. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. i8 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR. King Albert of Belgiumpromptly appealed toEngland, Russia andFrance for aid in repel-ling the invader. Eng-land sent an ultimatumto Germany demandingassurance that the neu-trality of Belgium wouldbe respected. As no re-ply was made by Ger-many, England imme-diately declared war. With the entranceof England into the con-flict, the issue betweenautocracy and democ-THE MASTERS OF CENTRAL EUROPE rac
. Illinois in the World War; an illustrated record prepared with the coöperation and under the direction of the leaders in the state's military and civilian organizations. i8 ILLINOIS IN THE WORLD WAR. King Albert of Belgiumpromptly appealed toEngland, Russia andFrance for aid in repel-ling the invader. Eng-land sent an ultimatumto Germany demandingassurance that the neu-trality of Belgium wouldbe respected. As no re-ply was made by Ger-many, England imme-diately declared war. With the entranceof England into the con-flict, the issue betweenautocracy and democ-THE MASTERS OF CENTRAL EUROPE racy was made plain be- The Kaiser, Ludendorf, Hindenburg and the Crown Prince. f^j.^ ^-^e people of the world. Austria joined with Germany. France and Japan, bound by treatyobligations, joined England and Russia. Italy refused to join its allies, Ger-many and Austria, for the reason that they were not waging a defensive war,and for a time remained neutral. In the brief space available, it is impossible in this summary to presentmore than a brief review of the great events which followed the march of theGerman hordes into Belgium. The heroic armies of that gallant nation,hastily gathered to-gether
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