BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

North Otago Times, Volume C, Issue 13181, 9 October 1914, Page 3

BELGIAN RELIEF FUND

''ln;r^s>^^ of fci^^gia^ i}aii;^e](b£|^ opjuiajj:ljl listv^or* 't^p*p^Dpse^in; the faluimia■ b£' ytjuo, No^h;ofego^Tlmbs^'? cpmmoud tl)o' Fund; for the iollowIng roasous:— , ;• , : ,

(1). l'hat, Laying uj) arms to; flglit; t.ho coinmpu. f pp, ; the; Belgian , nation, is, .hood, and has-'lald j|s;'flourishing I)i;pviacpa of l»joptod liobl> of .the, callous inv'afler; tho' popplo's homes have. ' bpeh yiolatbd, and many of tapir towns have boon wrecked. :

(i!) If, instead of offoring armecl roBistanco, they had accepted Gorman •■bribes,.tho ononiyVwould have car* ricdout its.plan of campaign with' outhindrauco,,havo iuyadod Franco,. ■ and established 'strong, at rat ogle positions during, tho flaWy stagosof tho war,

: (3) Tho.' stubborn resistance of Bolgium has preypntod this—has,' in fact,, bout tho cdjgp of the .Gorinau , sword, an,d ; coußidprably' added to tho' Allies' prospects, of ultiuiato .victory. .This ; has-eavod tlbio'Allies inany inillipus'' Bterlliig, aiid must redueo their 5 doath-roir coiiaidorably..

(4) Belgiuin.'s jioblpst service to eiyilisation perhaps lies in the, fact that she is .fighting: for the priuciplo;of intornational honour, From tho first boat of the drum alio fully realised tliat, oven %yith the bost for* tune of war, she could uot kopp the armiesi of Germany out of hor fair laud. By unsheathing tho sword, Belgium again bocaiuO' the cockpit of Europo.

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