er this check are fatally doomed to retreat.

All this has been accomplished during the last four months. The moment
had come to sum up these operations; the press is now free to comment
upon them.

LONG LIVE THE ALLIES!

By CLAUDE MONET.

[From King Albert's Book.]

I feel myself greatly honored by the opportunity given me to express
all my admiration of heroic Belgium, and to offer a like admiration to
the noble and valiant King of the Belgians.

Long live Belgium! Long live the Allies! Long live France!

United States Fair to All

Disclaimer of Bias Against Germany and Austria

By William J. Bryan, American Secretary of State

The following letter is the most exhaustive document that
has come from the Administration at Washington since the
outbreak of the war dealing with any aspect of the relations
of this country toward that conflict. Its length is due to
the fact that it is intended as a categorical denial of the
different charges that have been made and of the arguments
current in German circles accusing the Administration of
unfriendliness to Germany and Austria-Hungary. Senator Stone
was interested in having these charges answered for two
reasons: First, there is a large German population in St.
Louis, the chief city of his State, and, second, he is
Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations. Senator
Stone wrote his letter of inquiry on Jan. 8, saying that he
had received many letters from sympathizers with Germany and
Austria who believed the United States Government had been
showing partiality to England, France, and Russia.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20, 1915.

_Hon. William J. Stone, Chairman Committee on Foreign Relations,
United States Senate, Washington, D.C._

Dear Mr. Stone: I have received your letter of the 8th inst. referring
to frequent complaints or charges made in one form or another through
the press that this Government has shown partiality to Great Britain,
France, and Russia against Germany and Austria during the present war
and stating that you have received numerous letters to the same effect
from sympathizers with the latter powers. You summarize the various
grounds of these complaints and ask that you be furnished with
whatever information the department may have touching these points of
complaint in order that you may be informed as to what the true
situation is in regard to these