n Prussian Rheinland.

2. Map showing strategical drawing up of French Army demonstrating
existence of French-Belgian agreement.

3. Report of Baron Greindl, Belgian Minister to Berlin, to Belgian
Foreign Office, dated Dec. 23, 1911. Greindl, commenting on plan of
Belgian General Staff for defense of Belgo-German frontier in
Franco-German war, points to threatening violation of neutrality by
France, saying: "Danger French attack threatening us, not only near
Luxemburg, but on whole length of common frontier, This assertion
no guess work, but founded upon positive facts."

Minister further thoroughly discusses Entente's plans for passage
through Belgium, Calais, and England. France doubtful protectors,
Barnardiston's insinuations relative Flushing question, both
perfidious and naive postulates dressing plan of battle against
threatening Franco-British invasion into Belgium in Franco-German
war.

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GREAT BRITAIN'S DENIAL.

Statement Issued by British Foreign Office, London, Oct. 14.

The story of an alleged Anglo-Belgian agreement of 1906, published in
the German press and based on documents said to have been found at
Brussels is only a press edition of a story which has been reproduced in
various forms and denied on several occasions. No such agreement has
ever existed as Germans well know. Gen. Grierson is dead and Col., now
Gen., Barnardiston is commanding the British forces before Tsing-tau.

In 1906 Gen. Grierson was on the General Staff at the War Office and
Col. Barnardiston was military attache at Brussels. In view of the
solemn guarantee given by Great Britain to protect the neutrality of
Belgium against violation from any side some academic discussions may,
through the instrumentality of Col. Barnardiston, have taken place
between Gen. Grierson and the Belgian military authorities as to what
assistance the British Army might be able to afford to Belgium should
one of her neighbors violate that neutrality. Some notes with reference
to the subject may exist in the archives at Brussels.

It should be noted that the date mentioned, namely 1906, was the year
following that in which Germany had, as in 1911, adopted a threatening
attitude toward France with regard to Morocco and in view of the
apprehensions existing of an attack on France through Belgium it was
natural that possible event