England´s Arch-Enemy
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Excerpt from England´s Arch-Enemy: A Collection of Essays Forming an Indictment of German Policy During the Last Sixteen Years In two articles published in the Contemporary Review in the year 1898, I denounced the German Emperor as "our arch-opponent" and "the arch-enemy of England." In a long succession of articles published in several other Review´s and magazines from that period down to the present day, I have done my best in exposing each German move on the political chessboard, and in calling attention to the fact that Germany´s one aim throughout was to oust England from her command of the sea and thus dispossess her of some of her colonies and dependencies. I do not think that any other public writer has tracked for so many years or with the same persistency the development of German policy, and the task was not easy and met with slight encouragement. The most friendly and considerate editor looked askance at what he termed the alarmist article, and many of these essays had adventures and wanderings before they found their haven in the accepted list for publication. But the most obstinate and deep-rooted prejudice I encountered was the general and widespread belief, diligently promoted by the most influential Germans resident among us, in the personal friendship of the Emperor William and in his pacific disposition. From many highly placed persons the following criticism often reached me: - "We daresay you may be right about the drift of German policy, but you are quite wrong about the German Emperor, as he is our friend and has no thought of war with us. We know this on the best authority." These authorities were generally the Cabinet Ministers, who trusted blindly to the pacific assurances of the potential enemy, and who never gave a thought to providing for the safety of their country. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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