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tealers From the palace we proceeded to the Hotel de Ville for a civic reception. We had many of these in our travels but this was one of especial interest inasmuch as M. Dessain, the burge- master who received us, _was 9/ pripter prussI.._ Before leaving Malines one of our party, Mr. Galbraith of the Red Deer . Advocate. had good reason to realize personally the `Cardinal's kindness of heart. While in the grounds,'Mr. Gal- braith was seized with an attack or heart weakness which completely pros- trated him so that he had to be taken to the hospital. Upon instructio s of `Cardinal Mercier he receivedges ecial attention and accommodation was pro- vided for Mrs. Galbraith. A few days later when able to `leave to join us at -Paris, Mr. Galbraith asked for the bill for his wife and` himself but was told. that there were no charges--he ., was the` guest of His Eminence`~the Cardinal. ~ - , * 1 1- n 3' n i I1UL- \}Hl'UlIH'.ll J.V1|'.3l'UlUl' nu: nau `ct U13` tinguished c reer. He graduated from Louvain Unpversity with degrees in arts-and theology in 1877, but had been ordained in 1874. For some time he was professor of philosophy at the Petit-Seminaire of Malines. Five years later the'Abbe Mercier was called to Louvain.. to the Thomas Aquinas chair of philosophy. At 'Louvain the students from all the faculties `crowded for ten years the Abbe s classroom. Abbe Mercier was made Monsignor in 1887, -and on March 25, 1906, was con- secrated Archbishop of \ l1nVes'-' .\A year later the Archbishop was created Cardinal-priest and received the hat with the title of Saint-Pierre.-es-.-Liens. . The Cardinal's distinguished career was crowned by hissplendid and herqic work during this war. His "Pastoral Letters ! during those trying years are famous for the spirit `of patriotism which they breathed, and the courage they instilled into the Belgian people ~' by their defiance of Von Bissing, and -the other German military oppressors- . ' Although these letters were forbidden by the Germans, Cardinal Mercier con- tinued to write them. During the fifty _ months of German occupation of Bel- gium Cardinal Mercier did heroic work. As one writer said "The indomitable prelate sustained -by Divine aid re- mained in the breach until he could burst forth into pages of lyric rapture at the Armistice." .Greatas had been , our admiration for this heroic figure of the war,it was still further enhanc- ed by meeting in such -- an intimate . manner this benevolent and saintly . priest. , - `Rcfnrn Ionvlno Ilnllnnn nun all Jenn -` Cardinal Mercier, is the Primate of Belgium. He wasvborn in November, 1851, at the Chateau du Cartegier, out- -side Braine-1'Al1end, built` by his grandfather,` who was Mayor of the town. His father was a pa ter' of_ merit, and his mother_ a. pious lady "whose three daughters became nuns, an"d her secori son, Leon, a doctor of ' note. Cardin Mercier has had a dis-' d-Gnnnnlalnn nanonu' "LIA a-unntinofn `Fwnvv-I LCSI. 101' uesl. cannon player, um u1u:s,- ic that wafted out upon the still air of that beauful June day in the se- cluded gardens ofthe Camdinafs palace was a delight such as one seldom enjoys. _ V t ` I t It chimes which he had ordered in our honor. As a further mark of his gra- cious kindness, Cardinal Mercier fol- lowed us into the gardens and spent a halt-hour chatting with the editors and posing for the photographers of the` party. The carillon of bells in Malines Cathedral are the finest` in Europe. their tones being like those of a giant harp. `Under the skillful hand of M. Denyn. the carilloneur` who re- ' cently wpn first prize in a world con- test for `best carillon player, the mus,- -ln Hour urnffn nnf nnnn H11: H11 sali- This ;'il'1e't 6/was taken by a member of the Press party. The gentleman standing beside Hie Eminence is H. E.t Rice, editor of the` Huntsville For- ee er. ' ITUIII JDUIEIGII HUI]: - The venerable Cardinal receivedp-'th'e' whole party in his audience chamber. He made a --:striking figure. his tail form, straight despite his 73 years,` clad in the brilliant cardinal `robe of moire silk, his strong, thoughtful and kindly countenance. illumined by'_ `a smile of -`welcome beneathfa crown of silvery hair; Greetings from the party. were conveyed in Frenchvby one of our directors, Mr. Dubuc of Chicoutimi, Que. Mr. Dubuc expressed our admir- ation of the resistance made by "the . Belgians and, said that in Canada His Eminence was regarded as the in- carnation of Belgian. resistance dur- ing the war. The Cardinal, speaking in both French and English, said how glad he was to see us and spoke. of the line impression .Cana7da~ had , made upon him during his visit there. Coupling Canadian soldiers with the Australians, he paid a `high tribute to their valor. c He asked the editors to convey to the people of Canada his ad- miration of their soldiers and an..ac- , linowledgment of the great debt of gratitude Belgium owes to them. His Eminence elaborated upon this, speak- ing about ten minutes in French. At- ter shaking hands -with each of -us, `Cardinal Mercier asked us to step out to the beautifuugardens of the pal,- ace so that we might hear a special programme on the famous Malines 1:591 11, I924. ` After a.` very busy eight heure. Z in: Antwerp, we left that city..in the middle of: the afternoon, June 20, for Malines A to pay a. visit to Cardinal Mercier upon invitation of that distinguished preiate. It will be remembered that His Eminence cameinto world-wide prominence the `beginning 01! the war by` bidding defiance to` the --invaders and calling upon` the Beigians`~in in- spiring words to fight valiantly for the cause of freedom and `never sheath the sword until the Huns `were! driven from Belgian soil. s The vnnnv-nhln (`av-r'HnVn'l vi-nnnixrnri flit` 'l'I!m:-u"l`ay, Softenlfpr 11, 1924, CARD/INAL MERCIERL ..L..a.`. .....- a...I..... I... - ... The government of ;Belgium is lib- eral in its form in spite of the fact that it is a. monarchy. The king gets his power from the people .and has not one right that has not been given to him by-the constitution. He acts generally throughliis Ministers, who though appointed byhim, are respon-' sible to the Chambers. In Belgium there `is no privilege given tonpbirth, the Senate and the House of Represenq ptatives both "being elected. They have had various `systems of voting which space will not permit me here to de- tail. `but the basis of _the plural vote recently abandQhed_,is interesting. This system gave one vote to everycitizen `twenty-five years of age, two addition- - al votes to college graduates. one ad- ` ditional vote to married men at least thirty-five years old, and one addition- al vote to each person owning his home. The maximum number of votes allowed was three.. This plan was in- augurated, so "'we:were told, to reduce the influence ofwthe common workers, massed in`the'industrial centres, who it was feared might exercise a real ityranny in the land, because they were uneducated and very easily _-swayed by the politicians. It was so complex and V looked so much like a privileg"e.accord- ' ed to the wealthier clas__ses1that the workers suspected itand.it had to be abandoned. The Senate, we were told, ] was elected, but in a rather peculiar . way. One third is elected by . the people _i1>y. ballot; the next third is. One of tho giiiudves .TwhVo naosisted showing the party around the parlia- ment buildings gave some interesting information regarding conditions of franchise-and otherimattera co ' ected with politichl affairs. This inf mation in rnnnrfn `luv Ann nf nun rnavnlsnng an The hospitable Belgians had filled o_ur `programme to overflowing so we -had to be early on the move- 8.45 next morning found us at the `Porte"de Schaerbeek from which we proceeded ' to the stately Congress Column, where on the tomb of Belgium s,Unknown Soldier." guarded on eitherjside by" giant lions, Qlur President deposited a wreath on our .behalf. From there we proceeded to the headquarters of the Central Belgian Industrial Committee (an organization akin to our Chamber of Commerce) where the -chairman gave an address in which he` expressed the hope that trade between Canada and Belgium might be increased. Next we visited the Ministry of`-`Foreign Affairs where we were introduced by the British Ambassador, Sir .George Graham and. where Mons. Hymans, Ministe of Foreign Affairs, extended a cordi I welcome on behalf of the Belgian Government.` We were then conducted to the Houses of. Parliament, an imposing group of buildings., ' I t i I I `., w1u1 pu11L1uu1 u.1.1.u.u'5. `1113 uuormauon is reported by one of our members as follows:-- _. ` unuu . .. _ - . . _., -1115 pxuuu , uuuu: u.L- ulexu WILII a. piano or grax ophone to attract business. These seemed for the lower middle .or poorer classes (though I saw no signs of real poverty). Men and women were drinking together but with no apparent hilarious effect. Passing! from this into a better section we were` pretty nearly compelledto take to the` roadway owing to the sidewalks being almost entirely occupied by the tables and chairs of the cafes. These .out- door cafes are among` the continental institutions that strike the newcomer as peculiar. Apparently the city rents sidewalk space to them and the more` popular the cafe the less walk is left` for the public. From what I saw. I imagine the people spend a large part of their leisure time around the tables in these brilliantly lighted spots. Men and women will sit for an .hour chat- ting over a glass of_wine or beer. At '.night especially, all such places are crowded. No` hard, stuff" or spirits is sold at these cafes, Iwwas told. liquor .-qt thisckind being only available in stores and by thee-bottle. A walk through the main` retail section gave us an opportunityto see something.,of| the fine stores. Some of the ladies who indulged in that favorite feminine pastime of shopping said that Brus- sels was ahead of Paris in this respect asffar as. values-were concerned. Re- turning to the hotel, I sat for anihour watching the crowds go by. One` thing that struck me waslhow well dressed` the people were-not apparent `signsl oi` post-war depression--,-and for thei most part how little difference there; was between _their_ styles and what" we see at` home. The women as a general rule were less showily/ dress- fed than those one sees -in American : -cities. cosmetics were little used and 4 1 their absence. When I turned in at midnight the streets near the hotel. were still full of people. V bobbed heads were conspicuous by * . uz. pu.1`uu.lIlIll!,`gaV6 8. graphic picture} of -the part Canadian soldiers had! played and voiced the high regard held; for them by the Belgian people. This ' function over, we posed for the inevit- able photographer and then proceeded to our h tels. -One often hears Euro- pean hote s unfavorably compared with F ours but that does not `apply to Brus-I . sels as we saw it. Good luck sent me`; to the `Palace Hotel just opposite the: station. Somebody has since told me! ' .that-- it his one of the best hotels `in? - -Europe. I quitegbelieve it. .seldom, if ever. have I been in a hotel that sur- passed it for its turnishings,=efticiency' of management, excellenceof cuisine and satisfaction of service in} every de- partment. It was.atter eight before . we reached the hotel and,.taking our gdi-nnerein the leisurely. fashion of the` . country. we were free a couple of hours 9 and in some ways it is more attractive course oi? our walk we went" along a later-to take a glimpse at Brussels by` night. This `city of a million people, has many fine streets, handsome pub-: lit: and business buildings and wide; boulevards liberally shaded with trees.i It has` been called The Little Paree"[ than Paris.` .We all regretted `very! much that we could` not have seen more of this city and its people. In a walk of a few blocks, we! passed a number -of little pastry. shops in, which the ladies seemed particular- ly interested; Even in the smallest of} these are founda wonderful `variety; of `pastry cooks products, a depart-; ment of cookery in which French and H Belgian women excel. The prices were ridiculouslyichoap with their franc at - less than one-fifth`of its value. - Pass- ing along a block of residences, we no- ticed mirrors at the windows near the door. At first we` couldn't imagine what these were for. Finally we ob- served that the mirrors were so plac-, ed that aperson from the window could 1 see who was at the door. It struck us as a pretty good scheme to dodge the bill- collector-if those thrifty Belgians ever have to do suchta -thing. In the '4 1 4 J I 1 I street that was a succession of` drink.- iug place some of them with apianoi or gray nnhnno tn nth-ant` hnulnnuu v'U U U U _`Fr'om-,Mallnes-. to Brussels is a r_u"n of but 25 minutes 'on a- train. Ar- riving at the Gare du` Nord (North Station) we were greeted by represen- tatives of the Belgian Press Assocla-_ tlon,. civic" officials and others who bid` us` welcome in a who1e-hea.rted way. One of the speakers, :3. member} of par1iamen t!, g'ave graphic picture; of the part Canadian nnldinrn hat?! I and it was -he w`hd`secretly printed and ` publishes! the `stirring. pastorals of` Cardinal Mercier in the face or the Hun threats of death. A _ nu nI.a.uuu._y UL purues." K23 ~I_n the `Senate Chamber we noticed `ber a tablet erected to the memory of t . ithose who were executed by the Ger~ 13:3; mans during their occupation of the hel zcity. = It was here that many noted rm; trials were held, and here, in one of Mb I the member's chairs,'Edith Cavell sat sdedl as she was sentenced to death. The Em-3_ chair is regarded as a sacred relic, With! and now no member sits in it. Every . other chair in the Senate bears a mem- ` "-`3? ber s name-plate, but that on which the! Edith Cavell sat is to be preserved as mega. lasting `memorial. Our members 3 in 3 were permitted reverently to sit in it Q, in for amoment. _ ` v It happened` that our visit to Brus- h els was coincident with the Corpus . hristi festival which is celebra ed annually under the auspices of t e Churchot St. Gudule, and we were giv- en ar very special opportunity to see thisWevent--being honored with places on the balcony of the Hotel de Ville overlooking the square.. The procession, fogrinlng at `the Church of -St. Gudule. wo, nd its.-way down the hill and out V `on `the Grande Place where the partic- ipants-probably a thousand, men, womenand children-marched to their proper places to the music of bands. lcl_1,oirs.ot altar boys, of young women and of - men, while` the square was . bordered by thousands 01 reverent on- v `The Grande Place on which the Hotel de Ville faces is one of the fin- est medieval squares in Europe. Peace- `ful though it is today, fragrant on week days from thousands of blooms in its flower market. it has been the scene of many a` dark tragedy. It was .h_ere,,in 1568, that twenty-five Flem- ish nobles were executed, and later Count Egmont and other noble patriots, upon the or'ders of the bloodthirsty Duke of Alva, who himself viewed the executions from _the windows of the Maison Roi which "stands across` the square :from the Hotel de}Ville'. At` one endof the-square are the ancient Guild houses, where were situated the headquarters of the powerful guilds or associations of tradesmen. These exclusive organizations governed by laws of their own often formed a bulo warkr against the oppression of the nobility and'so played an important part in `the development of municipal and civil liberty. In . some respects these guilds were similar to thew trade unions 0!. the present day. These an- cient houses, with their variously orn-. amented xronjts, are an interesting re- Aminder of these once powerful soci- `atlas- '~ " I ~' - nun. eyed xuuneu Juve (0 eyes wmcn spake again, ' Andall went merry as a marnage hell, But hush, hark! a deep sound strikes " like a rising knell! an .n. L nuu Dcngxuluu uapual uuu gatnereu ` V .then _ I-Ier Beauty and her Chivalry, and bright - The lamps shone o'er fair women and brave men; V `A thousand hearts beat happily; and - when J1 uxuuuuuu ue'u`,LH neat nappny; and when Mtisic aros w}th its Voluptuous swell, Soft eyes looked love to eyes which snake again. Pro?- In the Hotel de Ville we` had the! honor to be received by one of the` famous figures of the war, Burgo- master Max." Accompanied by other- civic officials, wearing full regalia,| he tendered us a. very hearty welcome in the famous ballroom where, on the eve of the .battle of Waterloo, was held, the `dance of which Lord Byron Wt-ote:-1 .\ There was a sound of revelry by" night, And Belgium's capital had gathered" than - Brussels contains many splendid ' ' ' '_ ' 0 buildings of which the most beautiful Although it Was not In our itinerary, his theVH_otel de Ville. This city hall m3"Y 0` 0'-11' Party drove the four- is said to be the finest example of late tee" miles t0 Watetleev letting dinner iGothic architecture in Europe. It has Stand in ebeyenee 80 that We might `a frontage of some 200 feet and was be_ see this famous battlefield before dark. gun in 1402_ on the-top of the spire Passing through the village of .Water- is a great figure of St Michael_ The 100, four miles from the battlefield, interior of the city hall is in keeping. we Saw Where Weiiin8t0n had his with the rich exterior. Priceless` paint~ E headq""'te"S- At the Scene -Of the ings and tapestries adorn the walls, battle an English guide khaki-Clad. of the" various hallsvand rooms. Some` described the engagement and the 10' of these tapestries are so large as to7 catio 0* the main D0intS/Of the bat- cover a whole wall. A guide showed" Q. Such as `Mont 55 Jeanr L3 Haye me a; clever contrivance to permit! Samte La Belle Alliance. H0ug`0u- quick removal of these tapestries in, mom ete-v WW1 Which readers Of his- case of fire. The frames are hinged tor? are famma In this battle On and beneath them the tapestries are! . 1'}.` hung the fate 0f E1 0De 144.000 [kept ' in place with dome fasteners! f`ght"`g men were engagedf f Whichl With this arrangement the tapestries. 6v000 were killed an awful carnage! utes. These old tapestries are indeedhad in these days-` T0 help -the Visit- beautiful,` so perfect are the delinea-I " Visualize the battle there is 8. cy- ` tion of the subjects and the blending` clorama Where fol` 9- fee 01' tW0 frfincs of the rich coloring. No modern dye-E :9 Saw the Scenes ViVid1y depicted. maker can equal the dyesused in these kearby is 3 mound -013 earth--200 feet tapestries which have been hanging high and 1680 feet in circumference [one the walls in strong lights for hum tq_mark the battlefield. The earth for idreds of years" and yet retain all the "5 mound which W38 foln` Years in ;wonderful beauties of color.-i On my: building (1321`25) '38 C3-Fried On the` 'p,.ev1ous visit, I; saw them making! backspof _w6m_en-an example of the these tapestries in Paris and marvelled Patlem "1 which 30 Tn3nY.W0men give at the `skill of the workmen who could5 m "that e"tY- Snrmounting the in their process produce results al-i mound and facing` in the direction [most equal to those obtained by the` whee the fee Game is 3 great Brit- ~pa_inter'S brush. _ ish lion toils WhiCh,WaS a 4. 4. - .. , fro! Wren!`-h Pn nanfusw-at? Fri could be removed in a.couple of min- 5 f0" ghting endiU0nS Such as they , . -v- we -.-v..-vagu- . Later-in the day we were permitted . to visit the spot where this heroic ,` British nurse was shot at 2 a.m. on . Oct. 12,` 1915, by the order of Von , Bissing, the military governor. Of all - the horrors of the war. few made a , deeper impression than themurder of ,i this `brave young-woman whose only V R offence was helping some young men of the Allies across the frontier. As {we stood in the Tir National or mil- .,; itary. barracks where the foul deed `i took place we felt the horror of it as {we had never done before. The chair ... in `which she sat and faced the firing party is buried here and a slab marks A the spot where for a period her body rested before it was conveyed on a British warship from Antwerp and `buried on British soil with military . honors. The grim and terrible tragedy ,was described to us by Colonel Wel- 'lems, the officer in charge. He told `how the heroic nurse sat confronting {the firing squad of twenty-five soldiers. `Only twel_ve bullets hit her-none in` a vital spot. She writhed and moaned in pain and a German officer ,ap-I preaching presented his revolver to her temple-and fired, the fatal shot. `Colonel Vvellems spoke of the inspira- tion Nurse Cavell's heroism had been to the Belgian `people and assured us her memory would be cherished as long as Belgium survives. When he had concluded the members of the party filed past and each deposited a rose very thoughtfully provided by Mrs.I Bleakney. wife of the Canadian Trade Commissioner, and her little daughter handed them to us as we passed. In this prison a tablet also records the ex- ecution of many heroic Belgians, in- cluding a young Belgian girl, whose heroism is commemorated-by a statue in one of the streets of Brussels and I {upon the slab. -These roses had been ; who told,theVGermans she would show -them how a Belgian girl could die ' for her country. \ _ .u in Q Q v w- -r v Bfussels contains splendid Of i fhn I-Info! (19, `Villa 'I`I-uia nil-u Ian _elect'ed,.or, appointed by the House of .Representatives, and the last third by p the first two-thir_ds together. It seems `to have some advantages over the ecanadlan system. Senators must be ;40 years ofage. and must pay a con- 'siderable sum in taxes: The electors having a vote tor Senators must be ,thirty years old. The `House ot~-Rep- resentatives is elected by; a system of proportional represenfatfcn. The coun- try is divided into large electoral dis- tricts each of, which elects a number of representatives. These are distribut- ed \between` the different parties in. proportion to the number of votes.they receive. In this way it is claimed no vote is ldst, and it is said it makes for stabili`tybf parties." \ Tan 4-]... 0---`- nn.___L-,i _, -- - THE BAKRIE EXAMINER `! II` V V Next morning at 8.30 we were `on our way to Liege, travelling by spe- cial train provided by_the Belgian .. Government'and accompanied by a repTesentat`ive of the Government in the person of Mons. Joset, a direc_tor of the Belgian State Rys., -. who was unremitting in his attentions on our. ..behalf. Liege, a city of 400,000; is a great industrial centre and afforded` `us an opportunity of observing the in- A very exceptional honor came` to our party as the closing feature of the day's programme when we were received at the Royal Palace, one of, the most magnificent in Europe, and presented to His Majesty King Al-I bert. As we entered we passed be- tween rows of servitors, big fellows clad in brilliant scarlet livery and as motionlessas marble. Through `spa- cious halls and up wide stairways, we [were taken to a magnificent drawing, there was nothing perfunctory room where we had the pleasure` of meeting Sir George Graham, British Ambassador to Belgium, who greeted us with a smile and a handclasp in- dicative of his kindliness and sincer- ity. Proceeding into the great audi- ence chamber, we were presented by the British Ambassador. King Al- bert shook hands with each `of us and| about the manner in, which he did it. Standing over six feet high, dressed i military uniform, His Majesty looked every inch, a king and every inch a man. The reception was very inform-' al. the King. who sneaim nvnnllnnf Inna, . pauenl. wu wmcn many women give 5 in gmound iwhence weighing 24. tons cast from French cannons captured in the battle. The French wished to call iit the battle of Mont St. Jean but I Wellington said, The Battle of Water- loo." Though the victor`s wish pre- i vailed,'it' is_ Napoleon's head, not Wel- li'ngton's, that appears on the souven- `lira sold at Waterloo. today. man. 1116 reception inform-`| al, King, who speaks excellent Eng- ; lish, stopping several of our members to ask about Canada and showing al special interest in ex-soldiers and those whonhad sons in the war. King Albert quite won our hearts and we easily understood his great popularity. with his people. Q n. .. a. * .uui'uig me arternoon we paid a visit to the Congo Museum "of the Belgian Government. This is situated -at Tervueren, quite` a distance from -the centre of the cit .\., For miles we mo- tored on perfect roads through the ,forest of Soigne and.,th.e Bois de la Cambre-the finest woods I have ever seen. Immense trees standing fair- ly close together, their great trunks rising clean and limbless for two- thirds of their length. They are just the kind of trees to catch the eye of a lumberman, but there was not sign of them having been touched, to meet the needs of war. At Teri - ueren the Belgian Government has gathered a large and complete collec- tion ot exhibits, showing the Congo people, `their habits and customs, the wild life and the products, of which the most important are rubber and ivory. Thevcontents of the museum ` are evidence of the thoroughness with which the Belgians have develop- ed the Congo. Afternoon tea was serv- ed in the gardens. nun ua. unc uxaau at it nxgn Ella!` erect- ed at one` end of the square. Those` taking part seemed to fully realize the solemnity of the `occasio and the ute-_ most reverence was.manifest. .It was a very impressive spectacle. wuncrs. nesiuents 01 uueoec are morg- or less familiar with -such processions but many of us saw it for the first time. The pageant shows the events im- mediately preceding and following the Crucifixion, there `being four represen- tations of the Christ at different stages; the disciples, the Roman soldiers, the two thieves and other characters be- ing portrayed. ` Especially beautiful was the singing of a choir of about 75 young women, with long hair, clad in white, who sang and waved palms as they moved around the square`. The ceremony concluded with` the celebra- tion of the Mass at a high altar erect- one end `of tho canny-n Vhnnn . lodkers. Residents of Quebec more;-' familiar with such nrnnnsuainnn Durig the afternoon paid visit 0 Congo Museum "M Hm nnlasam `T T '3:gsH;tiuLangB:nI.'" IN CANADA-TH`EY cost NO MORE n pparel ILVERIOVYNI ---_-- vv v-.\1\Jv uu Junnuunvlln At the ruins of the fort Colonel Naessens himself received us and gave us an outline of the siege. When the little garrison of five hundred men refused to surrender the Germans shelled the forts without intermission for 48 hours, during which period shells inside at the rate of 25 to the min- . The ultimate surrender was brought about by the blowing up of the arsenal which buried half the gar- lrison under its ruinsgwhere they still| remain. Colonel Naessens and the few other survivors were taken prisoners and held in captivity till the end of the war. i dustrial recovery of Belgium from the ravages of war. v A visit was paid to the great steel and engineering plant of Cockerill at Ougree, covering many acres and employing thousands of men. This industry was organized by an Englishman` two years after the battle of Waterloo but has longisince passed entirely under Belgian control. The machinery, as photos showed us, was _demolished. by the Germans and much of it carried away. Among the ma- chinery stolen were two 8000 H.P. gas engines, the largest in the world. These were recovered and we saw them run- ning as smoothly as a watch. The gas ,with which they are driven is a by-product of the coke ovens. By these engines they generate" electricity at a cost of three-fifths of a cent per k.w.h., while in the city a franchise-pro- Itected company charges the people 21 [cents per k.w.h. `, AA..\_ I-.__L_-__ _L `I, , -v-r . ~ - --.-- 7-.--.. 4- anovvnnl , I After luncheon at the Hotel de Ville, las guests of the city, we drove out to the Fort of -Loncin, which, under com- mand of the gallant Colonel Naessens, resisted seige by the overwhelming German forces from the seventh to the `fifteenth of August, 1914, delaying the `passage of the German troops suffi- cient time to permit the British and French to effect a junction. AI `Ln ...-:..... -4 4:, , n `. A. - - Gal`. V Thag Belgium never forgets her her; % I HAVE THE ONLY DRY-CLEANING PLANT WIT YOUR REACH, OUTSIDE THE CITY Real Dry Cleaning 1 AM A PRACTICAL TAILOR AND READY no A1'n:Np TO REPAIRS on ALL cLo'nn-:5 Goods cane}: for and delivered. 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