LETTER FROM BELGIUM.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXX, Issue 51, 16 October 1914, Page 3

LETTER FROM BELGIUM.

"DIE, BUT NEVER BE SLAVES. The following letter has been re ceived by Walter A. Cox, of Sydney., from the directors of Mess'.;. Vfcr reries de Scailmont, Manage, Belgium This glass works firm does a ver< large export trade in tu't'.blers ti Australia : "Manage, Belgium, August S, ls?U. "Dear Mr Cox,— "By the time this letter reai-hei you, you will, we expect, Know the position we are in at present heie. "Everything is at a standstill. .Til horrors of war are upon is. Onbrave troops are fighthnz those oi the mad dog. Fortunately we are not alone, and France and England are with us in these anxious moments. Our joint efforts will drive the savages back to their haunts. We have every hope of doing -so. Eur\, civilised country on the f.sce of the earth is with us. If we are to dis appear from the map as a nation we shall be brave to the very last, *J)d die but never be slaves. "Every available man vnHev 50 is doing his duty, and if this should be the last letter you receive from us we hope you will always keep a Kml and pleasant remembrance of us. "As business has totally stopped we do not feel inclined lo write about commercial matters. Pray God thai we are successful in our defensive work, and, if so, and the Germans are wiped off the earth, .1 will be the better for all. "We shall keep you posted up c;nway or the other weekly, until the last one of us has been bled. -All yours, very sincerely, "(Signed) G. Sacre (governing director), A. C. Stiernette, F. Fontaine, G. Marchant, A. Jeune (directors, Verreries de Scailmont)."