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Show BURY. By THE ARCHBISHOP OF CANTER research, \v111 set themselveS, CAPABLE historians, (T1611 of insight and old to tell afresh, tor long hence, in the calmer air which distance lends, g war. Then the tatin devas and and young, the beginnings of this dark honour, and her of word ted pligh her to ess fastn stead um's store of Belgi untance sustalned w1th tireless resistance to high-handed wrongfla resis By EDMOND ROSTAND Belgique, c'cst ion front que l'Aurore prefére l Ceux-la' sont de'volus aux te'nébres, qui n'ont Mis l'obus le plus gros dans le plus gros canon Que pour mieux empécher l'zilvenir de se faire ! mlng force-Will conquerable courage in face of ruthless and overwhel the contemAnd story. 's world the of n pages become one of the golde e of a porary witnesses of the ennobling fidelity thus shown by the peopl " Tralzissez l'Idc'al et lraitons une aflaire," appreeiatlon little land do well to record at the moment, as in this book, thelr " Non l " dit 1m Roi sublime. lm or of a valour which was tested by a sterner strain than even Thermopy Sempach knew, and remained unshaken and unsullied t0 the end. God grant to these men and women, and to their children yet unborn, the grace and power to garner hereafter, for the common good, the fruits of this devotion to the cause of liberty and of good faith, and of whatsoever makes life worthicr of our Christian heritage. Siflle 1m Bet/imami-Hollweg plus double que 3011 mm. Et, butant sur ce non, Le cheval d'Attila tout d'zm coup se deferre. " On s'en tire," a dit le Bethmann, " comme l'on peut. ' Mais le lllonde, admirant qu'un pays soit en feu Pour aooir cru que c'est comme on daft qu'on s'en tire, pawéfiw: / Luttera taut qu'un seal Barbara fem tort, A ton voile, Maline, a la couromze, Sire, D'un seul point de dentelle et d'uu seulfleuron d'or ! (ma/aw By H. H. ACA KHAN l l)lilii\l it a great privilege to be associated with this tribute to King Albert, the heroic monarch of the martyr nation. The Moslems of India and the ltritish Iinipire, 100 millions in all, have watched with ever-deepening admiration the unflinching stand of the Belgian King and people against the unprovoked attack ot‘ a terrible foe. Had Belgium been guided by considerations ol material good and immediate interest she would have aeeepted the Kaiser‘s promise not to molest or injure if he was allowed an undisputed passage to the French frontier for his troops. But this easy and inglorions course was not contemplated even for a moment. Belgium tinliesit;ititigl_\' ehose the path of honour and duty and made an irreparable saeiitiee of material good for moral glory. This undying record of a great retusal has appealed to the best traditions and sentiments of Moslems in lutha. ,‘lllU-‘V history allords many stirring examples of readiness to lose all, even lite itself, for honour and duty. 1 can assure King Albert and his ttlortous people that the Moslems of the British Empire fall behind no other nation in their profound and sincere sympathy with them in the count- less sorrows and sacrifices which constitute 'the imperishable glory Of Belgium. By THE RT. HON. ARTHUR J. BALFOUR I AM asked to speak of Belgium. Is it of Belgium as she is, or of Belgium as she will one day be? If the first, my theme would be the greatest of national tragedies, but also the noblest. Nothing that can heighten our sympathy or move our admiration is wanting. The weakness of the victim, the justice of her cause, the greatness of her sufferings, and her unconquerable soul, have moved the wonder and pity of the world. And when we turn from the victim to the oppressor, the tragic horror deepens. We see wrongr heaped on wrong, and treachery on treachery. Faithless in designing his schemes, brutal in executing them, he has ruthlessly trampled under toot all laws but the law of the strongest. He knows, it seems, no other. But the drama is not going to end with the triumph of evil. We are witnessing no irremediable tragedy. Happier days are yet to come. Wrongs have indeed been done which nothing can right ; suilerings endured which nothing can repay. Yet the time will surely come, and come soon, when Belgium's wounds will heal, when morally and materially greater than before, she will pursue in peace her high destiny, strong in the memories of an heroic past, and in the affectionate esteem of all who love liberty and admire valour: - I5 |