Unite For Belgian Defense.

New York Times 100 years ago today, March 1, 1913:
All Parties Asked to Vote Army Increase in View of Possible War.
    BRUSSELS, Feb. 28.— Apprehensions of a possible war between the great European powers appear to exist among the members of the Belgian Cabinet and to be shared also by the leaders of the Opposition parties, who have been taken into the confidence of the Ministry with the object of making the pending increases of the Belgian Army non-partisan in character.
    M. Hymans, the leader of the Liberal Party in the House of Representatives, last night said that, as Belgium, in the event of the outbreak of' war, would become the Battleground of Europe, the country must do its utmost to prepare for its defense.