The "Scrap of Paper"
This document is a translation and facsimile of signatures from the original treaty of 1831
guaranteeing the independence and neutrality of Belgium, which was confirmed by the six Powers in the famous treaty of 1839, the breaking of which by Germany is responsible for the present war with the British Empire.



PALMERSTON
British Plenipotentiary
SYLVAN VAN DE WEYER Belgian Plenipotentiary
SENFFT
Austrian Plenipotentiary
H. SEBASTIANI
French Plenipotentiary
BULOW
Prussian Plenipotentiary
POZZO DI BORGO
Russian Plenipotentiary
Produced and Published, by special permission of the Foreign Office, by the DAILY NEWS in conjunction with
THE FINE ARTS PUBLISHING C0. LTD., 15 Green Street, London, W.C.
The whole of the profits to be devoted to THE PRINCE OF WALES NATIONAL RELIEF FUND
ARTICLE II.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, His Majesty the Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and Bohemia, His Majesty the King of the French, His Majesty the King of . Prussia, and His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias, declare, that the Articles mentioned in the preceding Article, are considered as having the same force and validity as if they were textually inserted in the present Act, and that they are thus placed under the guarantee of their said Majesties.	
ARTICLE VII.		
Belgium, wrthin the limits specified in Articles I., II., and IV. shall form an independent and perpetually neutral State. It shall be bound to observe such neutrality towards all other States.