tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post8220089365680785901..comments2024-03-28T02:42:51.950-07:00Comments on Roads to the Great War: The Fateful Alliance: France and Russia, 1894snielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631473280484584330noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-83298538704799574542017-01-16T21:46:02.672-08:002017-01-16T21:46:02.672-08:00Why didn't Germany lend the money to Russia in...Why didn't Germany lend the money to Russia instead of allowing the French to do so? Kaiser Wilhelm complained for years after the war that his perfidious Uncle Bertie, the United Kingdom's Edward VII, had planned all along to encircle Germany with enemies so that he would lose the coming war between the great European powers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06569175249488616541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2769870738847154628.post-85318097475518909032017-01-16T10:54:44.372-08:002017-01-16T10:54:44.372-08:00Guess I need the book, but what was the point of t...Guess I need the book, but what was the point of the agreement being secret? Wouldn't France and Russia have wanted Germany to know what would happen if it attacked either country? <br /><br />Of course, why would Kaiser Bill incentivize Russia to seek friends elsewhere?Dan Turnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07306768633773158636noreply@blogger.com