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Excerpt from The Edinburgh Review or Critical Journal, Vol. 221: January, 1915 April, 1915 The great war of 1914 forms an exception to the rule. As regards the participation of Great Britain, the occasion was hardly less significant than the deep, long-operating, and fundamental cause. The latter must, of course, be traced to the fixed determination of Kaiserism to challenge the world empire of Great Britain. That subject has, however, been endlessly discussed, and it need not detain us. We are here concerned with the proximate occasion of the war, and as to impartial Opinion that also is agreed. The immediate occa sion is to be found in the cynical disregard displayed by Germany for solemn treaty obligations, and her shameless violation of the neutrality of Belgium. 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.