BETRAYAL OF BELGIUM.
MILAN'S BOLD SPEECH.
UPROAR IN THE REICHSTAG.
London, April 7.
Speaking in the Reichstag, Count Westarp, a Conservative member, said Germany's chief task was to force Britain to renounce her destructive plans. They did not want Germany's military and political backbone broken. He condemned the United States for supplying ammunition to the allies, and said Germany was firmly resolved to disregard America's unjustifiable demands.
Herr Haase said the injustice done to Belgium must be compensated by the restoration of independence. (Uproar.) In 1913 Herr von Jagow declared Germany would uphold Belgian neutrality. ' _ , Herr von Jagow, Secretary for Foreign Affairs, replied that when he made this declaration he considered Belgium neutral, but since then it had been thoroughly proved that guilt for what had happened lay upon Belgium. If a French deputy had said . a-quarter of what Herr Haase said his colleagues would have stoned him.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16200, 10 April 1916, Page 6
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