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the roads were slippery from recent rains and in places clogged with army traffic.
There was practically no civilian population to be seen, but soldiers were
everywhere in countless thousands. Our route took us quite close to the front
and among barbed wire entanglements, trenches, forts, moats, etc. etc. We saw
buildings in Dunkerque and other <del/> places that had been demolished by shells; and
the Aide de Camp told us it was so common to have shells dropped from aeroplanes
that they no longer attracted attention.
Since we left New York, death has been our playmate so many times that
one ceases to think in terms of danger. Bombs have been dropped on both sides
just before and after our trains have passed. And so it is with those who live
directly in the war zone.
We arrived at La Panne in the rain. We were saluted by many officers, and
I was received upon getting out of the motor by Generals
and I walked with them as quietly and slowly through the pouring rain without an
umbrella as if it were all to my liking. As soon as I reached the house and my
overcoat and hat were taken, the King entered and we talked for an hour and a half.
I cannot say the conversation was of much importance, or that it justified the
trip. The King has but little power to carry out any policies he may have in
mind. There is no monarch in Europe more completely led by the people. He ad-
mitted this and was cautious about expressing what Belgium would or would not do.
He deplored the war and the folly of people in other nations desiring it to con-
tinue, believing decisive results could be obtained. That is, each side believ-
ing that in time they could defeat the other.
He spoke in complimentary terms of the President, and of America, asking
me to express his thanks to President Wilson for all that the United States had
done for his people. I, in turn, told him that the valor of Belgium had lifted
his country upon a high plane, and that history had no record of a more heroic
defence.
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the roads were slippery from recent rains and in places clogged with army traffic.
There was practically no civilian population to be seen, but soldiers were
everywhere in countless thousands. Our route took us quite close to the front
and among barbed wire entanglements, trenches, forts, moats, etc. etc. We saw
buildings in Dunkerque and other |
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