Maxusmaxus quoted from out of contet german memors, which actually show the germans were worried. Russia has recovered from the russo japanese war, and what the germans are worried about is the strategic situation is slipping away from them. That's what they're concerned about, not mounting a war of offence. They see it as a war of defence. So i think we are dealing here, if you go to 19 14, dealing with sensible men who did not see this bogy man that has been conjured up for us to night in defence of an untenable position. And over this id, frankly, frankly, the house of commons had been