in the adjoining Rhinelands. I
had to admit that with us the surveillance service abroad was, in
times of peace, not directly in the hands of the General Staff, as our
legations had no Military Attaches. But I was careful not to admit
that I did not know whether the espionage service which is prescribed
in our regulations was in working order or not. But I consider it my
duty to point out this position which places us in a state of evident
inferiority to our neighbors, our presumable enemies.

"Major General, Chief of the General Staff. (Initials of Gen.
Ducarme.)

"Note.--When I met Gen. Grierson at Compiegne, during the manoeuvres
of 1906, he assured me the result of the reorganization of the English
Army would be that the landing of 150,000 would be assured and, that,
moreover, they would stand ready for action in a shorter time than has
been assumed above.

"Concluded September, 1906."

(Initials of Gen. Ducarme.)

DOCUMENT NO. 2

Minutes of a Conference Between the Belgian Chief of the General
Staff, Gen. Jungbluth, and the British Military Attache Lieut. Col.
Bridges

(Lieut. Col. Barnardiston, British Military Attache in Brussels, was
succeeded in his office by Lieut. Col. Bridges. Likewise, Gen. Ducarme
was succeeded, as Chief of the Belgian Staff, by Gen. Jungbluth. A
conversation between Col. Bridges and Gen. Jungbluth was committed to
writing, and that writing was also found at the Belgian Foreign
Office. The document, which is dated April 23 and is presumed to
belong to the year 1912, is marked "confidentielle" in the handwriting
of Graf v.d. Straaten, the Belgian Foreign Secretary. This is the
translation:)

"_Confidential._

"The British Military Attache asked to see Gen. Jungbluth. The two
gentlemen met on April 23.

"Lieut. Col. Bridges told the General that England had at her disposal
an army which could be sent to the Continent, composed of six
divisions of infantry and eight brigades of cavalry--together 160,000
troops. She has also everything which is necessary for her to defend
her insular territory. Everything is ready.

"At the time of the recent events the British Government would have
immediately effected a disembarkment in Belgium (chez nous) even if we
had not asked for assistance.

"The General objected that for that our consent was necessary.

"The Military Attache answered that he knew this, but that--since we
were not able to prevent the Germans from passing through ou