BELGIUM
AMERICA AND GERMAN OCCUPATION. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.> (Rec. Sept. 18, 8.55 a.m.) WASHINGTON, Sept, 17. Count Bernstorff lias informed the State Department that in view of the fact that Belgium is trying to arrange a loan with American bankers on the security of the Belgium State Railways, that Germany will consider; such a loan null and void during German occupation of Belgium, iinless German consent is secured. The State Department has no details of such a loan, and says it decognises German rule in Belgium as the "de facto" authority with temporary powers.
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Nelson Evening Mail, 18 September 1916, Page 5
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96BELGIUM Nelson Evening Mail, 18 September 1916, Page 5
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