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for Foreign Affairs to the French Ambassador in theforenoon of July 29 th , concerning the refusal which hewas going to give to the German Ambassador.

5. The persons responsible for the policy of England werefrom the outset tied by the "Entente" with France, and, if they had not already previously resolved to doso, they were determined to take part in the war underany circumstances, if France became involved.

6. The persons directing the British policy saw moreoverclearly that a war on the Servian question wouldnever be sanctioned by public opinion in England. Thatis why they concentrated their efforts upon finding apretext palatable to English public opinion. This pretextwas found in the "violation" of Belgian neutrality, whichneutrality had been compromised by Belgium herself,and the respect of which in the case of emergencywas not intended by the British General Staff (accordingto the own declarations of the English Military Attachéat Brussels).

7. To what extent the violation of Belgian neutrality throughGermany was but a mere pretext for the British Cabinet,is evidenced by the fact that, previous to the English ultimatum to Germany on account of Belgium, the Secretaryof State for Foreign Affairs had made the formal statementto the French Ambassador that England would regard apassage of the Channel or of the North Sea by theGerman fleet as "casus belli".

On the strength of these indisputable facts, whichare confirmed by the official publications of the TripleEntente Governments themselves, the statement that itwas Germany that has wanted, and caused, the war willdisappear before the verdict of History. Russia is theincendiary, France and England proved to be theaccomplices.

It would far exceed the frame of this sketch were we toexamine all the primary causes of the disastrous events and actions