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I i ii S BELGIUM I GIU nf n 4 F i j 1 ji f tr N i r 1 1 i r F i J since the Gre Greeks s S blood tood O d at Thermo Thermo- Th r t r o-J o c o- o I e and the rush of t the tho ll ll 19 tf tm it f t hordes horde's Persian there ther has has been been beeri no noto e r II V raI el to to- wat vi the wo jd sa saw oh on t three days jn In early Augy Aug- Aug y r t t k 1914 S 1914 m chose death x I c cr jf r rl J r rather rither than dishonor t. t v ij i Since Joan of qC t Arc faced her 4 r j.-r w tt 7 V r tr It II rs e-rs ers r and id stood stood d d. d while the T r Sf f. f V 4 fagots were i p h her herthe the the tr t k z world seen has no heroic and r rr r i. i f 1 s 2 th nB Belgium p person person- I ill 1 J S S lOea icu ner and 1 ad I i I Ing ng J et v Wr Jt 1 ium- ium cI has quickened S I e led the soul I ot 1 fhe he world I She has made U us put puti puta I I t L a new ues estImate on on m Pl men and ev events 1 f. f at i We Te see Jonn see Bro irown ot of 4 J J k p I t r 1 A to re In a li hew hew- w and nd glorious glorious- light we we a tc i a new ew inspiration from the k Lf it martyrdom oC john Huss t S f r L. L IL J f t Power of arms arms ains masses of wealth iI i 4 vast st territories millions mihlon y of f i. i t ft e-ft T people I. I shrink and shrivel hel when rhen there blazes L t a I 1 7 out in the tue cor consciousness cious ess of men JUen a I l I rr recognition thai after all ll the We only f Ij gre great gret t thing in the the f world orld is self self- i j H re t the 1 fearlessness which 1 f lt t v sustained Christ and Socrates 2 l 1 J l k and aud all the saints saints' religious and poW political po- po W 1 i.- i. 11 ti cal l who ho have died for tor humanity ft i- i The power that has periodically reh ret re- re h t Quickened the itIe conscience i i o of the world j I I T J f ins sometimes found S I. I expression t. t 4 j through a man man and anI sometimes r ta i f I J 4 through a people i V i 4 f Since Sin e 1832 Belgium has has lJ been en the i t f 7 I in In the arch h of or international national r i J f 1 I good faith On On the physical in integ integ- v I u r rity tY of Belgium all the all great re t. t Euro Euro- H I tAt kiu t fr penn sovereignties agreed ed Her soil son i k V Wag waGS to Q b a as sacrosanct p ct as the solA soli sol sol- 1 i t. t A i en uly i 1 pledged leed word of ot great naf nations na- na a- a L. L t f x r- r could make it t. t S ill AAll V All the powers including Belg Belgium u n i w ig I c t 1 j. j r r f he believed In In Germanys Germany's good hood faith b r The TheL pledge pledge the through war of t v c. c war i f 1870 Few doubted U that at it IL would r S p hold always alwaY 1 Then und under r the high high- lt l- l t r 4 founding Bounding phra e of military necessity necessity sity Germany proc proceeded ede l to smash h the one great compact un under h er h hi i sovereign o States s cst established bUshed d t tWe me higher J iiii kw of y yAnd And what was wa Germanys Germany's necessity TJ Th necessity of th the lJ burglar assassin assassin no no more A nation cannot can can- not assa and Cleave no trace The The record in endure to the last syllable of oC recorded recorded re re- corded time S tittle birtle tittle Belgium defied the monster and therefore u fore fore it Is 15 that that thai FP 4 S lia has c 11 become the monitor ot of the self respect ot men She Sh met th the the new gy 4 Attila the le organized or or- a liz d forces of oC barbarism the lust Q o. of power the demands of a Criminal rl l 1 almost alone alon almost un un- un- un aided f u uShe She e lI had d to decide quickly She was arst 1st taken up UI In Into to toa a a. a high e sh sho v O 1 t the riches of th the world orld promised prom prom- sed e ease se and recompense and safety I I if C the she would woul bow down And what a. a tel temptation S tation it must h have ve been n How Howit it t m to her to-her her het wui L ie l v tio such an appeal J me rl nero fiere rc go go home to certain united n tes Senators aio It If shi sh she re re- re s ea sn t stop Stol Germany 8 I nv that Germany you would d pass through with or cr witHout her consent Germany wo would ld probably do all she planned to todo do in any ev event nt There here i a re IC e why hesitate If It she she resisted li h he had everything i g to lose a and d for fortnat fortnat loss 1959 no reasonable prospect ct of gain by yielding she would lose n no iio I I I I I. I n material t r al thing she would undertaKe no quixotic otic enterprise she he would I simply step aside and let th the monster monster monI mon mon- ster real eal objective But Belgium had t a q soul as a's high and nd s s serene ic relie as s the soul pf of the l of pf Orleans Between dishonor and death deat l she chose death death and nd he her land has been beena een a Ca Calvary vary from from U that at day dayto to this The he s1 shame i of of- the the S assault the uie I moral oral heroism of the resistance we did not as a ti people quickly grasp It was all aU so far far- fara a away vay nd the beast ea t tl that at B Belgium lived and worked insidiously everywhere e in our ur midst and cleverly dulled l ed our moral sense He was very verj busy and and as always very effi 1 His aPI appeal al was cunning and it was effective for nearly pearly three years Without any j I I real appreciation of whether whether or r not it was morally moral infamous infamous' for foI us to to tobe tobe be in In or out w elected a president dent d on the cry crr He has h g kept I ept us out of war var In the light of President Wilson's Wilsons Wilt Wils ns ni later l ter action in view of o his present pres nt splendid leadership I wonder won won- won won- der tier whether fler ilOW remembers that cry cry ery With Avith any an satisfaction But we wc were then all all or or nearly all aH all alike aUk We Wr v couldn't clearly see see Belgium we didn't t understand the situation even when the the unspeakable brute unspeakable brute sank tile tHe L We Ve are only beginning I beginning begin egin- ning ning- to understand Belgium now nov noy We must understand her or we are lost k Belgium is tho tho light lt of ot the world Jh Belgium ls Is the I hope oJ of the world hoi is s to tp die Jj r f iw f fn w 1 s sense 1 e Belgium J. J i m c cannot ot b be restored Morally 1 sho she ne needs s no restora restoration h We are they who need reconstruction w V Ve a are e climbing climbing climb climb- ing lug now Jiow slowly t toward ward the heights A here Belgium stands with Prance and mighty England We are re Beginning to understand that we ca cannot can can- not ot share in tho the moral regeneration of the Mf f Ju l world unless we UI unite in in its ita sacrifices sacrifices' S SWe We cannot win a 11 share in n Belgium's Ins In's I moral grandeur by restoring her cities for the same reason that Gerany Gerany Gerany Ger- Ger any o ld not sully that by destroying g her cities If we ris risto to Belgium's level we must pay th the price that prIce Is primarily spiritual Jt calls us now As Antony exhibited to the thc Romans Caesars Caesar's bloody man man- I tie tle and sl owed uie We uglY sut ii m mau lIC by C Casca's Cascas d dagger so conscience and human pity show show us the tile wounds oi of oZ Belgium and France and gd Poland and Serbia an and vait wait vait to see we weare weare are that Antony that will put a tongue In every gaping wound to stir the tile world for and for vengeance Jus jus- tice J JOur I Our mora moral test in one sense was not hot quite so high as that applied to toB B Belgium She had no tim time to or- or or- or ganie her soul We Ve had nearly hearly th three y years als But But in another S' S sense gense nse our bur t test st was was wass s' s veler than Belgium's No savage was knocking lg at oui our doors we wc did not not suddenly have havO to to become either serfs or heroes our d decision was was was' made deliberately deliberate We had time to count the cost When the average American citizen decided last to support President Wilson Wil Vil Vilson son that citizen citizen climbed to to heights I neVer never before trod by free men nien He I Showed himself a statesman he lie showed himself a worth worthy descendant o of the tile the men men who stood at Concord a and fired the tile shot heard around th the world 1 S Arid And re it is that mt we arc are lOW lOW v ni mobilizing our po power po r. r In spite of politicians and their lr lra a ambitions s Iii Irl pite He of ot oS s avid traitors hi ill T. T ie te of an espionage which wIlch frates e even en n t the e ere re remote lote corners of lT r government h iii in suite spite o of the I I freak in man many of us in spite of oC our horror of w war r in spite of everything and without withal t regard to any costs we ore ne g. g gathering our power Not alone I our material power but pur ur moral consciousness ss I We Ve are seeing Belgium Bel- Bel gium as she f. f is is We Ve ar are seeing Germany Ger Ocr many as she hie 1 is We are beginning to understand what hat each ach stands for people that d after getting gotting got get ting a clear oi me issue mankind to today ay e to perISH oceans may t then lor br a time I. I L t ut wJ o or r what what shall protect them HO irom l themselves themselves' A moral vision tor br us at least made all the rest lail inevitable Men who get that no longer count the cost I neither shall we Women do not weep weel when their sons sous march away j 4 ours will not It If to assert o our r moral I ian aids it it is nece necessary sary that a mil mil- ion o 01 our boys D d die die so so be it Beter Bet Bet- BetI er Er that that they should v physically llY die nd ud thereby save save the nations nation's soul I d han m that we pe should for a a reason rot rota Ll a ti wealth and safety The road lQ Belgium leads through I Berlin i S Tho The German menace lies in her hel asumption as- as of superiority Given iven that amongst any people and Jie he achievement of t the ambitions of l becomes the duty ditty qt citi- citi enship There are other institutions in m the world worl th that t rest on like lile ass assumptions assumptions mp- mp a and ld they will have to be dealt with in in time but Germa Germany y is the present enemy of hum humanity She must change her her E r declared ed ed purposes and Euid nd ideals or she must be crushed There h rc ca can be no peace peace there can be no morality in the world I until one or the other otIlE r Is achieved ved J. J Wo 0 long for peace altho although gh as yet we Ve h hate Ye done little to win In it But Buthen hen we ve decide about the tire terms ot peace let our our decision be as fearless si 1 Belgium's decision was on August on-August August 3 S SI I I 1 S Belgium could easily have lost her soul that day ll By Dy paltering by b com coin we w ve can an easily lose our our souls now S Peace r ace proposals which deal only with what t. t is expedient eXI which do not recognize the moral m ral outrage as well wellis is lS the physical ruin l ln of Belgium are aie only another form of the temptation which Belgium Be gium so gloriously overcame overcame over over- overcame came in iii the beginning S. S Shame hame be to us and n ld woe be to us If we ever endorse a peace which does not remove r move thus this terror from the world S Morally l we must go to Belgium there only only can we win absolution To do that must we wc physically go on o one knows whither And we will not ask |