It perhaps
is still thinking of the quarrel between Austria and Servia, and not the
complications of this matter which have grown out of the quarrel between
Austria and Servia. Russia and Germany we know are at war. We do not yet
know officially that Austria, the ally whom Germany is to support, is
yet at war with Russia. We know that a good deal has been happening on
the French frontier. We do not know that the German Ambassador has left
Paris.
The situation has developed so rapidly that technically, as regards the
condition of the war, it is most difficult to describe what has actually
happened. I wanted to bring out the underlying issues which would affect
our own conduct, and our own policy, and to put them clearly. I have now
put the vital facts before the House, and if, as seems not improbable,
we are forced, and rapidly forced, to take our stand upon those issues,
then I believe, when the country realizes what is at stake, what the
real issues are, the magnitude of the impending dangers in the west of
Europe, which I have endeavored to describe to the House, we shall be
supported throughout, not only by the House of Commons, but by the
determination, the resolution, the courage, and the endurance of the
whole country.
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