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The Tacoma Times
Tacoma, Pierce County, Washington
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Gaston de Leval, former Brussels advocate and legal adviser to American and British legations, speaks in Washington on September 10 about Belgium's devastation from German invasion but expresses optimism for its stronger future, advising American businessmen to prepare. He is reporting on the Cavell case to the State Department.
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BY BASIL M. MANLY.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10.—"Belgium is stricken to the earth. Her cities and towns are sacked, her factories gutted, her mines in hostile hands, her people on the verge of starvation, many of her sons in virtual slavery. But believe me, Monsieur, better times are coming when my Belgium will arise from her ashes—greater, stronger, busier than ever. And it is with an eye to that Belgium of the future that your American business men should prepare."
The speaker was Gaston de Leval, advocate in the court of appeals in Brussels in happier days and for many years legal adviser to the American and British legations in Belgium. He has come here to make a report to the state department on the Cavell case.
"We used to take German insurance policies. We used to do business with German banks established in our cities. We used to buy German machinery of all kinds. Belgians will prefer not to deal with Germans in the future."
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Sept. 10
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Gaston de Leval describes Belgium's wartime devastation by German forces, including sacked cities, gutted factories, hostile-held mines, starvation, and enslavement, but foresees a greater recovery and advises American preparation for future business, while noting avoidance of German dealings post-war; he reports on the Cavell case.