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Show T Wife and Daughters Welcome Ambassador Home w'jjgi nm num. iaiuii.nu)iiJWMi.-JTu..ULL i aatr-iriwiijii milium nil 1 1 I "f -p"----"" fc '. 1 o JOSEPH E. DAVIES, U. S. ENVOiTO BrXCITMrCOMES BACK" TO REPORT Left to right, Mrs. Aldace Walker, Mrs. Millard Tydings, Mr. Davies, Mrs. Davie U.S. Envoy to Belgium Sees Long, Bitter War WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (AP) Joseph E. Davies, American ambassador to Belgium, told reporters today after conferring with Secretary Hull that "nothing short of a miracle can prevent the European war from being a long and bitter one." Belgium, the ambassador said, is honestly maintaining her neutrality, neu-trality, but is fully prepared if she should be invaded. King Leopold, he reported, has built up an admirable ad-mirable army of between 600,000 and 1.000,000 men. Ambassador Davies was called back to Washington by President Roosevelt to confer with the state department on negotiations for a new trade agreement with Belgium. Bel-gium. He landed In New York Tuesday. He was to report also on the progress of conversations with Bel-glum Bel-glum for the "swapping" of American Amer-ican wheat and cotton for Belgian tin and manganese. Asked about reports that President Presi-dent Roosevelt was considering him for the cabinet post of secretary secre-tary of the navy, to take the place of the late Claude Swanson, Davies said, "There's nothing to it." |