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The scrap of paper. Prussia's perfidy - Britain's bond. The Treaty of 1839 (which the German Chancellor tore up remarking that it was only "a scrap of paper") said: "Belgium ... shall form an independent and perpetually neutral state. It shall be bound to observe such neutrality towards all other states. "... Can Britons stand by while Germany crushes an innocent people? Enlist today

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Title: The scrap of paper. Prussia's perfidy - Britain's bond. The Treaty of 1839 (which the German Chancellor tore up remarking that it was only "a scrap of paper") said: "Belgium ... shall form an independent and perpetually neutral state. It shall be bound to observe such neutrality towards all other states. "... Can Britons stand by while Germany crushes an innocent people? Enlist today
Creator: Great Britain. Parliamentary Recruiting Committee
Date Created and/or Issued: 1914/1918?
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution
Collection: Hoover Institution Digital Collections
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Type: image
Identifier: XX343.18794
Relation: Poster collection

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