THAT "SCRAP-OF PAPER".
J SIR,- EDWARD GREI'S COMMENT--(Jtec. January 8, 1.4fl a.m.) London, January 27. Sir Edward Greey (British. Foreign Secretary) is not surprised that Herr von Bethmann Hollwcg is anxious to oxplain away tlie ■ "scrap of paper phrase which tends to debase the legal and moral currency of civilisation, but his new arguments is a flat contradiction of plain facts. [Herr von Bethmann Hollweg, the Imperial Chancellor, in an interview, explained that the "scrap of paper" phrase simply meant that the Treaty had lapseed owing to Belgium's forfeiture of neutrality. Britain's intervntion was due to a desire not to see a victorious and stronger Germany omerg from the war. England had destroyed a considerable part of the neutrals' trade.] AN AMERICAN CARTOON. (Rec. January 28, 1.40 a.m.) ' Washington, January 27. The "New York Herald" cartoons Herr von Bethmann-Holweg trying to burn a scrap of paper which is proving incombustible.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2370, 28 January 1915, Page 5
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