...time. * Hertslet, " The Map of Europe by Treaty," II., p. 984. " Belgium, within the limits specified, shall form an independent and perpetually neutral...observe such neutrality towards all other states." Therefore, Great Britain entered into a separate treaty with Prussia, in August, 1870, by which it...

...Article VII of the 1839 treaty, states that "Belgium, within the limits specified in Articles 1, 2 and 4, shall form an Independent and perpetually Neutral...observe such neutrality towards all other States." At this point arises the pertinent inquiry, whether Belgium's conduct and attitude towards Germany...

...November 15, 1831, the contracting Powers, after fixing the boundaries of Belgium, agreed that — "Belgium, within the limits specified in Articles...form an independent and perpetually neutral State." Again, in Article VII of a treaty between these same five Powers on the one hand and the Netherlands...

...London, which has existed in undisputed authority since then, contains the words : " Belgium was formed an independent and perpetually neutral State ; it...observe such neutrality towards all other States." These treaties not only provided for the neutrality of the State, but they also place the neutrality...

...discover any such instrument. The Treaties of 1831 and 1839 contain merely this: "Article VII.: Belgium shall form an independent and perpetually neutral...State. It shall be bound to observe such neutrality toward all other States." 20 That is a common form stipulation which is always inserted on the creation...

...meet at Maestricht to mark out the said limits.) ARTICLE VII. Belgium, within the limits indicated in Articles I, II, and IV, shall form an independent and perpetually neutral State. She shall be held to observe the same neutrality toward all the other States. ARTICLE VIII. Provides...

...(November 15, 1831, and April 19, 1839) runs as follows : ' Belgium . . . shall form an independent and neutral State. ' It shall be bound to observe such neutrality towards all other ' States.' * Great Britain, France, Austria, Prussia, and Russia were the assenting parties to the Treaties of...

...are inferred from it, as we have just shown. Article VII of that diplomatic instrument is as follows: Article VII. Belgium, within the limits specified...observe such neutrality towards all other states. Such is the existing stipulation between England, France, Austria, Prussia (now Germany), Russia and...

...confirming the Act of the preceding 26th June (Treaty of the XVIII Articles), arranges that " Belgium shall form an independent and perpetually neutral...observe such neutrality towards all other states." This arrangement was literally repeated in Article 7 of the Treaty of April 19, 1839, between Belgium...

...confirming the Act of the preceding 26th June (Treaty of the XVIII Articles), arranges that " Belgium shall form an independent and perpetually neutral...observe such neutrality towards all other states." This arrangement was literally repeated in Article 7 of the Treaty of April 19, 1839, between Belgium...