MR. ASQUITH MAKES A STATEMENT
BELGIUM'S APPEAL. AND BRITAIIFs DECISION. NEUTRALITY~~MUST BE RESPECTED. (Received August 5, 2 p.m.) LONDON, 4-th August. In the House of Commons, the Prime Minister (Mr. Asquith) read a telegram he had sent to the British Ambassador in Berlin early this morning. Then he said the King of the Belgians had appealed to King George for diplomatic intervention on behalf of Belgiuni, who had categorically refused Germany's request for i a free passage of her troops as a flagrant violation of the laws of nations. His Majesty's Government, added Mr. Asquith, was bound to protest against this violation of a treaty, and must request that Belgium's neutrality bo respected. Mr. Asquith read a telegram from the British Minister at Brussels, quoting the German Note to Belgium, to the effect that as Belgium had declined a wellintentioned proposal submitted by the Imperial Government, the latter deeply regretted that it would be compelled 'to carry out— if necessary, by force of arms -^measures it considered indispensable in view of the French menace.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 31, 5 August 1914, Page 8
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174MR. ASQUITH MAKES A STATEMENT Evening Post, Volume LXXXVIII, Issue 31, 5 August 1914, Page 8
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