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Show !- : 1 Merrier Tells i of Awful Days During War YORK, Si'pt. 17.-CunUiuU -L McuyIhv, siujiktng nt H itlminr ill his honor hovn tonight, tolii, yn--linna for tlio first time, of tlio unousl-lusa unousl-lusa of Mima of his inlcst.s who I couiiM-U-il him not to Issuo his fn-I fn-I iiiouu pastoral letter of Christmas, J It'll, In which ho Implored liin wo-V'ii wo-V'ii to l put rlotli" luul oiulm ins. They Insist l that he would not only , V exposing himself to the ttei mans, but that he would expose them, too, to Teuton wrath when tlioy ve.nl tho ! doi-mneiit iu their churches. His reply was: "A Reneral has the rljht to ex-' ex-' pose tin lives of his soldiers, I am the general. I will rxposo the lives I of my soldiers. Good soldiers always al-ways obey." The letter was read, ho said, by every ous of his priests. To the Germans he said: "I sin the master. They obey." Kr.uid Whitloek, former minister ' to Belgium, paid a glowing tribute to the heroism, patriotism and loyalty of Belgium's primate, de- , daring that be had run all the risks I I that soldiers run at the front. I |