London, Feb. 11.
M. Renkin, the Belgian Minister for the Colonies, at a banquet given in his honour to-day, made a notable speech. He said that Belgium had sacrificed herself for her plighted word. The responsibil for the hostilities in Central rested entirely on Germany, who dreamt of creating a vast colonized Trans-African Empire at the expense of Belgium. To-day this dream had vanished. Everywhere the forces of the Allies wore overflowing into German territory.
The Rt. Hon. A. Bonar Law, who presided, paid a tribute to' the heroic courage of the Belgians. He emphasized that the end of the war would not come till the wrongs of Belgium had been avenged.
Reuter's Agency is informed by a Belgian diplomatist that Germany has made more than one offer of peace to Belgium directly or in-
429 directly. Possibly more will be made, but the answer will always be the same, that Belgium is _prepared to fight as long as Great Britain fights. Anything else is unthinkable.
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