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Show l 1‘! fl , ‘HJUII By ADMIRAL LORD FISHER OF KILVERSTONE " THE Lord God of recompences shall surely requite." ~3‘m'eihiah, chap. 51, verse 56. , outraged and dead." stripped found was nineteen of girl " One poor Special Correspondent of THE TIMES (Oct. 25, 1914). By VISCOUNT GLADSTONE THE best tribute to King Albert and his gallant Belgians from all to whom opportunity falls, lies in personal effort and service to relieve multitudes of men, women, and children who are suffering because of Belgium's heroic sacrifice for Liberty and International Justice. mum By NORMAN ANGELL BELGIUM has done this great service for all of us : she has shown how great a little country may be and how little a great one may become. She has shown that the real nobility of patriotism is not a matter of wide territory and political power and does not need to be nourished by these things; while the action of Germany towards Belgium has shown that power and size may well destroy all that makes patriotism worth while. By ELLA WHEELER WILCOX BELGIUM Ruined ? Destroyed ? Ah no ; though blood in rivers ran Dozen all her ancient streets ; though treasures manifold Lot'e-u‘ronght, time-mellowed, and beyond the price of gold she lost, yet Belgium's star shines still in God's vast plan. Rarely hare kings been great, since kingdoms first began ; Rarely haze great kings been great men, when all was told. But, by the lighted torch in mailed hands, behold Immortal Belgium's immortal king, and man. |