Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-28
BELGIAN KING PAYS
HOMAGE TO ARMY



the entire naion and his sincerity in
expressing the thanks of Belgium to
Americans for their aid was plainly
evident
Deeply Moved
Il salute" he said to the Senate,
mot only the eminent men who re-
ceiVed me here during the day, but
l salute the memory of your great
predecessors who during 1SO years
have sat in this place and given
to the whole world the example of
highest civic virtues. This welcome
OF the Senate seals that reception, so
warm and so spontaneous, l have
received everywhere during my
Journey across this magnificent coun-
try. l am deeply moved by the eX-
pressions of sympathy that the name
of Belgium evokes from this noble
American people.
Nothing could better character
ize the reign of universal democracy
than that friendship which unites
the great republic with its one hun
al ed and ten million citizens and the
realm which l am the constitutional
head with its seven and a half mill
hon inhabitants. If there is no equal
ity of power and riches between
them, there is equality in the love
of liberty and in aspiration toward
social progress. on both sides of the
Atlantic the same ideals inspire us.
Exchange of ideals. the commercial
relations, the visits to Belgium of
eminent American citizens, of whom
many sit in this assembly. are so
many means of tightening the bonds
between the two nations.
L hope with all my heart that
these relations which so back as far
as memory, which have been forti-
ned during the war as we'll as by
the admirable assistance which you
rendered Belgium by feeding her
people and by fraternity in arms,
VIII never cease. to develop for the
great good of the two peoples"
Addresses House
The visit to the Senate of King AL
pert and the Prince lasted only half
an hour aid they went Immediately
10 the House. In his address there,
His Majesty said:
Il am happy to be able to bear to
TINS chamber, which embodies the
living spirit of the American peo-
pie, the greetings of Belgium, a
democratic and parliamentarian
state created by vote of the
popular assembly of 1880, which
proclaimed the independence of our
provinces. 1t is a pleasure to re-
call that many of the provisions of
our constitution were taken from
Your fundamental law, so that at
the outset of her career Belgium was
indebted to you.
Sincere Homage
our two peoples lave fought and
triumphed together. The interven-
uon of the American Army was the
decisive factor in determining the
victory. pay my respectful and
sincere domage TO the officers, the
soldiers and sailors, who fell for
great cause on the battlefields of Eu-
rope and in the defense of the seas.
The hearts of Belgians whome
those heroes helped to liberate from
the domination of the enemy go out
IN profound gratitude to the wound
ed. In their name l address to the
wounded of the great war assurance
OF our atfection and sympathy. l ex-
press the gratitude of Belgium to
those distinguished American citi-
zens who gave themselves with such
az spirit of sacrifice to the task of
tightening the sufferings of the Bel
gian people.
In this noble assembly solemn
~ thank the members of the COM
mission for relief and the innumer-
able committees that helped it in its
admirable efforts. I salute in par
tcular the names, craven forever
IN our memories, of Herbert Hoover
and Brand Whitlock.
May this splendid American ma
tion, so richly endowed by nature So
nagnificently served by it's peonle
pursue in the serenity of its power
IT'S work of accomplishment, of cul-
ture and of progress"