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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 15
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. < rHE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE (;RKAT WAR. In the summer of 1914, when the Great War suddenly broke upon Europe, there was much perplexity and confusion of thought among " servers. Signs of a coming test of strength had been plentiful, b u t t h ; far they —— ,proved false: diplomatic "crises" had been „ had successfully handled; sabers had ra "stormclouds" had failed to break, warning the most malignant forces of civili war was a fact. that inevitably" have led to war. Armed conflicts usually come when iatesmen, diplomats, and the controlling classes lack wisdom in dealing ith real crises or when the ruling elements actually desire war. Justice times was Central Europe. Neutral observers were soon August of that year a crime had been committed—the greatest crime in all the ages. criminal thev received the belligerent parties; all tried to load the responsibility for the war on the backs of their opponents. Soon after the outbreak, Count Andrassy, an eminent Hungarian statesman, in a book entitled "Whose Sin is the World War," placed the blame on Russia; England and France were responsible in a lesser degree. The Germans, however, were unwilling to accept Andrassy's dictum; they regarded England as the chief criminal and called fervently on the Almighty to join in punishing that wicked state. England in her turn found the responsibility in Berlin upon the Kaiser as the symbol of Prussian power and perfid come be powers, England or Germany. And, as the war developed, a constantly growing number came to feel that the guilt must be charged to the German government. It may, therefore, be worth while to review a few <i
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