# A scrap of paper

Author: Dillon, Emile Joseph, 1855-1933

Genre: Category: History - European

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/72164

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+scrap+of+paper+Dillon&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

“Just for a word--neutrality, a word which in war-time had so often been disregarded--just for a scrap of paper Great Britain was going to make war.” Such was the significant comment of the German Chancellor on Great Britain’s determination to uphold the neutrality of Belgium. A scrap of paper! This phrase, applied to a binding treaty, is destined to stick like a Nessus’ shirt to the memory of its author, his imperial inspirer, and their country until such time as the militarism which originated it has been consumed without residue. It is a Satanic sneer hurled with fell purpose into a world of civilized human beings. No such powerful dissolvent of organized society has been devised since...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-scrap-of-paper-72164/chapters/6/index.md)