Burgess, or any group of
savants, or the German people. The Kaiser's record is known and read of
all men.
JAMES H. ECOB,
American Institute of Social Service.
New York, Oct. 21, 1914.
PROF. BURGESS'S SECOND ARTICLE.
The Guarantee of Belgian Neutrality
So much has been said about Belgian neutrality, so much assumed, and it
has been such a stumbling block in the way of any real and comprehensive
understanding of the causes and purposes of the great European
catastrophe, that it may be well to examine the basis of it and endeavor
to get an exact idea of the scope and obligation.
Of course, we are considering here the question of guaranteed
neutrality, not the ordinary neutrality enjoyed by all States not at
war, when some States are at war; the difference between ordinary
neutrality and guaranteed neutrality being that no State is under any
obligation to defend the ordinary neutrality of any other State against
infringement by a belligerent, and no belligerent is under any special
obligation to observe it. Guaranteed neutrality is, therefore, purely a
question of specific agreement between States.
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