Note 616 — Chapter XII

Journal officiel. Debats parlem. (Chambre, April 19, 1905), pp. 1543 ff. Cf. Bertie’s estimate on April 25: “The general feeling in Paris is that the chief object which the German Emperor has had in view in his recent proceedings is to show to the French people that an understanding with England is of little value to them and that they had much better come to an agreement with Germany. To this end ‘il fait la guerre à l’Angleterre sur le dos de la France’ and the French Public realizing that the Emperor’s wrath is against England for enabling France to carry out her Morocco policy and not against France for taking advantage of her agreement with England feel that if they keep their heads nothing really serious will come of His Majesty’s ill temper which they believe is not entirely shared by the German Government and still less so by the German people” (Bertie to Lansdowne, April 25, 1905, B.D., III, 75, No. 93).