THE ARCHBISHOP OF MALINES ADDRESSES AN ENGLISH AUDIENCE
The Archbishop is seen on the balcony making an appeal to British auditors in behalf of the
Belgians who have suffered during the war

AN INGENIOUS ATTEMPT TO NEUTRALIZE THE EFFECT OF
EXPLODING SHELLS

These coils of iron wire, photographed in front of the German trenches near Melle, are placed there to break the force
of artillery fire. The idea is that the shells from the enemy's guns will fall into the rings and that
the fragments of the shell will be confined to a small radius when it explodes

A BRITISH WAR AEROPLANE WRECKED
Flying-machines are an extra-hazardous means of locomotion even in times of peace and in the most
favorable weather, and when they are charged with the duty of scouting, as in the case of the one
shown in the photograph, the uncertain weather of the North Sea sometimes brings them to
grief. The sailors are endeavoring to get this aeroplane ashore for possible salvage or repair

THE RUINS OF TERMONDE

The stricken inhabitants of many a town and city of once prosperous Belgium might, in the words of Jeremiah, say concerning the ruler of Germany, He is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate; and thy cities shall be laid waste, without an inhabitant." And they might add, in the words of the author of Chronicles, "If evil come upon us, the sword, judgment, or pestilence, or famine, we will stand before this house, and before Thee, and cry unto Thee in our affliction, and Thou wilt hear and save