The British Bluebook — No. 129 : Reply of His Majesty's Government. Viscount Halifax to Sir R. Clive (Brussels).

AUTHOR — Great Britain

The British War Bluebook

Reply of His Majesty's Government. Viscount Halifax to Sir R. Clive (Brussels).

No. 129. Reply of His Majesty's Government. Viscount Halifax to Sir R. Clive (Brussels).

(Telegraphic.) Foreign Office, August 24, 1939.

His Majesty's Government welcome and are in full sympathy with the appeal issued by His Majesty the King of the Belgians on behalf of representatives of the Oslo Group of Powers assembled in conference at Brussels.

His Majesty's Government for their part have repeatedly expressed their desire to see all questions arising between nations settled by free negotiation, and they are at all times willing to do their utmost to contribute to the creation of conditions in which such negotiation might be carried to a successful and satisfactory conclusion.

Acquiescence in the imposition of settlements by force or threat of force can only hinder and thwart the efforts of those who strive to establish an international order of things in which peace may be maintained and justice done without violating the rights or independence of any sovereign State.

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