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Show mm} \ By SIDNEY WEBB THE MARCH OF THE WOMEN. HUMANITY has found, after many a wound and countless ineffectual Ethel Smyth, Mua.Dal:. struggles, that Law is the Mother of Liberty. Now Belgium has been tortured by ruthless power. May it be so far not in vain that all the peoples of the earth may learn that only in the building up of a really effective International Law can national liberty be secured. By BENJAMIN KIDD NO tribute which civilisation is able to make can meet the debt which the human spirit owes to the Belgian people and to King Albert for ever. When the tempter asked the Belgian people to be his accomplice against France and offered Belgium 3 price for her soul, King Albert, backed by his unanimous people, instantly took the terrible decision and gave firmly the answer by which our common humanity has been ennobled. It is an immortal story of Right rendered invincible through the crucifixion of a People. ‘ flay/(W fl~><< a a T0 the King of the Belgians and his heroic people who, believing in right rather than in might, fought against overwhelming odds in defence of their honour and freedom-even as women in England are fighting to win theirs-undying gratitude, and everlasting glory ! 9/41.! WT. By SIR THOMAS BARCLAY THE violation of Belgium's neutrality is a collective crime, including every crime that dishonours the individual: murder, robbery, arson, perjury, false pretences, broken faith, etc. It is murder, not war, to wage bloodshed on those against whom there is no grievance. It is robbery to take from the innocent as from the guilty, and arson to burn down their homes. It is worse than perjury without provocation to break a solemn promise and violate the trust of others. The magnitude of Germany's crime has not yet been realised by the German national conscience, but, sooner or later, it will be realised and then all honest and truth-loving Germans, at present victims of deliberate misrepresentation, will feel the humiliation of having forfeited the respect and confidence of mankind. They will see in all its blackness a crime which will go down to posterity as one of the foulest deeds of all time-a treacherous breach of faith coupled with a ruthless cruelty unsurpassed in history. N0 casuistry will redeem the German people from the consciousness of havingr provoked and deserved the curse of an unoffending people and the unqualified reprobation of the whole civilised world. 66 By EMMELINE PANKHURST THE women of Great Britain will never forget What Belgium has done for all that women hold most dear. In the days to come mothers will tell their children how a small but greatsouled nation fought to the death against overwhelming odds and sacrificed all things to save the world from an intolerable tyranny. The story of the Belgian people's defence of Freedom will inspire countless generations yet unborn. . / |