South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1921-11-25
BELGIUM INDUSTRY
ERASES WAR MARKS
Nation. Once 0verrun. Tries
to Forget Conflict in
Peace Pursuits.

LONDON. Soy. Lh.-Ilc harbOr
station az OTerd is still a place Of
desoIatior found Sc go ora a
recent v-sit There Ia plenty OF
sDllntercd glass in Us eaurt a-cades
AID the autumn wind blows co-dIy
over its unprotected platforms But
a. soon as the long train. w5th lts
great German engine and its big
casy coaches pulls out over the new
ard weII-Iaid track you feel in your
bones assuming that you are wise
enough 90 leave Ypres out OF your
intinerary- you have come 10
Land OF Good Hope.
The carlton OF Bruges echoes
across a plain that was assuredly
never more fertile and never better
TILED. From the canal hank beside
she works OF Ia BrugOlse which the
Germans stripped bare OF their ma
elmer. I listened % the bells play
ing German music one Sunday
morning. and later az traversed
the whole breadth OF Belgium and
sought generally ln vain. for traces
OF the war 10 seemed 20 mo that the
cariiloneur must be something OF
symboi.st.
For Belgium a. steadily setting
herself % forget the war Her ideals
OF today are peace with her neigh
bors and with all men, and social
reform within her owr gates To
attain these ends she must trade. %
trade she must work. and she BE-
working as. / verify believe. no other
country is working.
Forces OF the Future.
In Client and in Bussels they inn
pressed upon me that cooperation
and communal effort are 20 be the
forces OF the future. Bolshevism in
Belgium was stiIborn. Labor is
sane and soundly disciplined.
alked with the editor Of the
Official labor newspaper in room
thai itself told me almost as much
as nc did. There was a portrait I'm
place OF honor on the wall Not
OF Lenin. not OF Karl Marx. not even
OF Emile Vandcrvelde. the Belgian
apostle cooperation. but Of VIII
liam Morris. who's. dream was of a
world made beautiful by and for the
workers
on the way from Brussels to
Lege the express steamed into a
lofty station. bright with the morn
ing sunshine streaming through a
clean glass roof on 90 paint still
cleaner. thronRed with busy people
humming with tho throttled energy
OF half n dozen trains at its dozen
platforms outside there was
pulse In the air as OF a mighty loom.
and through the mist one caught
Meeting glimpses of vast modern
factories in process of erection
Everything was eloquent Of life and
labor From the railway. at any
rate. not one single thing was Wis
fble 20 recall the wears of war and
ruin.
stay. There was just one. Il was
the name board iu the station.
which had been left Imprinted app
parcntly Of set purpose. on the
faded ana scaling wood one might
family discern. in German charac-
ters. the word Lowen For th.s was
LOuvain.
The Motto of Hege.
At Liere. for a matter Of 2lad.
in English money. one may spend
en- hour or go upon the broad bosom
Of the Mouse. The Liegois have no
yves IL Nnu4u Nff.lIls TOT 0l4 NlltE OiIf
sees no ears for ali that one hears.
on the steamer trip 20 Seraing; yet
IN the ceaseless ring Of hammers
upon new steel in the endless eN-
tensions Of iron works. motor works.
glass works and the Ike there is a
lesson for the whole OF Europe.
Long liv oursclveS!' is the slO-
Long live ourselves" is the slo-
act up 20 10 in one way; the work
ers I'm another and better.
one disembarks at the Passerelle.
and is faced almost Immediately
with an inscription on wall tab
let
I'm this square. on the night of
Aug. 90 1914 the Germans. with
out provocation. burnt 90 houses
and shot IS people"
Nobody that I saw lifted an eye
70 %. The crowds hurry by. intent
upon the astonishingly cheap stalls
along the quays
Work Long Hours
AZ half past eight in the morning
I found myself purchasing a trinket
az a jewelers. shop IN the Place de
Mcir-the Regent 81. OF Antwerp.
There had been several other Gus
toners before me. "You open early. %
i said 90 the proprietor.
Monsieur" ne replied with sur
prisioE earnestness eft is my way or
protecting against the tendencies OF
the times. I open az a. M
sometimes earIicr-and I close at 10
p m.-sometimes later And no
week-cnds tthis very pointedIv n
English But what would YOU p
To work. and to work hard Is our
only hope. 7 was n working ieweler
now 7 have my own shop and am
my own shop assistant work as
Ions as please