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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 49
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C L M M A N Y QfcCOMES A W O R L O P O W t R , The Unification of G e r m a n y , i l l T!w hopel. 1 hu'lneiont > II. 1M4-1S7*. » atlon: a union of princes, not of states. . i rhe rlvnlr) within the Confederation of Prussia and Austria, both rlaimink' load «rshlp. (it |H Important to note that the aspirations Germany tremendous fore* unusual abilities and ruthless methods (blood and Iron); opposed to democracy and popular control of government; ambitious to remodel the Confederation and secure the leader ship for autocratic Prussia. h The moans: tho Prussian army; aggressive warfare. (1) 1864, The German states attack Denmark and deprive the Danes of R hleswig-Holstein. < 12) 186ft, Prussia and Austria quarrel over the spoils; the Seven Weeks' War; Prussia is victorious and annexes Schleswig-Hol stein, also several German states—4,500,000 new subjects; organ* laea North German Confederation (1867). Not* I these wars secured for Prussia the important naval statl Kiel and the future site of the Kiel Canal. Franco-Prussian War; results: (3) 1870-1871, July to January. first nower in Continental Eu rope; becomes a republic. (b) The South German states join the North German Confederation to form the German Empire. te) In the treaty of Frankfort the Germans take Alsace and Lorraine and exact an indemnity of $1,000,000,000; the Rhine becomes a German river; the boundary is pushed to the Vosges. (d) The problem of Alsace-Lorraine dates from this treaty; it is kept alive and vigorous by Prussian efforts at Germaniaation. Note the importance of the iron fields of Lorraine; interesting parallels may also be drawn between the plans of campaign of 1870 and 1914. c. The result: the new German Empire. (1) The most populous state in Europe excepting Russia; highly centralised iu government—organised for efficiency rather than to secure civil rights; had developed the most efficient educational system in Europe from this point of view. (2) Militaristic: had the most efficient army in Europe; the Germans had grea faith in the Prussian army—it had been victorious in three wars and had brought territorial increase and indemnity. (3) Aut attCJ Prussia controlled* and Prussia was ruled according to the ideas of Bismarck. irii The first po* on the Continent: on terms of friendship with Russia . Austria (league of the three Caesars, 1872-1878). The government of Germany. German Confeder a. Prussia controls; has 2:?6 O 397 members in the Reichstag (lower f house); is able to veto important measures in the Hundesrath (upper 7 L,%
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