This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...was wholly justified, because it brought about the realization of his dreams. The German Empire was proclaimed at Versailles, and a new and unknown power appeared in the councils of Europe. Sidney Whitman, in an article entitled, "England and Germany," which appeared in Harper's Magazine, April, 1898, says, "A ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ...was wholly justified, because it brought about the realization of his dreams. The German Empire was proclaimed at Versailles, and a new and unknown power appeared in the councils of Europe. Sidney Whitman, in an article entitled, "England and Germany," which appeared in Harper's Magazine, April, 1898, says, "A great English statesman would either have prevented the unification of Germany or have loyally welcomed it as a guarantee of the peace of Europe." Unfortunately, at the time, England did neither, but adopted a policy of strict neutrality. The Germans could not then, and have never since, understood why English statesmen did not grasp the necessity of a united Germany, when it had so readily accepted a like necessity in the case of Italy. Invaluable assistance was granted to Cavour and Garibaldi, why not to von Moltke and Bismarck? Europe in 1871 was very different from the Europe of twenty years previous. France had been pushed back from the front rank of Continental powers and shorn of two of her most fertile provinces on the ground that Louis XIV had stolen these same provinces from the affiliations which they had borne for six hundred years and more; the petty principalities of Italy and Central Europe had been formed into ENGLAND AND GERMANY 16 unified states as the Kingdom of Italy and the Ger--man Empire; and Austria had become the Dual Em.--pire, Austria-Hungary. Only Great Britain and Rus--sia remained unchanged. This was an era of great colonial expansion in different parts of the globe, and among European nations the German Empire alone made no attempt to acquire colonies. Bismarck, who controlled German policy, was occupied in preventing-France from securing allies who would help her to recover the lost provinces. For this...
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