CHAPTER IV

THE BALANCE OF POWER

Security required that we should take account of Europe 241 German aim--the suzerainty of Western Europe 243 Maintenance of the _Balance of Power_ 244 This is the unalterable condition of British security 245 This need produced the Triple Entente 247 Splendid isolation no longer compatible with security 249 Meaning of a defensive war 249 Defence of north-eastern frontier of France essential to British security 250