One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; . M *i$L »>^IS^ ? 1 : . ? >*. UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE GREAT WAR 45 WHY RUSSIA ENTERED THE FIELD In this survey of the causes of the great war under considera-tion the position of Russia comes next. That country was thefirst to follow Austria and begin the threatening work of mobiliza-tion. Germanys first open participation consisted in a warningto Russia that this work must cease. Only when her warningwas disregarded did Germany begin mobilization and declare this was the work of
One hundred years of conflict between the nations of Europe, the causes and issues of the great war; . M *i$L »>^IS^ ? 1 : . ? >*. UNDERLYING CAUSES OF THE GREAT WAR 45 WHY RUSSIA ENTERED THE FIELD In this survey of the causes of the great war under considera-tion the position of Russia comes next. That country was thefirst to follow Austria and begin the threatening work of mobiliza-tion. Germanys first open participation consisted in a warningto Russia that this work must cease. Only when her warningwas disregarded did Germany begin mobilization and declare this was the work of a very few days, but in this era of activemilitary preparedness it needs only days, only hours in someinstances, to change from a state of peace into a state of war andhurl great armed hosts against the borders of hostile nations. The general impression was that it was the Slavic race senti-ment that inspired Russias quick action. Servia, a country ofSlavs, brothers in race to a large section of the people of Russia,was threatened with national annihilation and her great kinsmansprang to her rescue, determined that she should not
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