ppery than water!"

[The original was in black and red and vividly represented a dripping
globe.]]

The German Watch in Kiao-Chau

[Illustration: (_From Simplicissimus, Munich._)

[A superb cartoon published before the fall of the German stronghold
in China.]]

GERMANY vs. BELGIUM

_Case of the Secret Military Documents Presented by Both Sides_

[The Belgo-British plot alleged by Germany is thoroughly
aired in the following communications. The text of the
secret documents, which, according to the German contention,
prove that the Allies did not intend to respect Belgian
neutrality--that Belgium herself conspired with England to
break it--was discovered in the archives of the Belgian
Government after the German occupation of Brussels, and is
embodied on Pages 1105 to 1109 in the subjoined article,
published in behalf of Germany by Dr. Bernhard Dernburg.

The article, called by Dr. Dernburg "The Case of Belgium,"
as reproduced below, and published between gray covers like
the Belgian "Gray Book," prompted publications in rejoinder
by the Belgian Legation at Washington. The first of these,
entitled "The Innocence of Belgium," appears on Page 1110;
it states that the secret documents show in their own
statements the "clearest proof of the innocence of Belgium."
The second Belgian article, headed "Why Belgium Was
Devastated," and appearing on Page 1115, embodies the German
proclamations establishing military rule in the violated
territory.--EDITOR.]

"THE CASE OF BELGIUM"

"In the Light of Official Reports Found in the Secret Archives of the
Belgian Government after the Occupation of Brussels"

Remarks Introductory to the Secret Documents

By Dr. Bernhard Dernburg

Herewith are published facsimiles of papers found among the documents
of the Belgian General Staff at Brussels, referring to arrangements
between the English Military Attache and the Belgian Minister of War
regarding British intervention in Belgium.

It will be remembered from the British "White Book" that in November,
1912, a correspondence passed between Sir Edward Grey and the French
Minister in London, in which it was stated that British and French
military and naval experts had consulted together from time to time as
to plans to be followed in case of war, and it was stated in this
correspondence that in accordance with such pr