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Show BRITAIN PLEDGES AID TOBELGIDM . LONDON, .Nov. 17 (INS) Britain Brit-ain stands ready to aid Belgium If he ia again invaded aa ah waa by Germany during the World war. ' Thia notification wasyefor Europe Eu-rope and the world today after an exchange of toasts between -King George VI of England and Leopold, king of the Belgians. The. tnas.li were offered at a (Uttering (Ut-tering state banquet at Buckingham palace in honor of the Belgian monarch, mon-arch, here on a atate visit. King George formally welcomed Leopold, declaring the relationship between Britain and Belgium a "happy one," and added: "We are confident that the future holds a most valuable guarantee of the peace which we believe the nations na-tions of the world at heart desire In the common determination of our two countries to promote the cause of good faith and fair dealing in international affairs." Leopold replied by referring to the recent pacta guaranteeing Belgium's Bel-gium's frontiers and declared: "Belgium is confident that If III fortune again befalls her, aha will always find in England the support which, joined with our own unshakable unshak-able determination to defend our-aelves, our-aelves, would successfully repel all danger from our aoil." |