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rmed that it was the purpose of the British Government to land and dispatch, across French territory into Belgium, 160,000 troops, without asking Belgium's permission, on the first outbreak of the European war. _This clearly demonstrates that the Belgian Government was determined from the outset to join Germany's enemies._ [Illustration: MR. AND MRS. WINSTON SPENCER CHURCHILL A Recent Photograph of the Head of the British Admiralty.] [Illustration: QUARTERMASTER GENERAL VON STEIN Germany's Official War News Is Issued Through the Office of the Quartermaster General. (_Photo from Brown Bros._)] DOCUMENT NO. 1 Report of Gen. Ducarme, Chief of the Belgian General Staff, to the Belgian Minister of War "_Confidential_ Letter to the Minister Concerning the Confidential Conversations. "BRUSSELS, April 10, 1906. "Mr. Minister: "I have the honor to report to you briefly about the conversations which I had with Lieut. Col. Barnardiston and which have already been the subject of my oral communications. "The first visit took place in the middle of January. Mr. Barnardiston referred to the anxieties of the General Staff of his country with regard to the general political situation, and because of the possibility that war may soon break out. In case Belgium should be attacked, the sending of about 100,000 troops was provided for. "The Lieutenant Colonel asked me how such a measure would be regarded by us. I answered him, that from a military point of view it could not be but favorable, but that this question of intervention was just as much a matter for the political authorities, and that, therefore, it was my duty to inform the Minister of War about it. "Mr. Barnardiston answered that his Minister in Brussels would speak about it with our Minister of Foreign Affairs. "He proceeded in the following sense: The landing of the English troops would take place at the French coast in the vicinity of Dunkirk and Calais, so as to hasten their movements as much as possible. The entry of the English into Belgium would take place only after the violation of our neutrality by Germany. A landing in Antwerp would take much more time, because larger transports would be needed, and because, on the other hand, the safety would be less complete. "This admitted, there would be several other points to consider, such as railway transportation, the question of requisitions which the English army could make, the ques
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