New Britain herald., 1917-06-16
|BALFOUR POINTS ID
 WILSON'S ADDRESS
Advises English to Read Speech 
 Made on Flag Day

London, June 1s.-Arthur J. Bal- four. foreign secretary. signalized his first public appearance since he re- turned from the United States by . speech yesterday at the second annual meeting of the national committee for relief in Belgium at the Mansion house.
 In his address, Mir. Balfour advised every one to read President wilson's Flag Day address. published in the morning papers. because of it's rela- tion to Germany's treatment of Bell gium..
 If you have not already rad Pres ident Wilson's speech" said Dr. Ball four, 1T strongly advise you to do 50. and at the same time to bear in mind Germany's actions and policy in Bel gium. In it you will ind Justification of this great alliance mong all na. tions who love liberty against the monstrous tyranny and coerciod with which the civilized world is threat ened if we submit to an inconclusive and ineffective peace. The one true remedy for the wrongs of Belgium is the defeat of Germany
 The action of the United States in taking over the whole cost of the re- lief of Belgium was greeted with loud applause by several hundred persons who have been prominent in the re- lief work which has been carried on since the outbreak of the war and have collected more than $12,000, ,00O for it.
 American Ambassador page fol- lowed MT. Balfour. He thanked the American members of the. Belgian Relief Commission and announced that although the entry of the United States into the war had made it im- possible for Americans to carry on the work in Belgium the machinery of the commission would be kept intact for eventualities.
 Letters of thanks for the relief work done were sent by King Albert and Viscount Bryce. They were read by the Lord Mayor, who presided at the meeting. Among the other speakers were Thomas Mackenzie, commissioner in London for Now Zealand: w. P. sclNeiner, high com missioner for the Union of South Africa, and Paul Hymans. the Bell efan minister to London.
 sSs MT. Hymans paid . tribute to the work of the commission under the en. ergetic impulse of Herbert c. Hoover. which. he said, under strict neutrality, was the first intervention of the United States in the European war. He continued: N
 Today the great American repub- lie brings to the Allies the powerful co-operation of the whole of it's re- sources, moral. military and financial. to hasten the triumph of our common ideals, justice and civilization.
 sThe presence here of the Amert- can ambassador and the British secre- tary of foreign affairs symbolizes the devotion of these two great nations to Belgium's cause, and I am proud in their presence to express the pro- found gratitude of my government and of the Belgian people,
 After expressing his admiration for all those concerned in fostering and assisting the work of the commission and alluding to the changes in the administration incident to the entry of the United States into tho war Minister Hymans concluded by depict ing the grave suffering that Belgium still Is enduring owing to the high prices and the scarcity of food, which bear heavily upon the working classes. said, had aggravated seriously the de- plorable situation in his country. Tu. berculosis, he added, was making frightful progress and endangering the future of the race