WHY KING ALBERT FIGHTS IN THE TRENCHES.

Pukekohe & Waiuku Times, Volume 4, Issue 16, 26 February 1915, Page 4 (Supplement)

WHY KING ALBERT FIGHTS IN THE TRENCHES.

AVhv has every man in the Belg-an Army acted liko'a hero. Be«iu?o King has .shown thorn the way. Hs pre-ene : has a wonderful effect <>n h.s men. Tall and straight and handsome, he looks wis at he is —a leader of men. H > r e is a true story about King All>ert. It appears that during the first few days of th.- Belgian sorties from Antwerp there iva? a certain amount of orunihline amongst th c soldiers because. They declared, their staff officers remained too far in the r.ar. complaints reached the King's cars, and he made up his mind that the eond : tion of affairs 10 which the men objected must !•; i altered. H . d d not mention the matter at all to the staff office's, but next day he himself went up to the trenchr--. where th? in', n were. '1 he staff ofliceis. of eour.v'. -imply had to arc him into the firing line. For several hours King Albert and the office iv remained under fire. After that there wire no mor.> complaint-. The officers had taken the hint and learnt their lesson. Pat th;> Ministers po nted out very rightly that the King's duty is not the same as that of the men. It was his duty to rule and not to go uniier-warily into danger. The K'ng grumbled a little at this, but ev nt'iaily agreed that it was not w's- to take risk-. The Ministers, who were really conc.;v.-nc.l for Tvn?) .VJ/rif.-.-.tv, wero satisfied, but for all tint th» TCiiirr has gone anion™ th' . men und.<r Pre iust th.'same. No wowl >r mucli loved and worshipped by h s sa.b----icft-s.

,\ Methodist bishop in the NorthWest tells of a conversation he oneo had with a Wvonrng man toueh'nc certa'n difficulties of the lattor's religious tenets. " iJishop." said th.' n'uvo westerner, "f do not refuse to believe the '-lory of tho ark. I can ac.-ept 1h» «rk'» great size, its odd shape, and the vast number o fanimals it contained: but when T am asked to believe that the children of Tarai 1 carr'ed tlrs unw oldy thing for fortv years in the wilderness T must conies - f'" l ' mr faiti breaks d«wn."