Show BELGIUM PROMNCE Germany s not t ation to the So th Amer can countr es hafng ons Is n ! Belg an terr tory that the e eq at s cred t ng the consuls to Be g u w 11 not be rocogn zed f rthor probably heralds tho adm n strat on of Belgium as a prov noe of Gorma 3 Boto e Germanj m aded Belg u n it off c ally equested permis on to pass ts ttoops through that co ntry When th s perm ss on was ref sed German troois entered Belg m anl bes eged the fortress of L ege Vt the same t me the Cerman chancellor on Beth ma n Hollweg address ng tho re hstag frankly declared that the in as on of Belg um was a w oug and con tra j to the d ctates of nternational law lie added that i 0 reparation would be made to B lgium after the war In a recent speech the emperor all ded to Belg um and sa d son eth ng about tho glor ous pr lege of becom ng a German province Although no off c al staten ent has been made by the a ser s government w th regard to the future status of Bel g um t has been ass rued gene ally that Belg um w 11 not bo restored to n dependence with tho consent of the Ger an go ernment Whatever may have been the benevolent utent ons of the a ser at the t me h s hancellor pledged repa at on to Belg um they seem to have de one a change The emperor and h s ad ers now ag e that Belg um n ow ot the f erce res stance offered to the ( e nan troops shall be made a pro u e or a deiendencj of the Ger man omj re |