| Show BLOOD CALLS CALL FOR BLOOD Declaration of Socialist In Brussels Chamber of Representatives s Brussels April the chamber of r today the president Baron Sn r said h he felt sure he was but voicing the feeling of the whole Belgian nation In expressing In behalf of the chamber the indignation creat created ed all minds by the attempt made on the life of the Prince of Wales The youthful criminal he contin continued continued leads us to hope it was only the act of a person us of the thee e enormity of his Offense but we feel bound to express to England and the Prince ot of Wales our most sincere re regrets regrets grets The minister of foreign affairs M de a In behalf of the government associated hims himself lf with the regrets of Baron Sno The government he sold said yesterday forwarded to tG the Prince of and to Queen Victoria an expressIon ot of Indignation to which so odious an outrage had given rise The socIal members announced theIr approval of the sentiments of the speakers addin adding however that if so 50 socialists condemned individual crimes they blamed with no less energy the great collective crimes being enacted in South Africa and they protested at atthe atthe the Inaction of Europe which was in indifferent indifferent different to the crImes the English per perpetrate in South Africa But at the Same time they deeply felt the attempt against the PrInce of Wales Blood Blood calls for blood said M 11 T Van the leader of the socialists HIs remarks called forth protests from the rightists who recalled tile the fact that Great Britain had always been the best guaranty of Belgium neutrality lf ii Lorand leftist while admitting Great services for Belgium said he could nevertheless not forget uhe had betrayed her traditions in at atta attacking ta tacking king a free people The rhe minister of foreign affairs ex expostulated expostulated postulated at the last remark and said that the leftists ought to observe the reserve which was the most elemen elementary elementary tary of the rules of courtesy courteS rendered Incumbent upon them to which M retorted You failed to blame the red sultan You have there therefore therefore fore no right td find fault with us We protest against the attempt on the Prince of Wales Vale but we protest against the infamous shameful war the Eng lish are waging on a free people You have protested t c the name of the gov protest in the name of the Belgian people and send to the Boers our fraternal greeting The minister of foreign affairs again protested against these attacks on a friendly nation when M socialist jumped up and shouted Long live the Boers Thereupon the president of the house appealed to the patriotism m of the cham chamber chamber ber not ot to prolong the discussion n |
