International Status of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the Kingdom of Belgium in Relation to the Present European War

Authors

Theodore P. Ion, New York

Abstract

The case of Belgium presents an entirely different aspect both from the legal and the political point of view. While the guarantee of the neutrality of Luxemburg interests---or interested at the time of the signature of the Treaty of 1867 -- France and Prussia only, and the other contracting parties (and particularly Great Britain) acceded to it, to use the "'reluctantly," words of Lord Stanley, that of Belgium had and has an entirely different character so far as England is concerned. It affects her vital interests, namely, her own security. Hence the difference in the wording of the instrument guaranteeing the independence and neutrality of Belgium, and the alarm felt in Great Britain whenever an attempt was made for the violation of the stipulations of the latter treaty.

Recommended Citation

Theodore P. Ion, International Status of the Grand Duchy of Luxemburg and the Kingdom of Belgium in Relation to the Present European War, 13 Mich. L. Rev. 466 (1915).
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