Excerpt from German Politics and British Politics After having declared thus clearly and emphatically his policy with regard to the conflicting interests of Austria and Russia, he made the briefest reference to Germany's relations with Italy and England, which he declared were of so friendly a nature that they need not be taken at all into consideration in discussing the military question.' Then Bismarck came to the pith of 'his speech, the relations of Germany and France. It was in these, he said, that the real necessity for the strength ehing of the army lay. He was of opinion, he said, that the historic process - so he called it euphemistically - Which had gone on for 300 years between France and them was not ended and that they must be prepared to see it continued from the French side. They were now in possession of the object of contention (alsace Lorraine). They had no. Reason to fight. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.