With reference to the statements implying that Great Britain had contemplated the violation of che neutrality of Belgium, the Foreign Office has issued the record of a conversation between Sir Edward Grey and the Belgian Minister in London in April, 1913.
The Belgian ister said that there was a certain apprehension that England, in case of war, would violate Belgian neutrality first. Sir Edward Grey answered that he was sure that no British Government would ever do 80, nor would British public opinion approve of such action.
What England desired, in the case of Belgium and other neutral countries, was that their neutrality should be respected.
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