General von Bernhardi fully realizes that Germany's position on land is also full of danger. Hemmed between France and Russia, she can count only on the help of Austria, whose unquestioned loyalty as an ally is fatally weakened by the large Slavic element in her poptilation. Nevertheless, there be no flinching, Since the struggle is, as appears on a thorough investigation of the international question, necessary and inevitable, we must fight it out, cost what it may be."
Revolution in India and Egypt.
"The main issue for England is to annihilate our navy and oversea commerce, in order to prevent any further expansion of our power. But it is not her interest to destroy our position as a Continental Power, or to help France to attain the supremacy in Europe. England's interests demand a certain equilibrim between the Continental States. England only wishes to use France in order, with her own help, to attain her own special ends, but q|she will never impose on herself sacrifices which are not absolutely necessary, for the private advantage: of her ally. These principles will characterize her plan of a campaign, if she sees herself compelled by the political ion and the interests of her naval supremacy to take part in a war against us.
"If England, as must be regarded probable, determines sooner or later on this step, it is clearly to her advantage to win a rapid victory. In the first place her own trade will not be injured longer than necessary by the war; in the second place, the centrifugal forces of her loosely compacted world empire might be set in movement, and the colonies might consult their own separate interests should England have her hands tied by a great war. It is not unlikely that revolutions might break out in India and Egypt if England's forces were long occupied with a European war."
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