. Thrilling stories of the Great War on land and sea, in the air, under the water. and that its acts measure up with itsinherent and professed Christianity?118 BELGIUMS BITTER NEED I am a profound believer in the great-heartednessof the United States, and there is not an Americanof German origin who ought not gladly and freelygive to the relief of people who, unless the worldfeeds them, mustbe the remnant ofa nation; and theworld in this case isthe United can give most. The price of onegood meal a weekfor a family in anAmerican homewill keep a Bel-gian alive for afortnight. Probably
. Thrilling stories of the Great War on land and sea, in the air, under the water. and that its acts measure up with itsinherent and professed Christianity?118 BELGIUMS BITTER NEED I am a profound believer in the great-heartednessof the United States, and there is not an Americanof German origin who ought not gladly and freelygive to the relief of people who, unless the worldfeeds them, mustbe the remnant ofa nation; and theworld in this case isthe United can give most. The price of onegood meal a weekfor a family in anAmerican homewill keep a Bel-gian alive for afortnight. Probably theUnited States has18,000,000 many ofthem will denythemselves a mealfor martyred Bel-gium? The mass of the American people do notneed to deny themselves anything to give to whole standard of living on the American conti-nent, in the United States and Canada, is so muchhigher than the European standard that if they low-ered the scale by one-tenth just for one six monthsthe Belgian problem would be solved. I say to the American people that they cannot 119. Bringing Up Reinforcements. BELGIUMS BITTER NEED conceive what this strain upon the populations ofEurope is at this moment, and, in the cruel grip ofwinter, hundreds of thousands will agonize till deathor relief comes. In Australia in drought times vastflocks of sheep go traveling with shepherds lookingfor food and water, and no flock ever comes back asit went forth. Not in flocks guided by shepherds,but lonely, hopeless units, the Belgian people takeflight, looking for food and shelter, or remain paralyzedby the tragedy fallen upon them in their own land. BELGIAN PEOPLE WARDS OF THE WORLD Their sufferings are majestic in simple heroism anduncomplaining endurance. So majestic in proportionought the relief to be. The Belgian people are wardsof the world. In the circumstances the Belgian peopleare special wards of the one great country that issecure in its peace and that by its natural instinctsof human sy
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