During this period and indeed until the hour of his death my brother devoted the greater part of his time to the cause of the Allies.

He had always believed that the United States should have entered the war when the Germans first outraged Belgium, and to this effect he wrote many letters to the newspapers.

In addition to this he was most active in various of the charities devoted to the causes of the Allies, wrote a number of appeals, and contributed money out of all proportion to his means.

The following appeal he wrote for the Secours National: "You are invited to help women, children and old people in Paris and in France, wherever the war has brought desolation and distress.

To France you owe a debt.