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Show WW . . By MISS BRADDON WHAT can I say of Albert, the King P What can I think of him, except what we are all saying in these dreadful hours, except what we are all thinking, with thoughts too deep for tears? To Whom can we compare him 3‘ He has no parallel in the story of the nations, no parallel in Romance or Legend. He stands alone on a hideous page of the world's history, and will so stand till the last hour of recorded time, sublime and adorable, with W the halo of saints and martyrs round his head. By WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS . . THE proposed tribute is part of the debt of honour and reverence which is due from the whole world to that most nobly heroic people and the Prince who has shown himself worthy of them. The tragedy of their great little land is of a pathos matchless in the history of the past ; and in the future when, as we all hope, the military spirit of Germany shall be brought low, I believe the Germans themselves will share our horror of the ruin they have wrought among its homes and shrines. By SIR H. RIDER HAGGARD 'l‘llE desolation of Belgium is perhaps the most appalling world-crime since the wrecking of the Netherlands by Alva. That iniquity was followed by the decay of Spain while, in the end, Holland recovered and grew great in freedom. It may Well be that the eternal laws of Justice shall work in such fashion that a like judgment will {all upon the proud head of Germany and that a like triumph awaits her Victim. b-rfi, By WILLIAM ARCHER 'I‘uIa BIG AND THE GREAT Iii/1m they 1‘0 History‘s jmltgnmzf-seaf 31ml] (‘0/178, ll'ln'rlz will shine glorious in 1/10 eyes of men, 111ng Germany or [zero/r BELG] I 'JI' ? "VII-Ch will be [mild (Hear, ll 'zilf/zelz/i or ALBERT, then 9 7mm Wm By ROBERT W. CHAMBERS Ry (fab/c GOD bless Belgium and the AlliLS l They fight for decency and civilisation. i 12 M09 |
