The sun., 1919-10-11
ALBERT IMPRESSED
BY SSSm..n0nTS OF U. S.
LII
King of Belgians Tells Some
of His Impressions Since
Landing in New York.

on BOARD KING ALBERTs SPSuIAL
TRAIN, Oct 1o.-King Albert of the
Belgians has been deeply impressed with
Americas educational system and at
tributes the ability of American soldiers
to absorb military knowledge in re-
markably short time to the compulsory
schooling they receive.
The King gave to-day, in the first in
terview he has granted in the United
States. some of the impressions no has
absorbed since he came to America, He
said the day he landed that one OF the
purposes of his coming was to obtain
ideas and lessons applicable to Belgium.
Something was said of American troops,
and his Majesty, himself "A soldier, OF
brilliant attainments, Immediately be
came enthusiastic. @''
Your armies were wonderful, ~ he
said. Even your own people did mot
think, did they. that you could send over
two million men in a year? And such
fine soldiers they were they seemed to
be born fighting men. ] do notIknow
how to say it in English, but there seems
to be something in your soil which grows
such men. They went 5000 miles 10
fight for an ideal. and wherever l saw
one of them he knew what he was-fght-
ing for.
at was n tribute to your educational
system that they were all so intelligent
and that they could be trained in so
short time"
Pointing to a schoolhouse in village
his train was passing he said: =
See, the schools are the largest
buildings, and It is so all over. your
country. Every one here is educated.
Not only have you lower schools and
high schools and colleges, but institu-
tons of research where young men can
get splendid training. They are the
peak, the summit.
Pointing to the broad fields past
which the train was speeding. his
Majesty went on: Here are large
farmers and small farmers. 1t IS wei!
that It is SO, for the ownership of land
makes for increased production. The
United States is fortunate in that ithas
more than it needs of everything ana
out of it's abundance II can supply ,sus-
tenance for Europe. This year and the
next will be the worst. After that we
should be able to supply ourselves with
food 1t is we'll you use machinery TO
harvest your crops. In Belgium II Is
not so. Before the war all the work III
our fields was done by hand" 7'""s
Inc hlnB 3 lace gre" Grave "ifofN -
Dor unrest throughout the world wa
mentioned and he spoke Interestingly OF
the conference of capital and labor at
Washington designed to find solution.
TT is WELL" he said. that there'can
| be a conference, for then settlement
| is possible 1t is not so good when men
stand with rifles in their hands ready
to fight" --
Here again he spoke of the incentive
| to production which lies in the owner
>shp of property and the economic 60
lapse of Russia was mentioned.
There peasants are eating themselve.
| up" he said they are not sending their
grain to the cities and the cities are
starving. But you do not have Bolsho-
Wiki here. Your country is too great and
your people are too prosperous."-
King Albert, Queen Elizabeth ard
Crown Prince Leopold completed tn,
transcontinental trip at Sacrament
| this evening. Tomorrow morning they
will be in Santa Barbara, where they
will spend three days as the guests oi
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Hoover before re-
turning to San Francisco.
At Truckee, Albert and his sou
climbed aboard the first Of the atw0
engines which dragged the train up the
| heavy grades and remained there until
! American Canyon was reached. They
ate their luncheon IN the cab with tn
railroad men and enjoyed It hugely
Not content with the view from the cab
they climbed to the top of the baEgae o
car Ave miles east of Blue Canyon aua
rode there for miles.