Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Longitude West fi-oni Greenwich 0 Longitude Eaat from G. e a 0 Origin of the War of igi^ 735 instead of fighting over Manchuria to join together and help eachother penetrate it, and so became friends, England too madeterms with Russia. This seemed almost incredible, for Englandhad long been suspicious of Russian designs upon India, whereit had detected Russian agents causing border uprisings. More-over, the English bitterly hated Russian autocracy, and Lon
Medieval and modern times : an introduction to the history of western Europe form the dissolution of the Roman empire to the present time . Longitude West fi-oni Greenwich 0 Longitude Eaat from G. e a 0 Origin of the War of igi^ 735 instead of fighting over Manchuria to join together and help eachother penetrate it, and so became friends, England too madeterms with Russia. This seemed almost incredible, for Englandhad long been suspicious of Russian designs upon India, whereit had detected Russian agents causing border uprisings. More-over, the English bitterly hated Russian autocracy, and Londonwas a place of refuge for Russian revolutionists. The incredi- Ententeble happened, however. In 1907 England and Russia settledtheir Asian boundary disputes by agreeing to limit their ambitionsin Persia.^ In addition to its alliance with Japan and its entente with The smallFrance and Russia, England had as friends Denmark — resent-ful of Germany since the war of 1864 — and Portugal,^ whileEnglish princesses became queens of Norway and Spain. One great power did not become a member of this circle Germanyof friends — Germany. Although the Kaiser, William II, was thecSeM/M *the nephe
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