At Antwerp the Germans alone appear to have heard the absurd declaration, that he vowed to "die in the city with his last soldiers." Then he betrays his army and "takes to flight, amid the maledictions of his subjects," deserting them for those that seduced him. Then we have him on the Yser, the melancholy king "abandoned by God." He would ask nothing better than to conclude peace. But England holds him still in her toils, and prevents him from accomplishing this wise project. It is _Le Réveil_, that peculiarly truthful newspaper of Düsseldorf, which reveals this sinister exploit of Albion. The _Hamburger Nachrichten_ receives the same report from Brussels. KING ALBERT WISHES TO MAKE PEACE. HAMBURG, _14th November, 1914_. From Brussels the _Hamburger Nachrichten_ hears from a very reliable source that the report is confirmed which states that serious differences exist between Belgium and England--that is, that all personal relations are interrupted between King Albert and the British Staff. The King desires an understanding with Germany, which Great Britain is endeavouring by all means to prevent. (_Vossische Zeitung_, 15th November, 1914.) The propagandist pamphlet _Lüttich_ is less severe to our Sovereign, since it invokes, as an extenuating circumstance, his "blindness, which verges on stupidity." Incommensurable pride or imbecility--such are the characteristics of King Albert! Do these paladins of tact and delicacy show any greater respect for our Queen? Be sure they do not! An article on King Albert and the Triple Entente, in the _Deutsche Soldatenpost_ of the 10th October, 1914, a newspaper intended both for the troops and the Belgian public, states: "From the outset the Queen was initiated into the King's plans. She has not uttered a single word of reproach for the horrible brutalities of which the principal victims were innocent young German girls in Brussels and Antwerp." Well, we know that none of these "proofs" have shaken our fidelity. Despite all prohibitions, despite all the fines imposed, thousands of copies of the portraits of the King in the midst of his troops, and of the Queen, our dear little Queen, tending the wounded, are sold every day of the year. The patriotism of the Belgians is certainly incurable! _The Walloons incited against the Flemings._ So the Germans sought a new device. As they could not cause disunion between the people and the Sovereign, they tried to sow dissension between the citizens themselves, by envenoming the problem of language and reviving political rancour.