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Identifier: literarydigesthi01hals (find matches)
Title: The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting), 1851-1919, comp
Subjects: World War, 1914-1918
Publisher: New York, London, Funk & Wagnalls Company
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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n building upa Realpolitik—that is to say, a; policy of dealing with concreteconditions as they are, as opposed to the following of ideals.But in the minds of many it meant the justification of what-ever succeeded. Since Bismarck has succeeded in trampling theconstitution under foot, the German people naturally came tofeel that the same procedure might apply to the law bindingnations in their relations to one another. Any statesman mightviolate any provision, however sacred, provided he could carryit through. Refusal to cooperate with her sister States, amongwhom was her ally, Italy, must, I believe, place upon Germanythe first, and by far the heaviest, responsibility for the war. Elsewhere in his book Professor Stowell makes a distinc-tion as to Germanys full responsibility. I do not wish tobe misunderstood, he says, as thinking that Germanyreally wished for war; but by her conduct she gave evidence 104 ii»iililliilliiliBi»^^ iiiiiiilBiii iiiiillM^^ iiiiliiiiiM^^^^^^^ *iiBill;l:i
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WILLIAM II OF GERMANY.The former Emperor, in his naval uniform CAUSES OF THE GREATER CONFLICT that she intended to back up her ally to secure a diplomatictriumph and the subjugation of her neighbor, which wouldgreatly have strengthened Teutonic influence in the Balkans.She risked the peace of Europe in a campaign after pres-tige. It was this diplomacy that immediately preceded thewar that convinced Professor Stowell of the extent to whichthe great Central Powers became the immediate aggressors.That these Powers forced the war, most neutrals came tobelieve; that Germany might have prevented it, bj^ acceptingGreat Britains proposal for a conference of the Powers,was also believed. Germany and Austria to all appearanceshad determined to overthrow the settlement of the Balkanwars as made in the Treaty of Bucharest, and only waitedfor an opportunity to do so with the sword. When Russiamade it plain that she would go to war in Serbias behalf,Austria showed a willingness to recede from the p

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