Republican farmer., 1919-06-20

second day or hlS V1Slt to Bel;
 to Charleroi with King Albert. The King expected to show the
 American executive the destruction
 wrought by the Germans in the mines
 at Charleroi and supply him with doc | umentary information of the whole
 sale and systematic destruction prac- ticed by the Germans.
 | The President was not accompanied
 on the Charleroi visit by Mrs. Wilson, who was somewhat fatigued after yesterdays trying journey.
 A luncheon at the American lega- | ton, the appearance of the Presi- l dent before the Belgian Chamber of Deputies and his reception by Car
 dinal Mercier at Malines were a few | of the features on today's program. President and Mrs. Wilson, with | King Albert and Queen Elizabeth as their guides, yesterday saw the de- vastation visited upon Belgium by | the Germans. The first part of their visit deeply affected the Americans. The second phase was entirely differ ent.
 In the forenoon almost no resi- dents were encountered In the af- ternoon the appearance of Presiden; Wilson at Ypres, Ostend, Zeebruggee and finally Brussels, was made the
 occasion of demonstrations that
 might have been accorded a con-
 quering hero.
 The night run from Paris ended at Adkinerke, just across the Franco
 Belgian frontier, where King Albert, Queen Elizabeth and a party of Bel gian officers waited to receive the president. King Albert wore his of fcer's suit of khaki, and Queen | Elizabeth a simple white dress, with
 dark blue motoring coat. Brand Whitlock, American minis ter to Belgium, accompanied the | King and Queen and MT. and Mrs.
 Wilson throughout the trip and ex- plained conditions along the way. Brussels, June 19.-The President
 and King Albert set out on their trip
 to CharIeroi at o'clock. They were accompanied by NJ. Jaspar, the minis
 ter of economies, and numerous suite.
 In stepping out of the palace this
 morning the President found several thousand persons assembled there who clamored for a speech. He respond ed with his first public talk, which was confined to a. few words.
 My friends" said the Presiden
 "in coming here personally I have
 merely followed my own heart and the heart of the American people
 toward Belgium
 In the palace the President had | met all the members of the Belgian cabinet and Cardinal Mercier. By calling first, the Cardinal offered a diplomatic route for the President to call upon him at MaHnes today. The general council of the Belgian
 labor party has addressed a. message | to President Wilson. in which it says: The labor party repudiates any peace of violence and awaits the
 reign of a definite peace, assuring the
 sovereignty of labor and the triumph
 of President Wilson's principles. The address recalls the interven-
 ton of the United States in the war
 and adds:
 | If the working classes every
 where were masters of their destinies | 1t is beyond doubt that the Presi- dents program would have com pletely triumphed at the peace con- ference and Belgium would have ob- tained complete reparations for the | losses she suffered"
 | From time to time the cavalcade | halted to permit the visitors to study | at close range some piece or destruc- | ton that was unusually thorough. | Newport was the first halt. Presi- | dent Wilson, who was riding with King Albert followed Queen Eliza beth and Mrs. Wilson, who descend 1 ed from the next car, and walked | through what had been the city of ! Nieuport to the runs of the canal.
 The only houses that were intact or : even habitable were one or two frame ] shacks which were recently erected ', for the entertainment of tourists. From Newport eastward along the | old line of trenches to Dixmude. | where the lines at one time almost touched each other. the party ahghted
 at one or two places to examine the nature of the trenches.C It then went on toward Ypres. All that part of the ride was in an almost i deserted country. There were very 1 few refugees and there could be seen
 little attempt toward retaining thl | soil.
 | It was like a dead country. Here
 and there a civilian was encountered
 but always his face expressed seem
 ing hopelessness. Ypres. however
 showed . somewhat greater display of animation NotwithstandiuG the