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to their rage over the. miscarff1?ge O%2X(i';i‘lcl21lc>ui) this
over GeI‘manY’5 Superlor mobl lty.-1 st Her action
mobility, Germany would have be?“ .0 tljue to bear
was fully justified,‘ but she had, 1t1.15 ’ iniion. Eng,
the indignation of ill-informed Pub IC Op in Sir Ed.
lishmen who think for them$e1Ye5 Bee of Belgian
Ward G1‘eY’5 emPha5‘5 on. the V101atlO1:9a’Again we
neutrality nothing eIl)se thgfl 3 Pretex f B V
qu“OItf hlzilsmliljdlrix kliiloifrn (E31? years that, in the evelrllztmog
war between Russia and France on thesglglie may
and Germany on the other, the 0111)’ P0 to attack
itar)’ tactics for Germany to.pursue VVEYC return to
France hotfoot through Belgium and en r War Of.
meet the Russians. The plans were in ou g
fice.” i ' en-
Englzfnd, then, long foresaw the miliitarg fglrgeet
cies of a general European war and .reso.ve Belgian;
them by forestalling Germany in .violatin1gat‘WaS a
and, if necessary, Dutch r1e.11t1‘?111tY; W t became
self-evident privilege in her, own interei British
horrible ipljustice as s<f)oi11‘asGit croiised t e ’
lans int e interest 0 tie erma . . . . ' - d
P Let us consider ‘carefully the obligationfsie 1:531?“
by the Belgian neutrality treaty. AS C0“ tile relag
1839, it had two objects: First, '60. Secure dent and
tively small state of Belgium an indepe-1'1 Create
assured national existence; and second: t0France
a buffer state between the ancient enem1eE,Eumpe’
and Prussia, in the interest of the peace 0
Belgium’s Mistake. 1 ,mn
Theindependent national "existence Of geggnd.
was in no wise threatened by the Germ?" ‘:’m..Let
On the contrary, Germany said to Belg111m' “tee
us pass through your domain, and.We W111 gllarilrrity
your independence and inviolability, 370111‘ mtegam‘
and sovereignty, and indemnify you f0!’ ‘my
age.” And ‘when on the seventh of August the Ger‘
mans had taken Liege and
gian soil, the German Em
peated his offer. B
gated, as a neutral p
No state is bound i
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stqod victorious 0?; Bree‘
peror magnanimous Ybli‘
elgium declined; W85 lrgleozms.
ower, to decline. By not Vhich
n duty to perform an 36 ‘
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