| Book cover finish | Canvas finish, Hardcover ( rounded spine binding ) |
| Special features | First edition, Insert, Dedicated copy |
| Condition | Acceptable |
| Number of pages | 315 |
| Published date | 1920 |
| Languages | English |
| Size | 13 x 19 x 4 cm |
| Author | Maurice Baring |
| Editor | G. Bell and Sons Ltd. |
CHAPTER I
’ ALSO DOCH ! ’
May - August, 1914.
In May, 1914, I was travelling in Russia with a Russian friend of mine. When we reached Warsaw station, where you not only used to change, but where the railway itself continued on a different gauge, my friend talked of the military and strategical causes of this change of gauge, of further railway changes that were contemplated, and from this the talk veered to the European situation.
We talked of the Entente, of the Balkan situation, of the Russian army, of the German army, of the policy of the German Government, and my friend developed at some length his views on the European situation, and as to what would happen in the immediate future in the Balkans and elsewhere.
At one moment I interrupted him and said : ’ But if you are right in your diagnosis of the situation a European war is inevitable. ’
’ I think there will be a European war, ’ my friend answered, ’ this year. ’ ( ... )
Excerpt from page No. 3.