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Sign up Log in. Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. Metropolitan Museum Cleveland Museum of Art. Internet Arcade Console Living Room. Open Library American Libraries. Search the Wayback Machine Search icon An illustration of a magnifying glass. Sign up for free Log in. The Defense of Liege 3 II. The Plans Revealed 12 I. Of Certain Uncertainties β II. The Advance in Lorraine β IV. The Fall of Namur β V. England's Part III. The Terror, from Aerschot to Louvain The "Sacred Union" 61 V.
Behind the Screen 85 VII. The Retreat to the Marne IX. Paris prepares for the Worst X. The Battle of the Marne I. The Strategic Ideaβ II. The Turning-point XIV. The " Race for the Sea "βII. The Battle of Ypresβ IV. Under Fire in Rheims. The Government returns XXX.
War as It Is. The Farm of Quennevi6res β IV. Several times of late, the same States had narrowly escaped this calamity; and, in the teeth of a growing desire for settled peace, the preparations for war on land and sea were everywhere stead- ily increased. These increases of armament as in the Anglo- German naval rivalry, and the German and French return to three-years army service were always dangerous, not only as direct threats, but, indirectly, as alterations of the balance of means to ends other than national defense, the most important of which ends were the acquirement of 1 foreign possessions, 2 spheres of special or exclusive eco- nomic interest, 3 political predominance, either in Europe generally, or in particular areas.
