und 11 o’clock, the Kaiser discovered the truth of the situation and let Moltkecontinue with his plans. The next day at 7:00, Germany crossed the Belgian border atTrois Vierges and World War II began. Whilst Germany was stalling its armies, France was too. At approximately 2 inthe morning, Islovsky, a Russian ambassador, awoke President Poincare to see if Francewas indeed going to support Russia. Despite the clearly written answer in the militaryalliance between the two countries, the Russian government was concerned that theFrench Parliament would not honor the alliance. At nine the Cabinet was called and theyagreed to honor the alliance. But, at this point in England, whether or not Britain wasgoing to become part of the war was still undecided. The only thing that kept them from joining the war was the violation of Belgium by Germany. When Belgium learned of the Germany’s intents, Belgium was mobilized by July31. But, they did not act in their own defense until it was absolutely necessary in order tokeep their promise of neutrality. On the 1st August, they received notice that France hadresponded to England about upholding Belgium’s neutrality but Germany had not. Thenext day, Belgium heard abut the German invasion of Luxembourg, and M. Davingon,the Foreign Minister commanded that Germany tell him what they were about to do. Soon after he received his answer from Herr van Below, sent the ultimatum to theBelgian government. This ultimatum tried to force an invasion onto Belgium byproposing that Germany will fix all the buildings, etc., that their army would destroy andleave as soon as they could. King Albert realized that there was no question and thatBelgium must fight Germany no matter what, then he gave an order to destroy all of therailroads and bridges in Belgium. About this time, Britain still did not know what theyshould do. They had heard about the ultimatum from Germany unto Belgium, and on ...
