The Archive · 1939

Neutrality Strictly Enforced

Indignantly denied today by the semi-official Belga news agency was the report, published abroad' that Belgium has. permitted German warplanes to fly over her territory without attempting to stop this violation of her neutrality, "It the Belga declared, "that German military planes have fre~ quently flown over Belgian terri: tory, trying to reach 'France oF returning 10 Germany' from Prance, Each time, antiaircraft guns have entered into action and Belgian military planes have taken to the air and often compelled the German aircraft to turn back, The same thing has happened each time British or French military planes flew over our soil,"

German "bomphlets," propaganda foatets vilitying Britain and ance, were scattered over Belgian terri tory by neutrality=violating German warplanes during the past few days, reports from various "districts ro" ported today.—Havas,

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