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[b]The Foreign Office of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,[/b][/center]

It is for reason of the sovereignty of the Kingdom of the Netherlands being disrespected, defied and impressed upon by the authorities of the Ottoman Empire, that the Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby ends all diplomatic contact with the Ottoman Empire and announces itself to be in a state of open hostilities with all bodies of the Ottoman government. The pompous and unreceptive nature in which Sultan Abdülmecid has conducted his affairs has made war inevitable.

The Kingdom of the Netherlands hereby issues a declaration of war against the Ottoman Empire.