Repository: UIHistories Project: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 25 [PAGE 22]

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As I have already said, another claim of the Germ fense of their program of expansion was that RussU* * **' menace to her. Slav barbarism threatens to overwhel^ * they said. Our ignorance of real conditions in Russia m V - ' easy for us to believe this. But the claim could be shown ? swT be in large measure untrue. Without, however, entering ' ™ the merits of that question, it is sufficient to point out tnatT this point as on others the German statements were inconsi^ tent. While nrofessine- a fear nf SI stantly expressed contempt for Russia's military strength They had no reason to fear her if they were not afraid of her army another program

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