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The Vampire of the Continent

The Vampire of the Continent

Reventlow, Ernst

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General World History

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ISBN10: 1150633638
ISBN13: 9781150633638
Publisher: General Books
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.26
Height: 0.12 Width: 7.44 Depth: 9.69
Language: English
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 Excerpt: ... CHAPTER XIV THE CATASTROPHE IS MORE CAREFULLY PREPARED 1909-1914 The good Germans breathed more freely, and rejoiced at the political detente. Their astonishment was all the greater when, at the end of 1908 and the beginning of 1909, a terrible cry arose at the other side of the North Sea about an appalling German peril. It was stated that the fleet of German Dreadnoughts was in a fair way to out-rivalling that of Great Britain. The cunning tricks of the German Government, and especially of Admiral von Tirpitz, had succeeded in secretly hastening the construction of the German navy. We have already mentioned, in a previous chapter, how skilfully the British Government made use of these lies for the purpose of hoodwinking the Colonies and the United States. The whole story was a falsehood from beginning to end, for there could be no question of the construction of the German fleet being secretly hastened ; and the British Government knew this perfectly well. The German Government furnished, through its diplomatic representatives and also publicly through the press, more than enough explanations showing that the pretended English reckonings about the number of German battleships were wholly wrong. In the same year of panic, 1908-09, a conference of the leading maritime nations was held in London, at the invitation of the British Government. The result of this Conference was the publication of the London Declaration concerning Maritime Law, which was subsequently so much commented upon. Its origin was as follows: During the Conference at The Hague in 1907, the leaHing maritime nations had declared themselves in agreement with the German proposal to institute a permanent international Court of Prizes. It was intended to convert the latter, in future ma...

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