ception which the party has met over
Basic Principle OF Entry.
The mission has learned" said Mr.
Gibson, "the great feeling for Bel
GUM. They have learned the fact that
our coming into the war has been prl-
marily because of the suffering of
| Belgium"
At 3 o'clock the party was conveyed
to Convention hall where a mass OF
several thousand people awaited their
arrival. Promptly on the stated hour
the program began with an organ Sc
lection by Miss Lynnette Kimmons.
DR.. l.. S. Barton of the Boston avenue
Methodist church offered prayer.
| John II. Simmons mayor of Tulsa.
who presided. introduced the first
speaker, Governor II. l.. Williams.
representing Tulsa and the state in an
official address OF welcome. After ex-
pressing the desired sentiment along
these lines. Governor Williams
| branched into a mastery summing up
of the situation.
The heart of every patriotic and
| liberty loving citizen at this time In
stinctively turns to Belgium" spoke
| the governor. "A country who at the
beginning of this war was devoted to
the arts of peace-who had no con
troversy with any nation. no territory
to annex, no purposes to attain by
force, no injuries to avenge-2 coun-
| try that desired only to he let alone
| and to keep It's plighted and treaty