Brussels, Mar. 23.
Belgium.is in no way affected by he current diplomatic negotiations scing conducted by the British Gov riment with various European entries jor has she been apvroached on the subject by either 3r or France, official circle tated here today.
These circles made it clear that Belgium desires to remain aloof from all such combinations and intends to dhere unwaveringly to her policy of absolute neutrality AIL reports in the foreign press that Belgium had taken, or intended te e, precautionary military measure view of the international situation:
Y he Prime Minister, in the House of Commons today regarding ihe ation,—They ce t have been more pr ut eir cumstances, Critics of the Prime Minister in the Government ranks regi declara tion as strong and impor members of the Labour Opposition today expressed action at the terms of the statement and it 15 noted that after it was made, Labour and Liberal front-benchers asked, no questions. Only Mr. Aneurin Bevan, L: member for the Ebbw Vale of Monmouthshire, who is n Sir Stafford Cripps, shed c ing questions. ire officially declared to be devoid of Press Urges Prompt Action foundation.
Foreign press rapi ons between Belgiu ts of nego and Germany for the turning over Ialmedy region to of the Eupen: the Reich thoritatively denied here. The ion im question taken f iermony and ceded to Belgiüm by he Treaty of Versailles, and of the 32,000 inhabitants, 52,000 are German-peaking, while the remainder are Walloons, It is also denied that in exchange r retrocession of the region, Germany has offered new and definite guarantees of Belgium Trans-Ocean.
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