"SCRAPS OF PAPER."

Marlborough Express, Volume XLIX, Issue 22, 27 January 1915, Page 5

"SCRAPS OF PAPER."

EXPLAINED BY GERMAN

CHANCELLOR

WHAT HE SAYS HE MEANT

(Received Jan. 27, 0.45 a.m.)

NEW YORK, Jan. 26

Dr yon Bethmajui Hollweg, interviewed, explained 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 desire not to see a victorious and stronger Germany emerge from the war. Engiland had destroyed a considerable part of neutrals' trade.