The sun., 1919-06-20
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words to say what is In my heart to
say.
Mr.. Huymans has repeated to you
some of the things which America tried
to do to show her profound friendship
and sympathy with Belgium. but Mr..
Huymans was not able to testify as I am,
to the heart of America that was back
OF her efforts, for America did not do
these things merely because she con-
ceived II her duty to do them but be-
cause she rejoiced In this way to show
her real humanity and her real knowl-
edge Of the needs OF an old and faith
fnl friend. And these things. I hope,
will be the dearer in your memory be-
cause OF the spirit which was behind
| them.
They were small In themselves. We
often had the feeling that we were not
doing az much a. We could do. We
knew all the time we were not doing
as much as VIC wanted to do. And It
10 this spirit. and not what was done,
which deserves, 1 hope, 10 be remem-
| bered.
at is delightful to ind myself at last
In Belgium I have como at the first
| moment that was relieved from i'm
psrative duty.
There TO Meet Heroes.
II could not come for my own pleas
ure and In neglect of duty to a country
where I knew I should meet men who
had done thoir duty; whore i knew l
Aloud meet q sovereign who had con-
| stantly Identified himself with the inter-
ests and the life of his people at every
sncrifce TO himself; where should be
greeted by q burgomaster who never al
To- ~.
ways asserted the majority and authority
OF the municipality which he repre-
stntsd: whore should have the priv
| ileee Of meeting cardinal who was the
true shepherd OF his flock. the majesty
of whose spiritual authority awed even
| the interruptions enemy himself. who
knew they did not dare lay hand upon
his servant of God. and whore should
Rave the privilege OF grasping the hand
oi q General who never surrendered.
and on every hand should meet men
who had known their duty and had
done IT,
Il could not come to Belgium until
felt that was released from my duty.
] sought in this way TO honor you by
recognising the spirit which / knew
should meet with here. When l realise
hat at my back are the lighting stand
ards Of Belgium, 1t pleases me to think
that / am In the presence Of those who
knew how to shed their blood as we'll
as do their duty for their country. They
need no encomium from me
Tells of Call to Duty.
with you to the significance of the place
which Belgium bears in this contest,
which. thank God. is ended. I came
here because 1 wished to associate my
self in counsel with the men who knew
had felt 30 deeply the pulse Of this ter
rible struggle, and wanted to come
also because I realized. ] believe. that
Belgium and her part In the war are in
one sense the key of the whole struggle,
because the violation OF Belgium was
the call to duty which aroused the ma
tons
THE enemy committed many outrages
In this war, gentlemen. but the initial
outrage was tho fundamental outrage OF
all They. with that insolent indiffer-
ence violated the sacredness Of treaties.
They showed they did not care for the
honor Of any pledge. They showed that
they did not care for the independence
Of any nation. whether 1t had raised its
hand against them or not: that they
were ruthless in their determination to
haye their within at their pleasure, there
fore It was the violation of Belgium that
awakened the world to the realization
OF the character OF the struggle.
"A very interesting thing came out Of
that struggle. which seems almost like
an illogical consequence. One of the
first things the representatives OF Bel
GUM said TO me after the war began was
that they did not want their neutrality
guaranteed. They did not want any
neutrality. They wanted equality. not
because, as l understood them, their
neutrality was insecure, but because
their neutrality put them upon a differ
ent basis of action from other peoples
In their natural and proper pride they
desired to occupy place that was not
exceptional, but In the ranks of free
Peoples under all governments
Comes Into Her own.
II honored this instinct in them, and
II was for that reason that the first
time / had occasion to speak OF what
the war might accomplish for Belgium
spoke OF her winning a pls ee Of equality
among the nations So Belgium has,
40 to say, once more come into her own
through this deep valley OF suffering
through which she has gone.
MOT only that but her cause has
linked the governments OF the civilized
world together. They have realized
their common duty. They have drawn
together as II instinctively into a
league Of right They have put the
whole power of organized manhood be-
hind this conception Of Justice which is
common to mankind
That is the significance, gentlemen
of the League Of Nations. The League
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