The Second Belgian Grey Book

Author : Belgium Ministère des Af Étrangères
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780656899326
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (993 download)

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Download or read book The Second Belgian Grey Book, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) written by Belgium Ministère des Af Étrangères and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-02-19 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Second Belgian Grey Book, Vol. 2 I gave a suitable reply, remarking, with all necessary reserva tions, that the close relations into which Great Britain had recently entered with certain Great Powers did not leave her in the same position towards us which she had formerly occupied, although the existence of a free and independent Belgium con tinnes to be a vital necessity for her policy. Our wish is, if possible, to prevent Belgium from again becoming the battlefield of Europe, as she has been too often in the past. I added that it was the intention of Belgium to possess an army which should be strong enough to be taken seriously and which would allow her to fulfil completely her duty of safeguarding her independence and neutrality. That is excellent, M. De Margerie replied, but are not your new armaments actuated by the fear that your neutrality might be violated by France? No, I replied, they are no more directed against France than against Germany; they are intended to prevent anyone, whoever he. May be, from entering the country. M. Poincare has assured me that France would never take the initiative in violating our neutrality, but that if the German armies should enter Belgium and we should not be strong enough to drive them back, the Government of the Republic would consider themselves justified in taking whatever steps they thought expedient to defend French territory, either upon their own frontier or, if the General Staff thought it more expedient, to advance to meet the Imperial armies. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.