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Show Belgian Delegates Arrive 43 JS ' 3 OS SS Bring Thanks to Salt Lake T'' HE delegation representing the 3 50 veterans of tile Belgian armored j cars division, -sviio liavs "oesn sent to Salt Lake to express appreciation ! 1 1 for the entertainment accorded them hero last May. Eeading from left to j jj right they are G. Stockhem, 31. R-ogez and M. Just. j 1 : ! . . v ! :) : 1 i i ' 'vL ' vi ' S v. V , V t ! " , ' , - iT I i i v V . v .4- f 1 ' ,' i i f s " - ' ' i 1 - - I - f S , i I ! I j - ; v 1 4 " : I i fsM :' ' ' I -:. -i . . Will Present Mayor With Document Expressing ! Gratitude of People. EPKISIXU their d'1. p r.pprccia-t'on r.pprccia-t'on f ..t the v. c Iconic txlviiJcd the llcig-ian delegation which cj-nc o Sail Lake la-; I May, 0. Stock hem. M. linc.;. aiul M. Jut. rep. recn-mi; ;he 3."'j nun vf the Belgian arm.. red car.s division, arrived in tlie city yestcrdhy on a I nuiscontinciital tour. J he deicL'at ion lias already visited New York, f hiFu'.o, Niagara Fulls. Troy, CLi'ui l"', I'e "Moines. I) in aha. t iicyenne, wiicre they hae ao aid rh--ir res:'ets to tho people wlio .- cn-.' cn-.' rm;;!y eiFcrTairieri the LYlian dclci;a-lioi! dclci;a-lioi! on its visit to this country. 'I ): isicrs cro Iiikcn on a t l: ! i t -?c(inL fcnp oi tho city yes"Tday alter-n alter-n i ion by Mayor ferry . This innrnini; at 1 ') it 'clue k t ; i oi'Lc ial ue It nation w ; i 1 p -c 5 c n r M ;. y 1 1 r l '( r ry u i h an v n -rn ed ,! .-icuhteiii e , pre s si n r::t itude oi Inc. Hel;nns t" the peuple ot .Salt La he. Tli" d'ye urn cut is tngra cd at the top i;h an Antericnn emhi-'tn and at t he hot t om with a Hclian itniuia. At thf left l-he hands of friendship are clasped, and on i he riL'ht is represented a galley port my ing t lie npans of ;oni-muni ;oni-muni cat ion between Belgium and the L'nitcd State?. There are also depicted the horn of plenty, expressive of th" hope of America Amer-ica 3 future prosperity; a Mvord of war, represent in i,r cl:ialry, and the time j (,'ias of l:ie, ;i s well as the scales of j justice v.hieli one r.f the delegation said I ho hop( i will e-,-er ope rat e i:npa rt iaMy ! from now on in international nf fairs, j bent h is re presen 1 1 d by a skeleton, while work is indicated by an iron ham-, ham-, iner. T'nc beehive, emblem of the state of Flali. as well as a symbol of indus-1 indus-1 t ry, is also shown. ! Welcome Ever Memorable. The Jol lowing in script ion in (lira ted both in French :i"d Liigdish reads: ' ' To the Mayor and i'eople nf Salt La ke City : The men of the Mel pi nn A rrnored Curs di vision have pre fen ted this address in token uf their enduring prat it tide for t he friendly recept ton of Mav, It'ls, and as n proof of their preat ndniivat inn for the preat American Ameri-can nation. JJrusseN. April, 1 i l'J, on behalf of tin- men. niuinit tee : M. H-ii'., I",. Kverncrt, li. S.tocklicm, Jean l'oil, M. Ju.4t. ' ' Mr. Itoez said the weleonin accorded the tbd'-pn tinn at il h last visit, in Salt Lake will be ever memorable and ch-peciallv ch-peciallv the preetinps extemleil them bv tin- Red Cross workers. He recalled with enthusiasm the vi-nt to tlie tabernacle taber-nacle and also the dance piven in their honor n' I he I '(unit rv club. 'After leaving Salt Lake in May. HUS," Mi. I .';,". f-aid, "we journeved east, receiving most cordial treatment all iilont the way. Tho month of An- Mit saw ii s sailing" for our native. land, where w we re once n if a i n an x ions to yet into tlie .real fi,;lit. 'Our division was broken up there ntid ieanv of the men were .sent in other dhisinns hack to Die trencheM. I think nearly all of the .''..VI deleL'afen who vi-ute.f Salt Lal;e hie still alive. At the time of the signing of the armistice arm-istice u II were in the t renehes. War's End Was Surprise. ''The termination -f ho-dilitieM cam-! as a Mirpi ; to us, as I think it. did U the whole world, luit we, like Hie rest of humanity, ft el deeply grateful that peace has eimie again. It, meant nnieh to our native land, which had suf-leied suf-leied so long. The one good thing nc eninplr lied l v the w a r was (lie closer sympathy res'illing between the Fnited sinte.s and our own country, and there will ever be, 1 trust, a .bond of fellow- h i i bd wen ii ' ' M. b'"g' - :-jaid I id,; iu in ha1 not yet reei, vend from hT period of war gloom. It. seemed M, fir-d. h" d-ehned, that the pence term were very u nsat isnic-torv isnic-torv to th Belgians. " (. are in synipailiv with the league if nalioii:i, as we thi'iik it in the ),,.'.( i.-,.1 iph n are men '-u re yet adopted. Ihit we aic iloiiblful that (ieruiaay will re"ard it au anything more than a h"rfin of' pap r. We' still have much to fear Irorn the pro.ximiiy of that nation to ('."una! proper ty. e.j iallv ilT- warn and poM in prcat qutintities, wns stolen I'rotn runny oi the Jh-Iinu ieonle bv the iluns, according to lr. Hope,, iiiul in mnnv cases, he said, the war made the rich destitute, nnd ninny are wondenne; whether they will ever pit Lack wliat was taken, ns they have t lermnii slips of paper merely mm receipts, re-ceipts, I, nt these they hope will be honored by the new government. KeoonMruetiou work, Mr. Kope, snid. was rapidlv u"0);rcssiiip in Belgium. Owing to a inck oi: raw mnterinls and machinery, work in the cities is prne-t prne-t ienlly at a stamis! ill, he addeil. I n Hie farming districts work is jroinjr aloni: slowly, but the peasantry is showing show-ing threat energy in petline- luiek to the fit rin find cleanup up tlie best they euu the dnmnk'e wrouplit by war. Labor Situation liad. ' ' people of A meriea lut ve valiantly iled the r'-i upes of HHpium, M r. Kopiv, eon tinned, " luit, not wit hslnml-inp hslnml-inp tlie larpe amount of clothinp .sent o'. er, 1 here is st ill a lack. 'The labor situation is inexpressibly bud. There are thousands of persons in Belpium wniiinp for work. Our re-sources, re-sources, f i mi nces and indust ries were crippled by tlie wiir, the only enterprises enter-prises poi np on today beinp the eoul inininp and the cotton' and plass works. These nre beinp undiitaken only on ti small scale. ' ' Kinp .lbert i; dvotinp his best efforts to tlie work of rehnhijitntion. So btiHV is he, in fact, that when he desire to make a visit , he does so by aeroplane. Tlie food situation is prmi-unllv prmi-unllv beeoininp normal. As nn md to the war veterans a lnrpe fivlerntion of Moldiers has been formed, numbering more than 7o,i)P0. Orjhau children nre beinp eared for by the povernment. Steps lia ve li'-eii taken fur the benef it of tourist to keep eerlnin parts of Hel-piutn Hel-piutn exact lv as t lie war left them. Tlie deli-piitiou will U'ave Salt Lake tndav at noon for San l'ranciH-'o, which will "mark the completion of their mission mis-sion in this country. |