[15] According to the same sources.
[16] Attention has been called to the fact that the present King and Queen of the Belgians bear the same names: Albert and Elisabeth (Isabella).
[17] This information is given by Ensor, Belgium, pp. 103-4. At about the same time, the Nuncio Bentivoglio, in his famous Della Guerra di Fiandra, calls Belgium the arena militare of Europe.
[18] Mentioned by G. Kurth, Manuel d’histoire de Belgique, 2d ed.
[19] See R. Dollot, Les Origines de la neutralité de la Belgique et le système de la Barrière (1609-1830), Paris, 1902.
[20] The history of the establishment of Belgian independence is well described by Ensor, Belgium, pp. 123 ff., whom we largely follow in the narration of the revolution.
[21] As is well known, the “Brabançonne” became the national anthem.
[22] See Em. Waxweiler, La Belgique neutre et loyale, pp. 45 ff., Paris, Lausanne, 1915; Ch. de Visscher, “The Neutrality of Belgium,” Political Quarterly (1915), pp. 17-40.
[23] Article 10 of the Hague Convention, October 18, 1907.
[24] Article 5 of the Hague Convention.