Political promises have been made to Poland and these
promises will be kept. It is a mistaken idea here that any overtures
have been made to the Jews as a class. You think we are as anxious as
all that to have them enlist as soldiers? No. We do not wish to make
them any special inducements to enlist. You are well aware that nobody
hates the Jews more cordially than the Pole himself. Our offer was to
the Poles, who have a national entity and a country and home of their
own. The Jews have none of these things.
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"The Facts About Belgium"
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Statement Issued by the Belgian Legation at Washington.
_The Belgian Legation at Washington has compiled the following statement
of the Belgian case, in the present European War, in answer to the many
inquiries that have been received on the subject._
By the treaty of April 19th, 1839, Prussia, France, England, Austria,
and Russia declared themselves guarantors of the treaty concluded on the
same day between the King of the Belgians and the King of the
Netherlands. This treaty provides:
Belgium forms an independent State of perpetual neutrality.
That is to say, Belgium was forbidden, in case of war, to take the part
of any of the belligerents.
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