The German Government has at last decided to publish the documents which it says were found in Brussels, and which it claims prove that Belgium violated her neutrality. As a matter of fact these documents are the clearest proof of the innocence of Belgium. Document No. 1 refers to a conversation between Major Gen. Ducarme and the English Military Attache, Lieut. Col. Barnardiston. The English Military Attache _went to call_ on the Belgian General and told him of the anxiety on the part of the English General Staff in regard to the general political situation and the possibility of war. "_In case Belgium should be attacked_, the sending of about 100,000 troops was provided for." He (the British Military Attache) proceeded in the following terms: "The landing of the British troops would take place on the French coast.... The entry of the English into Belgium would take place only _after the violation of our (Belgian) neutrality by Germany_." It almost seems as if Col. Barnardiston had foreseen the future. The document continues as follows: "My visitor laid emphasis on the following fact: that it (the conversation) was not binding on his Government ... and that he did not know whether the opinion of his Sovereign had been consulted." It was thus clearly shown by the British Military Attache that his communication was simply a conversation; it is, moreover, perfectly well known that Military Attaches have no power to make conventional agreements. The document further continues: "In the course of another interview, Lieut. Col. Barnardiston and I studied the combined operations to take place in the event of a _German offensive_, with Antwerp as its object, _and under the hypothesis of the German troops marching through our (Belgian) country_, in order to reach the French Ardennes"--an additional proof that the object of the conversation was solely to prevent a violation of Belgian neutrality. Document No. 2 refers to a conversation between the British Military Attache and Gen. Jungbluth, in which the former said that the British troops would effect a landing "even if we (the Belgians) did not ask for assistance." This is an additional proof that no agreement or convention had been made. To this the Belgian General replied that "our (Belgium's) consent was necessary," and he added that "we (the Belgians) were, moreover, perfectly able to prevent the Germans from passing through Belgium," thus showing his anxiety to preserve the neutrality of Belgium. Dr. B. Dernburg claims that England would have sent troops into Belgium in any event, even if Germany had not invaded Belgium. Affirmations which are not based upon any evidence cannot destroy the text itself of the documents.