CHAPTER III

WHO WANTED WAR?

Why did war occur? 22 Servia did not want war 22 Neither did Russia or France 23 Nor Belgium or England 25 Austria wanted war with Servia alone 26 Germany encouraged Austria to bring on war 29 Germany desired war believing that England would remain neutral 29 Austrian eleventh-hour efforts for peace frustrated by Germany 30 Sir Edward Grey's miscalculation 31 M. Sazonof thought war could have been avoided by plain speaking 32 Sir Edward Grey's reasons against plain speaking 33 Which was right? 34