Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, 1914, Supplement, The World War

File No. 763.72111/368

Memorandum of the Office of the Secretary of State

Department of State,
Washington, August 5, 1914.

The Belgian Government on the afternoon of August 5, 1914, presented the following:

Germans have penetrated upon Belgian territory; neutrality violated. Inform Government of United States that Belgium will resist by force.