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HEROIC BELGIANS DEFIED GERMANS Kept Underground Railway to Holland Working All Through War. SECRET SYSTEM NEVER RLE Scores of Patriots Shot or Imprisoned by Huns In Attempt to 8mash Bel¬ gian Organization — Dio Rather Than Tell. v Paris.—Stories of heroism, patriot¬ ism and devotion of Belgians during the German occupation are continually coming to the surface of the miasma! pool of intrigue, treachery and selfish¬ ness which the Germans left behind In Belgium. , How two men gave up their lives and two went to prison for a period which would have lasted 20 years had the Germans been victorious, that the man “higher up” might live and continue managing the underground organiza¬ tion which was sending valuable In¬ formation out of occupied country has now been related by Adolphe Buyl, the man whose life was saved by their sac¬ rifice. Smuggled Fighters Out of Belgium. Late In 1914 the Germans had not organized the Dutch frontier with that murderous efficiency which sent to their graves many young Belgians at¬ tempting to cross into Holland. Buyl had access to the seals of the munici¬ pality and every evening in various out-of-the-way cafes, 20, 80, sometimes as many«as 50 young men would as¬ semble, reaching the place singly and by devious ways. Passports and Iden¬ tification blanks were there, and the young men would emerge from the cafes supplied with proper, or rather Improper, Identification and make their way into Holland and thence Join the Belgian army battling on the Yser. More than 1,000 men were sent out between October, 1914, and February, 1915. Then the Germans became aware of the leak, and the frontier was hermet¬ ically, electrically sealed and the work became more dangerous and difficult. Guides had to be provided—generally smugglers of gasoline and other com¬ modities across the Dutch border—who for a consideration averaging 50 francs for each man would pilot them across the frontier. Rubber gloves and wire cutters were necessary tools of their trade, and many a German sentry was found by his relief with a knife deeply sunk in his throat and lying alongside a break in the wire fence. St*,, At no time were there fewer than 100 men engaged In the work. All were volunteers desirous of serving their country, even at the risk of be¬ ing stood against the wall and shot, and as a matter of fact, many of them were. Died Rather Than Tell. The first member of the organiza¬ tion to be taken by the Germans was Phllllpe Baucq, whose arrest was si¬ multaneous with that of Edith Cavell, the English nurse, whose execution by Germans sent a thrill of horror throughout the world. Bancq was shot on October 12, 1915, with the brave English nurse. Baucq was succeeded as Buyl’s right-hand man by another man named Dubois. On June 1, 1916, Dubois, with 60 others, was arrested and im¬ prisoned at Hasselt The Germans boasted that they had smashed the Bel¬ gian organization which had evaded them for two years. Dubois and three others were shot and sentences aggre¬ gating 220 years were Imposed upon the others. Both Baucq and Dubois knew that Alderman Buyl was head of the ization and both took their orders from him. For days before the exe¬ cution the Germans endeavored by of¬ fering to spare their lives to induce them to denounce their leader, they refused and were shot. theless the work went on. PLEA FOR FRENCH Tito Pari* Matin Asks That It t Officially Used by fiectoty #f •5 f ■ Nation*. Paris.—The M»un miVMi a plea the adoption inf French as the language of the society of nations, pointy opt that French has. been eenth’ language of dlplomacy stoce Um century and that it was tta guage of the Algeciraa and Tito conferences, and it argues that, French to not superior, to other gnages, it Is recognised aa adapted for clearly and unam bigu expressing fine shades of thought. in the dissolution of the 8wedo-Nor¬ wegian union was drawn np in tat Scandinavian languages It WU that for greater precision and to *U .dwbty as to its Interpfetatlon third text of the protocol should written te French. Out Just Five ' New York.—“Well, well, homo Again,” remarked James White, as they carried him Into N u hospital with a broke* leg. White was celebrating his discharge from the hospital when he came Into contact with an automo bile. Hardly five minute* covered hi* ajmmm mm- SMfSOUK -Lesson (By P- B. FITZW A.TER. D. U. Teachar of En*lt*h Blbl. to U» Moody Bible Institute of Chicago.) (Oop/ri*t>t 1»1*. WMt.ra Xmpip« U»to».) LESSON FOR MARCH 9 JOSHUA, PATRIOT AND LEADER. LESSON TBXT-Jo.hu* 1:1 GOLDEN TEXT—Bo .tronf and of * good couraza.—Jo»hua i:». ADDITIONAL MATERIAL - Joahua 1:10-1:17; *:l*-li PRIMARY TOPIC-A .tory of * brar# loader. Memory Verso— Joahua 1:1. JUNIOR TOPIC—Follow the right lead, er. Memory Verse- Deut. 1:7, I. INTERMEDIATE TOPIC—When to ba brava. ; The book of Joshua Is a history of the conquest of the promised land and Its apportionment among the tribes of Israel. It takes its name from its principal character—Joshua. During the wilderness journey he was Moses* minister, and captain of his army. When Moses was denied the privilege of going over the Jordan, Joshua was appointed to the leadership of Israel. Being so long faithful as a servant, he Is now qualified to rule. Only those who have themselves learned to obey are fit to rule. Moses, the repre¬ sentative of the law, brought Israel to the borders of Canaan. Joshua was the man chosen to lead the people Into the place oj. rest. The name “Joshua" has the same derivation as the name “Jesus.” The law (Moses) was our schoolmaster to bring us to Christ; but Christ (our Joshua) has given us victory and rest I. Joshua’s Call (1:1.2). Moses, God’s servant. Is dead, but God’s work must go on. He continues his work by calling others to take It up, though he buries his workers. Joshua, no doubt, waa sorrowful over the loss of his master, bat there Is no time for mourning. The best way to cure our griefs and sorrows lar to take up courageously the burdens and re¬ sponsibilities which our leaders have laid down. II. God Renews His Promise of tho Land to Israel (1:3, 4). The promise had been made to Abraham, and renewed to Isaac, Jacob and Moses. It is now renewed to Israel when they are about to en¬ ter upon Its possession. The borders of the land were quite large (v. 4) “from the wilderness and this Leb¬ anon, even unto the great river, the river Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and unto the great sea to¬ ward the going down of the sun, shall be your coast.” The nearest it was ever possessed was during the reigns ef David and Solomon, though not then' fully realized. This country still- be¬ longs to the Jews, and In God’s own time they shall possess it. Their get¬ ting possession of this land was due entirely to themselves. God promised them, that wherever their feet set upon the land It was theirs. If they failed to secure possession It was be¬ cause they failed to claim it We would all enjoy larger blessings If we would claim them. III. God’s Presence Promised to Joshua (1:5). Joshua was entering upon a peril¬ ous and difficult enterprise, but the Lord said as he was with Moses so would he be with him. The difficul¬ ties before him were; 1. The Jordan river (v. 2). It was now at Its flood (3:15), making It im¬ possible for armies to cross. 2. In the land the people were liv¬ ing In walled cities. Notwithstanding this, God’s help Insured success. (1) “I wil) not fall the* ^nor forsake thee.” (2) “There shall not any man be abl* to stand before th*e.” (3) “An 1 was with Moses, so I will be with thee.” IV. Conditions of Blessing* In the Land (X :6-9). L “Be strong and* of a good courage* (v. 6). His mission wee to go In and divide the land among the tribes for an Inheritance. God could not bl him If he should play the coward. 2. Unwavering obedience to the word of God (v. T). Ia a land of •*>»**# « require* much eourage to obey the true God. The prosperity and good success was eoadAtfamed upon unswerving obedience to God’s commends. In all his work he eoaform his Uf* to the tow ef CM. 1® P*** froil’tk# path outlined there and rsveynt »toflr 9* ^ decs ■JW—B>“ <*sffieuqs. Bn ffid net stop to otB, hut at oust p» anon* 'to# the God ofchafe. 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