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Show COMMISSIONS" BELGIUM ARRIVES Will Place Before President Wilson Accounts of Alleged Al-leged Atrocities NEW ORK Sep 0 B ging manj Amer ans and e nQ of Be g um comm ss on h ch v pae befo e P es ident W son accoun s of a eged German at oc ties n Be g un a d of Ge many s olat on of Be g un s neut a t the U e Sar ne s earns p Ce t a r ved at Q a a ne on g f om L verpool and Queens own To o ow mom ng she w dock he passenge s of whom the e a e 304 n he f st and 606 n he se ond cabin and 991 in he stee ge Of hese 1901 passengers there ve e o4 Ameri cans in the f rs cab 3o3 n the e ond and 641 n e stee age Some of tl ese passengers corroborated reports that large numbers of Russ an troops had been passing througl Eng and on the r waj to aid the all ed forces n con Inental Europe The Be gian commiss on n a state ment given out ton ght at Quarantine ex pained that pend ng its v sit to Wash Ington It d d not feel free tq make ful esponse to the nterest man fested b he press and the pub c The state ment is as fo ow T e spec al con m sslon sent bv h s majest the kin? of the Be glans to he president of the United S ates has arri ed from Be glum on the eel t c It is composed of M Henrj Carton de W art. minister of Justice n the Be gian cabinet and envoy ex trao dlnarv of the king Messrs De Sade er Hvmans and an de We de m n sters of state and Count Louis de L chtervelde secretary In associating with h s envo Mr DeSadeler one of the leaders of the ocia st partv the king of the Be g ans has emphas zed h s ntentlon of gi ing th s mission a tl orough na t onal character The miss on con eys to President W son an autograph e ter of his majestv which he w presen to he pres dent at his con en ence Pending thel reception b the pres dent the members of he commls s on wi 1 not feel at 1 berty to e spond as fullv as tl e would wish to the interest manifes ed by the press and the public Their diplomatic character ob ges them for reasons of igh courtesy toward the go ernment of the United States to observe this discretion. The members of tl e mission are g ad to reach the land of the great American commonwealth This na tlon, neutral in the great war which deso ates Europe Is for that reason particularly able to judge the exist Ing conditions In Belgium and the reasons of Its heroic struggle for Its national honor and the lfberty of Its peop e King Albert as crown prince some vears ago made a ong r p o he United States devoted largely to the study of the country and Its Inst tu tlons Before the members of he comm sslon left Antwerp t e told them personally how much he liked to re call those days so happ to him and how much he had always admired the expansion of the American nat on n a 1 the branches of human activity |