Note 629 — Chapter XII

That Holstein wished to turn loose a Kriegsfanfare, as Hammann later asserted, seems unlikely, for German policy at that time was not bellicose. But Holstein did propose to exert great pressure by vigorous words and threats, and his program might very likely have had the result which Hammann foresaw. On this controversy between the two men see Hammann, Bilder aus der letzten Kaiserzeit, pp. 35 f.; Otto Hammann, Der neue Kurs. Erinnerungen (Berlin, 1918), pp. 104 ff.; Hammann, Zur Vorgeschichte des Weltkrieges, pp. 210 f.; memo. by Holstein, April 3, 1905, G.P., XX, 297 ff., No. 6597; memo. by Hammann, April 3, 1905, ibid., 300 f., No. 6598; memo. by Holstein, April 7, 1905, ibid., 308 f., No. 6606; memo. by Hammann, April 7, 1905, ibid., 309 f., No. 6607.