Excerpt from The Development of the European Nations, 1870-1900, Vol. 2 of 2 Still more important was it to bring about complete ac cord between the three Empires. Here again the red spectre proved to be useful. Various signs seemed to point to socialism as the common enemy Of them all. The doctrines Of Bakunin, Herzen, and Lassalle had already begun to work threateningly in their midst, and Bismarck discreetly used this communitv Of interest in one particular to bring about an agreement on matters purely political. In the month of September, 1872, he realised one Of his dearest hopes. The Czar, Alexander II., and the Austrian Emperor, Francis joseph, visited Berlin, where they were most cordially received. At that city the Chancellors of the three Empires exchanged official memoranda - there seems to have been no formal treaty 1 - whereby they agreed to work together for the following purposes: the maintenance of the boundaries recently laid down, the settlement Of problems arising from the Eastern Question, and the repression of revolutionary movements in Europe. 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.