Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1919-10-29
BELGIAN RULER PAYS HONOR TO
 VAL0R OF ARMY
Royal Visitors Are Guests of the House and the
 Senate.

Senate.
 Washington, Oct. 28.-Both hous- es of congress today greeted the King of the Belgians, his consort and their son A. It was the first visit of a king to the capital and the nations law makers gave a cordial welcome to the democratic soldier-ruler of , Europe's plucky little state. King Albert's address, first in the senate and then in the house, made scarcely 600 words, but in them he gave the American army credit for assuring victory in the war, paid homage to the fallen and extended his sympathy to the wounded. He expressed admiration for the Unit ed States, acknowledged the debt of the makers of Belgium's constitu- tion to those who framed that of this country, predicted that the ties bind ing the two nations would be un- broken and offered thanks to the Americans who aided his people in the war.
 There was little ceremonial in the visit, but there was no mistaking the warmth of the greeting given the Belgians and the earnestness of the king in his address was evident. The galleries were crowded and nearly all the senators were in their seats. Justices of the supreme court, sena- tors and spectators rose and applaud ed vigorously as the tall, erect fig ure of the King strode down the aisle beside Senator Lodge. Behind him came the Duke of Brabant escorted bv Senator Hitchcock.
 In an address to the senate the King asserted that nothing could better characterize the reign of uni versal democracy" than the friend ship between his country and the United States.
 The addresses of His Majesty today were the longest and most important he has made in America. They were intended as messages to the entire nation.
 Americas Part in War.
 q salute," he said to the senate, "not only the eminent men who re- ceived me here during the day, but 1 salute the memory of your great pre- decessors, who, during 13O years, have sat in this place and given to the whole world the example of high
  the senate seals that reception so warm and so spontaneous have re- ceived everywhere during my journey across this magnificent country. I am deeply moved by the expressions of sympathy that the name of Bel gium evokes from this noble Ameri- can people.
 Nothing could better characterize the reign of universal democracy than that friendship which unites the great republic with it's 110,0O0,OO0 citizens and the realm of which I am the constitutional head, with it's sev- en and half million inhabitants. There is no equality of power and riches between them, there is equali- ty in the love of liberty and in as piration towards social progress. On both sides of the Atlantic the same ideal inspires us. The exchange of ideas, the commercial relations, the visits to Belgium of eminent Ameri cans, of whom many sit in this as- sembly, are so many means of tight ening the bonds between the two na- tions.
 q hope with all my heart that these relations which go back as far as memory, which have been streng- thened during the war as we'll as by the admirable assistance which you rendered Belgium by feeding her peo- pie and by fraternity in arms, will never cease to develop for the great good of the two peoples"
 The visit to the senate of King Albert and the Duke of Brabant last ed only half an hour and they went immediately to the house. In his address there His Majesty said:
 VI am happy to be able to bear to this chamber which embodies the living spirit of the American people, the greetings of Belgium, demo- cratic and parliamentary state ere ated by the vote of the popular assembly of 1850, which proclaimed the independence of our provinces. It is a pleasure to recall that many of the provisions of our constitution were taken from your fundamental law, so that at the outset of her ca reer Belgium was indebted to you.
 Our two peoples have fought and triumphed together
 "The intervention of the American army was the deciding factor in vic ctry. 1 pay my highest respect to the officer, soldier and sailors who fell for great cause on the battle fields of Europe"