Office of the Historian

File No. 763.72111/357

The Secretary of State to the Belgian Minister (Havenith)

Department of State,
Washington, September 4, 1914.

Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your note of August 20, 1914, in which by direction of your Government you protest against the violation of Belgian neutrality by the German Army.1

Accept [etc.]

For the Secretary of State:

Robert Lansing
  1. Ante, p. 71.↩