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Show Bill aid s refugees ifrdm belgium i Jlress Presented to Cardi- y I Mercier, Who Blesses Procession of More Than 50,000. NOON. Sept. 13. a. m.--Rv able si'.enps were witnessed this i'looa outside of Westminster ca- al. Vrom the balcony of the i-dral Cardinal Mercier, primate of V urn h"'1 archbishop of Malines. g procesriou of T.onilon Trish-' Trish-' land women numbering: more than q When rhe cardinal appeared ' h o bal.-onv he was faced by a "i crowd stretching from one end c avenno to the other, lie stood ' sen John E. Redmond, the Irish nalist leader, and T. P. O'Connor, "--John Dillon, the bishop of South- and many distinguished Catholic ?n grouped around. ' ( appearance of the cardinal was ' ignal for an outburst of cheering " i continued for several minutes. lad recently returned from the E;r conclave at Home, and during his ice from Malines he learned of "the " 5 wrought by the Germans ... iphout his archdiocese. ? itives Refugees. sr. London he learned that his sia- nd three nephews were amonp the : ;ees from Belgium. -, the outburst the cardinal was "Tome with emotion and tears rolled , his cheeks as he stood with out-; bed arms. 1,8 procession occupied an hour in I log and when the first section rYd the cardinal commanded silence. , raising his hand, he shouted: ::.od save Ireland! ,y y is was the signal for a fresh roar iiieers and the crowd shouted back: 'i save Belgium! '' ; . ress Read. trr tho procession passed Mr. : unor read an address signed by Kedmoml, on behalf of the Irish ' ' r. and Mr. O'Connor on behalf of iTish people, as follows: 'o all the civilized world your ntry, comparatively small in size 3 population, with an army in size, jVugh, as was proved, not in spirit, vp comparatively smalt, but faring -janUc elds In defense of your i-iondt independence, stands forth in perishable glory, by its courage, Its t-.lurance, Hp heroic facing of great f$s, Its obstinate and inflexible re--sive to fight out the struggle for T3'iom to the last hour, and, if need 00 to the last man. Truo culture in all the world Munis-'.jpallcd Munis-'.jpallcd and In hopeless grief at the rt ruction of some of the mo? I beau-'jI beau-'jI and historic monuments whih -' Igian art and Bele'an pity have : Fed during centuries of effort. - Kf as Irishmen and Irish women ,.r Great Britain, and knowing the Mine? nf our fellow citizens of other les. join our British fellow rit.tzns .the determination to see that the 1 nations of your country shall bp "'tigatrd so far as our good will and t. : resources can do so. Every Bel- Ji widow, every Belgian orphan, iry Belgian victim of the war will d an asylum and loving home In .5.eat Britain. adinal's Response. rdinal Mercier replied: "'Ireland has for her faith and liberty more fit any other country in the world-C3n world-C3n iMKlerstand wiiat pain is, but she "o's also how great are the resources of energy, steadfastness and hope raped into being1 and developed in the Foul of a nation through a spirit of self-sacrifice and abnegation. "Our country 1p laid waste, but, with Good's help, we shall raise It from its ruins. I invite our countless sympathizers sympathiz-ers in Great Britain to come to Brussels, Brus-sels, Fouvahi and Ma linos a nd oelebra te with us in our restored cathedrals and municipal buildings the triumph of the cause of justiee, the cause of Great Britain, Brit-ain, Ireland. France, Russia a nd of Belgium, Bel-gium, which, having sustained the first shock, will be the foremost in celebrating" celebrat-ing" the final victory." Cardinal Mercier was received in audience audi-ence today by King George at Buckingham Bucking-ham palace. After his appearance at Westminster cathedral he received several deputation?, one beaded by the duke of Norfolk and the officers of the Catholic university. |