Show GRIES GRIESI I f FARE WELL WELLi i I ir r. r M A l Expresses Gratitude or Hospitality Hospitality Hos Hos- 1 and Re et at et Of at f fr l J fl By Associated Pre rest r j NEW YORK Nov I Cardinal 31 Cardinal Merler Merler Mer- Mer ler cler prior to board I th the Star Starner liner ner toda tOday today at at Quebec J for tor his return turn to Belgium sent the the following message to the people of the Salted States To the tho People of or the the- United States of ot I America I In I I It n Is difficult for tor forie fie ie to give ade ade- expression to nV rW feelings at this loment when I am ut to leave leavo your and la land nd The and love with which I have havo een ten received everywhere have havo gone to toy y iy heart I can lay ay with full truth at the moral which you have rought to tomy my so soil l has indeed me me- and given gien me new strength nd rid vigor with Ith to face whatever r the Providence ma may call pon me to in my dear Bel Bel- ium AMERICANS hI I have li arned red to admire the Amer- Amer pan ean tan people I have hav learned to love ti Jiem hem I fe feet fee a strong assurance that a ting tie of sympathy and confidence as been established between your our nd mine and that it will en en en- ure for tor generations to come If It the lure of or this great war and the ilter sufferings which it entailed for tor fors forur s yur Sur ur people have brought one ope bright sr It is of or this bond of or union us ml I realize and firmly beeve be be- eve Americans also realize that tha t It has Lleen Ie i a a. privilege for tor our generation to through h o the crucible of ot this gigantic I For those who would be exited ex- ex I spiritually and morally by its I it is an opportunity such as has has' rf lever been given at any other time of or orb I b be worlds world's existence i ESSONS OF WAR By these lessons which can be ber r ought and I may say which stand Vo 0 lit bt in bold letters on every page of or 1 11 z he be annals of or the war I mean the magu mag- mag u instances of ot individual and rational self sacrifice and self denial L lessons of ot the highest moral or or- pr ri In Jn and by bv which each one lf C us say jay make his rule of ot life lite in the future I Once more my dear American I ends let me mp express to you ou my thanks thank for the wonderful asI as- as I q stance which you ou gave to Belgium I rIng the warT war t T iLet Let me thank you again for tor the gen gen- pus ous way in which you have responded I hd d d' d are responding to my appeal to 1 1 ilp elp me once more in the heavy tasks social Asocial and moral reconstruction In iii probating the devastating effects of ot Socialism and Bolshevism ich await awalt me mo at home tasks which f related closely not only to the wel- wel Ir Ire re but to the very existence of or my ople even though they themselves In Inv v Jils I lIs period of ot unrest and resentment iJ ay not fully tully realize it T YS FOR WILSON The y e world I know seems seema to have haver v r ese difficult and unsettling problems I fore toro It everywhere And yet I have conviction that Just as will when given their hearing live lve these problems of ot unrest and 11 reconcile the differences of ot pan 11 H an It Is js my duty I know to work this end I 1 pray you ou my dear I Mends Blends ends to ta do likewise JI I lit had hoped before leaving to be bo elved ved i l' by y your president Mr Wood Wood- w To my keen regret this i been impossible owing to the s sent nt state of his health I express sincerest wishes and prayers for prompt and complete recovery recover Let me in conclusion my dear peo- peo uro you that yoU vou will ever be besent sent In my memory and in my I rYers and give myself the privilege bestowing my blessing on you with f my heart SI Signed I D T T. CARDINAL MERCIER pt Archbishop of M Malines Malin |