The essential part of this justification is contained in the
"Correspondence Concerning the European Crisis," placed before the
British Parliament shortly after the start of the war, which is known as
the British "White Paper." In amplification are to be considered the
"White Book" placed by the German Government before the Reichstag and
the "Orange Book" published by Russia.
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[Illustration: STATE COUNCILLOR SAZONOF
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(_Photo (C) by American Press Assn._)]
I.
THE RUSSIAN MOBILIZATION.
In a public speech, delivered Sept. 19, the Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr. Lloyd George, according to the report of The Westminster Gazette,
which may be considered as his organ, characterized the quarrel between
Germany and Russia in the picturesque manner which this statesman
prefers, as follows:
GERMANY--I insist that you stand aside with crossed arms while
Austria strangles your little brother, (Servia.)
RUSSIA--Just you touch this little fellow and I will tear
your ramshackle empire limb from limb.
We will not waste words in considering the flippant form here used in a
discussion of an unspeakably bloody and world-historic conflict.
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