Officially Explained to President Wilson at the White House,
Washington, Sept. 16.
His Majesty the King of the Belgians has appointed a special envoy for
the purpose of acquainting the President of the United States of America
with the deplorable state of affairs prevailing in Belgium, whose
neutrality has been unjustly violated, and who since the beginning of
hostilities has been the theatre of the worst outrages on the part of
the invading German Army, in defiance of rules solemnized by
international treaty and customs consecrated by public right and law of
nations.
Mr. Henry Carton de Wiart, Minister of Justice, has been chosen for this
mission. He is accompanied by Messrs. de Sadeleer, Hymans, and
Vandervelde, Ministers of State. Count Louis Lichtervelde is attached to
the mission as Secretary.
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[Illustration: CARTON DE WIART,
Minister of Justice, Spokesman of the Royal Belgian
Commission to the United States.]