Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-10-11
ATTRIBUTES THEIR FIGHTING
QUALITIES TO OUR FINE ED
UCATIONAL SYSTEM
DENIES He WAS A REPORTER
sour People Are Thrifty and win
Pay" Says King, But Must Re-
ceiye Help Temporarily

On Board King Albert's Special
Train, Oct. liking Albert gave
yesterday in the first interview which
he has granted in the United States,
some OF the impressions he has abb
sorbed since he came here. He said
the day he landed that one OF the
purposes of his coming here was to
obtain ideas and lessons applicable
to Belgium. Something was said OF
American troops and his majesty.
himself soldier Of brilliant attain
ments. Immediately became enthu-
siastic.
Your armies were wonderful" he
said. Even your own people did
not think, did they, that you could
send over two million men in year,
And such fine soldiers they were.
They seemed to be born fighting
men / do not know how to say it
in English. but there seems to be
something in your soil which grows
such men. They went 5000 miles
to fight for an ideal and wherever
| saw one OF them he knew what he
was fighting for.
1T was tribute to your educa-
tional system that they were all so
intelligent and that they could be
trained in so short a time
Pointing to school house in vii
lage his train was passing. he said;
See, the schools are the largest
buildings, and it is so all over your
country. Everyone here is educat-
ed. Not only have you lower schools
and high schools and colleges but
institutions of research: where the
young men may get such splendid
training. They are the peak. the
summit"
Pointing to the broad fields past
which the train was speeding his
majesty went on:
Here there are large farmers and
small farmers. It is well that II is
so, for the ownership of land makes
for increased production. The Unit
ed States is fortunate. 1t has more
than it needs of everything and out
of its abundance it can supply sus-
tenance for Europe. This year and
the next will be the worst. After
that we should be able to supply our.
selves with food. 1t is we'll you use
machinery to harvest your crops;c in
Belgium it is not so. Before the war
all the work in our fields was done
by hand" sssT al;;E-
There was a wistfulInote in his
voice as though he were thinking,of
the men who would so to the harvest
no more. q sssT ssza-3 81
"All your people7 are prosperous, ,''
he continued. They have money.
When I was in New York Isiwas in
the stock exchanges, thatzis the CEN
ter of the worlds finances.r1dT
Turning briefly to american in
vestments in Belgium, Albert said
proudly: -s-.f.,s), s.snkaL .etae
Our people are thrifty and they
will pay their debts grI 3
Keenly interested in finance;t he
nodded approval at the suggestion
that the purchase of Liberty bonds
had taught lessons of thrift q and
commented ON the fact that what he
called state bonds,nwere not widely
held until patriotism opened an un.
explored field. -aG e61o a
"But everyone had money to buy
them with,H he added with smile
The kings face grew grave wher
labor unrest throughout the world
was mentioned and he spoke inter
estedly of the conference Of capita
and-labor.Tat Washington designed Il
find o solution. ,gtraca 5csa3zt 70
ut is WE'LL" he added, "that ther,
can be a conference. There can b,
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