The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1914-08-22
ENGLISH ACCUSED OF DOUBLE DEALINGS
 IN WORLD POLITICS
German American Chamber of
 Commerce Tells Of Belgian
 Neutrality Agreement. /

New York AugI 22-The Chamber of German-Arnerican Commerce made public late yesterday afternoon what it called -sthe inside, story of Belgian neutrality.'' the author Being ia Ger man military expert.H The state ment given out by the Chamber con tained several rema arkable assertions. One of them was to the effect that Great Britain was transporting troops to the Continent to aid France and Belgium a full day before the British government declared that q state or war existed with Germany and am other that there was in existence a secret Anglo-French-Be1g agree ment, of which Germany had for years had Knowledge.
 Belgium is fortified, the statement reads, lon it's German boundary, whereas 1t has neglected during the last thirty years to take similar pre- cautions to protect itself against French and British neighbors. There is a secret Belgian agreement, the real existence pf which was established at the beginning of the Moroccan struggle.
 England decreed the mobilization of it's army on August ?, started the transportation of sits troops to the Continent in the night between the 3rd and 4th, and it's ultimatun to Ger many regarding. the neutrality of Bel | D., kGermang in the night between the 4th and 9th.
 The only course left open for Ger many,s self preserva was to an- 1 ticipate the passage of troops through the neutral territory of Belgium, and to take possession of it's fortresses. The quick and precise strategic move ments of it's armies assured their suc7 cess and .checkmated French glish actions in Belgium. H Every government that seriously considers the invioIability of it's boun- daries, that desires to protect It's neuz trality at any cost, takes measures to protect itself in all directions, inpar- tially against all neighbors, as we find In the case Of Holland and Switzer- land They are alert and ready for self defense in their attitude to all their neighbors.
 sIt is otherwise with Belgium. Bel gfum has never even tried to rely up-s on herself. Wooed for decades by Trench and English politics. she saI- ways conf1ded the main nrenance Of her neutrality to these powers. f This even went so far that French engineers, under the supervision of Gen. Brfalmont constructed the Bel gdan fortresses- Since Gen BriaI- mont's time French engineers had charge of the mathematician of all her forts The entire Belgian army for the last thirty years has been under Trench instruction and influence.
 "A glance at the map is sufficient to realize that the Qualifications along the Maas at Iiege. Huy, and Nanurs German attack. There Is not the slightest trace of Qualification oppo- site the French boundary. Of all the seaports of Belgium only Antwerp is fortified against a possible attack by Holland Hence it can clearly be de- <7r H. cades counted on the necessity of pro- tecting herself against France and England, but rather counted on the assistance of these two governments in case of hostilities.
 sIt should be remembered with what indignation the entire English and French press met Hollands irlti- nation that she intended to modern ize the notifications along the Schelde
 Surely Holland protects her neu- trality against England, too. But If these protected fortfications had been completed, access to Antwerp would have been made difficult, if not impos- sible. for an English army corps land ing from the sea Hence these Dutch plans were regarded as hostile to Eng I land. s.But even this logic is easily under stood. How could Belgium, for in- Stance have dared to fortify Ostend against the British
 --stAt the time that France and Eng l land openly disregarded the original Morocco treaty (which disregard led I to the Algeciras conference1 "a treaty i that was guaranteed iby the big pow CTS just as the neutrality of Belgium I was anteed@Germany showed clearly that she would not permit her self to be erased from the map on ac- count of a private Freneh-EngIis agreement, that gave Morocco to I France and Egypt to England in de- hance of all previous treaty arrange
 ments. England then openly appear ed on the scene, offering her help and
 arms to France.
 sThe German Government Is in Il possession of documents that were ex- I changed between the present com
 nander Of the British Army, Gen
 French, and the French Secretary o1 I War, in which all the details of 2 | landing of an English Army expedi l ton on French and Belgian territor5 l were discussed and settled. English
 transport ships were ready to sail.
 "A secret Ang1o-Fsrench-Be Belgian
 military agreement would have beer Il called into action instantly, Gas hap, I pened in the present war,) just aa
 soon as Germany and France started
 hostilfties.
 the real existence of such a Nsecre
 agreement than the recent Englisl
 mobilization of the English Army tha
 started on Aug. and in the night be I tween the 3d and 4th, the first trans l ports of troops had already left tn,
 English shores for the Continent.
 ssThe ultimatum regarding Bel
 giun's neutrality was forwarded t, I Berlin on Aug A. And the war o1 Germany was not declared before tn
 night between the 4th and 9th.
 France, according to secret agree
 ment, dispatched officers and troop
 to Liege before the declaration ofswar
 in order to maintain the fort until tn French Army of the North succeede
 in it's formation south of Brussels.
 Doesn't the statement of these fact
 successfully replace miles Of Frenel
 and English newspaper talk and cor l y-asTa op d o,,