WHY WE MUST HELP BELGIUM.

Evening Star, Issue 15817, 31 May 1915, Page 6

WHY WE MUST HELP BELGIUM.

fhii.m -king Ai-r.Eirrs hook.' Bv Sir Sidney I.ee, Kncdish auUmr, LL.]').. D.Liu. : ' Tho King of tli« Belgians and liis bravo a; my have .»<t .'in example which lends Ik humanity ;i. new ulory. Their heroic ic-iMaicr to the whollv unmerited wrong nliM'h lirutc strength h:is forced ui on 1 !i> in has slue! fresh radiance on t'liu hist, ry uf ihe cirili-ed world. In snitu of tii.- cnn-l sulferiim which the ruthless (ii.Miiy ha.-, .-own broadcast through tilts hind, lit spite of nil Hm waste and desolation which (Jci'iiiiiii soldiers have influted "vitlvut juty or vciiiorw, Belgium, its ruler and its people, mar find hop-! and < .j>u-fi atloi: iii the knowledge th.i'• the justice of their cause is recognised \vh"M'\-iT lir.th ami right prevail, and th.-i* the honor of all honorable, men .is pledged .o rterure for them duo reparation of their unconscionable wrongs. l'.v Profe-sor William Flinders. F.R.S.. L1,.1>.. Ph.D.. otc: To the Belgian nation and its noble. leader I present the most sincere lloinaye to its brave; y, l{i-.-peci to its unflinching fortitude, (•ratiuiue for hi- s.-iving of Kngland ;nl Km;:':c. Wishes for its speedy resettlement. Mop:'.- that., by it-; .-iifiVrings it, may lie pc.rlecud. in true glutting. By Genera! Booth : Sire. Have this consolation in the su|i"ine agony ot your dynasty ami of your people, that you have- enthused uith new life and force the great prin(i]le that men ought not only to lova their country but their kind. We of the Salvation Amiy pray (!oii that His vrwaf salvation may strengthen yon ever to honor ILint an mercy and lighteou: nesS. By William Archer (British man of letters) : The big and the great. When they to'history's judgment seat shall come, Which will shine giorous in the ey«B of men— Hnaf Germany or heroic BELGIUM? Which wili be muled great—Willielm or ALBF.RT then?