The sun., 1919-06-20

Mr.. Hymans has spoken in true terms
Of the necessities that lie ahead of Bel
GUM and Of many another nation that
has come through this great war with
suffering and with loss. We have shown
Belgium. In the forms he has been
generous enough to recite. our friend
ship in the past. IL is now our duty
lines.
The Belgian people and the belgian
leaders need only the tools to restore
| their life. Their thoughts are not
crushed their purposes are not OBJ
soured. Their plans are complete and
| their knowledge of what Is involved in
industrial revival Is complete.
To Provide Needs OF Nation.
What their friends must do is to see
tn It. that Belgium gets the necessary
priority with regard to obtaining raw
materials, the necessary priority in OBJ
tanning the means to restore the ma
chinery by which she can use these raw
materials. and the credit by which she
can bridge over the years which It will
be necessary for her to wait to begin
again.
These are not so much tasks for
governments as they are tasks for
| thoughtful business men and financiers
and those who are producers In other
| countries. 1t 10 . question of shipping
| also. But the shipping of the world
will be relieved of its burdens of troops
| in comparatively near future. and
| there will be new bottoms in which to
srry the cargoes. and the cargoes ought
| readily TO impel the master Of the ship
to steer for Belgian ports.
II believe. after having consulted
many times with my competent advis-
err in the matter, that an organized
method of accomplishing these things
can be found. 1t Is a matter Of almost
daily discussion in Paris, and 1 believe
that as we discuss from day to day we
come nearer and nearer to a workable
solution and a probable plan. hope
not only, but l believe, that such a
plan will be found, and you may be
sure that America will be pleased,
Will not say more than any other friend
of Belgium, but as much as any other
friend of Belgium. IL these plans are
perfected and carried out.
Friendship, gentlemen, is a very prac-
tical matter One thing ] think l have
grown weary Of IL sentiment that does
, not express itself IN action. How real
the world has been made by this war.
How actual all its facts seem. How
terrible the circumstances OF its life.
And II we be friends we not only must
think of each other but we must act
for each other; we must not only have
sentimental regard, but We must put
that regard into actual deeds.
The Proof of Friendship.
There Is an old proverb which has
no literary beauty, but 1t has a great
deal of significance: The proof OF the
pudding II the eating thereof 1t Is by
that maxim that all friendships are to
be Judged. 1t 10 when a friendship is
put to the proof that its quality is
found. 80 our business now IL not to
talk but to act. 1t 10 not so much to
debate as to resolve. 1t 10 not so much
to hesitate upon the plan as to perfect
the details of the plan and at every
turn to be sure that We think not only
of ourselves, but of humanity. for. gen.
tlemen, the realities OF this world are
not discussed around dinner tables;
DO you realize for how small per-
centase of mankind It 10 possible to get
anything for tomorrow IL you do not
work to-day: how small a percentage
Of mankind can slacken their physical
and thoughtful effort for a moment and
not find the means of subsistence fail
them?
Some men can take holidays; some
men can relieve themselves from the
burden Of work. But most men cannot /;
most women cannot. and the children
wait upon the men and women who
work. work every day. work from the
dawn until the evening. These are the
people we must think about. They con-
stitute the rank and file of mankind.
They are the constituents of statesmen.
and statesmen must see to II that poll
cies are not now run along the lines OF
national pride. but along the lines OF
humanity. along the lines of service,
along those lines which we have been
taught are the real lines by the deep
suffering Of this war.
This Ia tho healing peace OF which Mr.
Hymans eloquently spoke. You help the
nations by serving the nations, and you
serve them by thinking of mankind"
Wilson Toasts Royalty.
In his address during the luncheon
at the American Legation, President
Wilson said:
II want to express my pleasure not
only to be in Belgium but to be as
ISOLATED personally with the King and
the Queen We have found them what
all the world has told us they we're
perfectly genuine. perfectly delightful
and perfectly devoted TO the interests of
the people, and not only SO. but what
Is very rare Just now, very just in their
judgments OF the events OF the past
and of the events that are now taking
place.
II could not help expressing the opin-
ion which 1 did yesterday that this must
arise from the fact that they had iAti-
mately associated themselves In life
with their people. II you live with the
takers you get an impression II you
Iva with the doAra Won get another inn
preston: you come into contact with
the realities, and only realities make
you wiee and just.
II want within this brief space in
which l am speaking from my heart TO
propose the health and long life of his
majesty the King and her majesty the
Queen"
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