"It is a crime that Russia has forced war upon us while we are still mediating between Vienna and Petersburg, and a Franco-Russia war against Germany is enough of a disaster. ... This war turns into an unlimited world catastrophe only through England's participation. It was in London's hands to curb French revanchism and pan-Slav chauvinism. Whitehall has not done so, but rather repeatedly egged them on. Now England actively helps them. Germany, the Emperor, and the government are peace-loving. That the ambassador knows as well as I do. We enter the war with a clear conscience, but England's responsibility is monumental."
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Remarks to the British Ambassador, Edward Goschen (4 August 1914), quoted in Konrad H. Jarauschl, âThe Illusion of Limited War: Chancellor Bethmann Hollweg's Calculated Risk, July 1914â, Central European History, Vol. 2, No. 1 (Mar., 1969), p. 72
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1856 â 1921
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