The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . 96 THE OUTBREAK AND THECAUSES Part II CAUSES OF THE GREATER CONFLICTNEAR AND REMOTE 97. 98 I THE FORCING OF A LOCAL INTO A WOELD WAR The Disclosures of Lichnowsky, Muehlon, and Others—The Potsdam Conference 1912—1914 REMARKING that individuals generally, and nationsalways, act from mixed motives, a writer in The Outlookundertook to set forth the motive that lay behind the GreatPowers in the conversation of a local into a World War. Themotive of Austria,
The Literary digest history of the world war, compiled from original and contemporary sources: American, British, French, German, and others . 96 THE OUTBREAK AND THECAUSES Part II CAUSES OF THE GREATER CONFLICTNEAR AND REMOTE 97. 98 I THE FORCING OF A LOCAL INTO A WOELD WAR The Disclosures of Lichnowsky, Muehlon, and Others—The Potsdam Conference 1912—1914 REMARKING that individuals generally, and nationsalways, act from mixed motives, a writer in The Outlookundertook to set forth the motive that lay behind the GreatPowers in the conversation of a local into a World War. Themotive of Austria, he said, was partly an indignant re-solve to punish Serbia for a supposed conspiracy leadingto the assassination of the Austrian Crown Prince; partlyan ambition to annex Serbia to the Austrian Empire, asBosnia and Herzegovina had been previously annexed;partly a desire to secure a port on the ^gean Sea for thedevelopment of Austrian commerce/ The motive of Serbiawas to preserve her national existence and perhaps to addto her national power and prestige by annexing Bosnia andHerzegovina. The motive of Russia was partly to pro-tect her kin in the Balkan States from the Austrians; partlyto secure for herself, if any part
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