20 JANUARY 1917, Page 2

In addition to the Note from the whole of the

Allies, there is a Belgian Note in which, while endorsing the full Reply, the-Belgian Government express their special gratitude to the Government of the United States for their generous services to the unfortunate population of Belgium under invasion, and for the keen sympathy extended on all occasions by the American nation towards Belgium, on account of the singular position of that country, which was obliged to go to war by the violation of its neutrality.