Ottoman Diplomats

Synopsis

Etienne Carathéodory Effendi tried to find out if the Belgian legislation would oppose the export of arms and ammunition. He reports about the information he received on this subject. In wartime there was no such prohibition. The Belgian government always provided as much liberty as possible when it came down to the export of arms and ammunition. This decision must be seen in the light of the country’s important industries: coal and iron. There was not even a clear regulation on arms smuggling. The only restriction to this liberty was that the government’s protection stopped at the nation’s borders. Carathéodory noted that the government deviated from this point of view during the Franco-German War, by defending the exportation of arms to France in the first place, and to Germany in the second place. The Belgian government declared, however, that it would keep providing liberty when it came down to the exportation of arms.

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