might have arisen which would not necessarily have resultedin the hegemony of one single State, but in which every Powermight have had equal chances.

In the choice between the preservation of the Triple Ententeand the world's peace, the leading English and French statesmen,being already suspicious and prejudiced, have sacrified the world'speace to the Entente under pressure of warlike cliques, and havecarried away the greater part of the public opinion of theircountries by invoking the sanctity of written and unwritten treaties.

It will be the task of historians to unfold the veil.

Uebhell & Thleten, Berlin C. 10.