German Diplomatic Documents 1871-1914 Volume 3

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Original Review of German Diplomatic Documents 1871-1914 Volume 3:

'The third volume of Mr Dugdale's translation...covers the period when Europe crystallised into two opposing groups of powers... The Kaiser and his advisers were unpleasantly disillusioned by the rapidity with which the Entente Cordiale was conceived and born...Chagrined that the lover [Great Britain] whose advances [for an alliance] Germany had spurned had dared to woo another, the Kaiser's mischief-making now redoubled. [The Kaiser and his advisers] feared to be thought unworthy custodians of the national dignity. As the volume closes they are slipping fast towards the abyss that is soon to engulf them.The Daily Telegraph April 1 1930

'...the documents are vastly entertaining and offer the means of checking up the justness of public opinion. It is inevitable that Germany will demand a reconsideration of the guilt of the Kaiser and nation in bringing about the World War as charged in the Treaty of Versailles...Of the documents which the Republican Reich decreed should see the tardy light of day, Mr Dugdale makes judicious and unprejudiced use...the comments of the alert, indefatigable Kaiser lend periodic emphasis and piquancy to the diplomatic correspondence.New York Times November 9 1930

'The selection has been very judiciously made, the documents chosen are all of real importance, they are linked together by admirable brief editorial notes, and, taken together, present a very fair picture of the evolution of the European states system.' New York Herald Tribune January 1931

'The third volume of the series covers a wide field in which the chief interest for South Africa lies..in the acquisition of Damaraland by the German Empire..' Cape Times