New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-22

loves Morgan. William Curtis Demon
est, Colonel William NJ. Dykman, OH
yer Hartman, Porter Clyde Shannon
George Fetherstone and Richard Pat
terson, jr.
In the Aldermanic Chamber the mem
bers of the mission and the Mayor
committee stood
The Mayor expressed the feelings
New York has for Belgium and at
tackled the merciless barbarism with
which Germany ravaged it's innocent
little neighbor. Mr.. COudert spoke fer
vently of Belgium's being the incarna-
ton of the noble cause the Allies were
fighting. He said that the Belgian mis-
sion meant more to him than the 9TH
ers which had visited New York.
Baron Moncheur arose TO respond in
the name of the visitors. In easily in
telligible English he read his address
from manuscript, in which he thanked
New York for its evident sympathy and
understanding Since the entrance -
America into the war, he said, Lt anew
that the cause of civilizatio5 IS safe.
As soon as the baror 1slished speak
ing. Oscar 8 as hurried to the plat
form to shakv mis- hand, and thus pre-
cipitated general handshaking and the
exchange of greetings. The party
marched down the steps, while three
military bands struck up the tune of
"The Star-Spangled Banner" The
Mayor and the baron entered the first
of a line of automobiles. and in a mo-
ment the party was off again on its
way uptown.
Thousands of persons who waited
for the Belgian mission to pass the
streets on which they stood apparently
longed to clasp the hand Of the baron.
Since that was impractical, grown-up
men and women threw kisses to the
members of the mission and waved
handkerchiefs and hats to portray their
sentiments.
Thousands Wave Belgian Flags
The line of march of the party from
Washington Square to Twenty-third
Street was protected by an honor guard
under the command Of Brigadier Gen
eral William c. Bates, I'd Brigade, 9th
Division. Mounted policemen relieved
the soldiers at Twenty-third Street.
The Belgians were joyfully surprised
when they reached Thirty-fOurth
Street. for every spectator along the
next ten blocks waved Belgian flag.
Though the effect was concentrated
here, the Belgian colors few with the
Stars and Stripes in all parts of the
city. At Washington Square John
Wanamaker employees presented the
mission with a Belgian flag.
The party reached the blltmore
shortly before 1 o'clock, and repaired
TO the Italian gardens for an informal
luncheon. Only members OF the May
or's committee and Of the baron's mis-
sion participated, and, to carry out the
dominant purpose Of simplicity, the
committee decided to have no toast
making. Moreover, at the informal
dinner held at 1880 last night at the
Ritz Carlton Hotel no speeches were
made and only members of the two
groups were present. ana
With the luncheon over at 2;5O
o'clock, the party started out on a
sightseeing trip to Long Island and
Conev Island. They did not stop until
their return to the BiltmOre.
After dining at the Ritz Carlton,
the Belgians returned to their hotel,
and the official entertainment was over.
VIII Visit Roosevelt To-day
The members of the mission will visit
Colonel Roosevelt at Oyster Bay this
noon, and tonight they will be enter
tanned privately at the Ritz Carlton by
the seventy members of the Belgian
colony of this city.
When the members Of the mission
returned to their hotel last night they
found that one leading parsonage had
been left home all day. 1t was Nellie,
three-year-old wire haired fox ter
rier. who is the mascot of the mission
and who has travelled all over the
United States with it. Nellie belonged
10 British officer who was shot in
action and homeless, was adopted by
Major Osterrieth, of the mission.
Nellie has seen service in Belgium,
and never goes around without the ma
tional colors. She was wounded by a
bullet about r. year ago, but has recov-
ered thoroughly