Brazil declares neutrality 1914

Order that completele neutrality be observed during the war between the German Empire on the French Republic and the Empire of Russia.

Decree Number 11.038 of August 4, 1914

The President of the Republic of the United States of Brazil: The Federal Government having received official notification from the Government of the German Empire that it finds itself in a state of war on the French Republic and the Empire of Russia. Resolved, That there be faithfully and rigorously observed and carried out by the Brazilian authorities the rules of neutrality set forth in the circular which accompanied the decree number 11.037, of the 4th of the current month and year, as long as said the state of war shall last.

Rio de Janeiro, August 4, 1914, 93rd of the independence and 26th of the Republic.