'THE SCRAP OF PAPER'
IMPERIAL CHANCELLOR'S view. ; WHAT BRITAIN WANTED. NEW YORK, 26th January. Herr Yon Bethmann-Hollweg, the lin•perial Chancellor, interviewed, explains that the "scrap of paper" phrase simply meant that the treaty had lapsed owing to Belgium's forfeiture of neutrality. Britain's intervention was due to a dosire not to see a victorious and stronger Germany emerge from the war. England had destroyed a considerable part of the neutrals' trade.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 7
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70'THE SCRAP OF PAPER' Evening Post, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 7
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