Modern European history . declines accede to this view, stating that such a war would notto cooper- be one of defense on the part of Austria as no one wasthinking of attacking her. The treaty of Triple Alliancerequired its members to aid each other only in the case of a defensivewar forced upon a colleague. Austria, then, planned war upon Serviain August, 1913. Whether she was restrained by the knowledge thatItaly would not support her or by other considerations is a matter forconjecture. Prince von Biilow, who for nine years had been Chancellor of Ger-many, has declared that the collapse of T
Modern European history . declines accede to this view, stating that such a war would notto cooper- be one of defense on the part of Austria as no one wasthinking of attacking her. The treaty of Triple Alliancerequired its members to aid each other only in the case of a defensivewar forced upon a colleague. Austria, then, planned war upon Serviain August, 1913. Whether she was restrained by the knowledge thatItaly would not support her or by other considerations is a matter forconjecture. Prince von Biilow, who for nine years had been Chancellor of Ger-many, has declared that the collapse of Turkey was a blow to ^^ ^^^s on this ground that in 1913 new army and tasa- increases her tion bills, extraordinarily increasing Germanys prepared-*™^ ness for war, were carried through. This inevitably led to similar, though not to as sweeping, legislation in France. Austria and Germany, therefore, were far from pleased at the out-come of events in the Balkans, and the former, a great European state 608.
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