The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-07-06
SPECIAL AGENTS
GUARD BELGIAN
WAR MISSION
Every Precaution Taken to
Avoid Any Danger
Which Might Arise
SPECIAL POLICE
WORK IN CROWDS
Fargo Entertained States
men for Ten Minutes
Thursday

Special agents of the state de-
partment, besides a personal staff,
protect the Belgian war commission
from any possible dangers that
might arise during it's trip through
the United States to arouse pub
lie interest for that governments
cause and express thanks to the
Americans for the help which has al
ready been sent to the war ridden
country.
Fargo entertained the members of
the commission for 10 minutes late
Thursday afternoon and got its first
knowledge of the protection afford
ed the statesmen. Efforts to enter
any of the compartments of the
special, which arrived over the
Northern Pacific at o'clock, met
with rebukes from soldiers. Every
person who pressed near the obser-
vation car was carefully spotted by
the special agents who worked
among the crowd as soon as the
train arrived.
o'conneII In Charge of Train.
Permission to get an interview
have to come through James O'Con-
nell, special agent of the state de-
partment, Washington, d. G. Every
minute that is devoted to speech
making, the special agent stands at
the foot of the speakers. Mayor
Alex Stern greeted the commission
for the city, and Attorney Aubrey
Lawrence in behalf of the CONNER =
cial club of which he is the presi-
dent.
A bodyguard of two soldiers stood
besides Baron Ludovic Moncheur,
| head of the statesmen, as he adj
dressed the Fargo crowd. The baron
was introduced by Hugh Gibson,
secretary of the embassy, who is in
charge of the party as representa-
! tive of the secretary of state.
Baron Moncheur is a former Belgian
minister to Washington, and paid
high tribute to the bravery OF
the American soldier.
! How about the Belgian SOLDIER"
rang out a voice in the crowd when
reference was made to the Ameri-
cans.
"Oh, my friends, the Belgian sold
iers are brave, too. They have done
their best, but they will do even
better when you join them in the
trenches. The great enemy of man
kind will be brought low. We will
mankind. With your aid, you great
can the kaiser"
Military Chief Speaks.
General Leciercq. chief Of the
Belgian military mission to the Uni
ted States, was then introduced to
the Fargo citizens by the baron as
being fresh from the trenches.
I'VE love you all. We love you all,
especially you women whose kind
hearts have gone out to the Belgian
people," was his brief remark.
The visit of the Belgian mission
| to Fargo lasted but ten minutes. The
members arrived at Butte Thurs
day night and will go from there
| to the coast and then to Los Angeles,
which will be the southern point of
their trip which will cover rs days.
Souvenirs consisting of American
and Belgian flags were tossed to the
crowd as the special pulled out of
Fargo. Wednesday the commission
was royalty entertained in the twin
cities and addressed by Archbishop
John Ireland who told the members
that the people of the United States
are willing to lay down their lives
for the cause of humanity and the
restoration of the rights of the dew
astated people of Belgium.
The other members of the com
mission are: Major Osterrieth. a
we'll known officer of the second
regiment of guides, one of the finest
cavalry regiments of the Belgian
army; and Count Louis d'Ursel, a
first cousin of Duke d'Ursel, who
though over 40 years old enlisted in
the Belgian army as a private. Count
Louis d'Ursel has followed the foot
steps of the head of his house, and
after leaving Teheran, where he was
secretary of the legation, enlisted in
the army at the beginning of hositil-