CHAPTER VI

GERMAN MISCALCULATIONS

Hero-worship and sham super-men 53 The Blunders of Bureaucracy 55 As to the time-table of the war 55 As to the quality of the French Army 55 As to the opinion of the world 56 As to the treatment of Belgium 57 As to British neutrality 58 As to the prevalence of Pacifism in England 59 As to Civil War in Ireland 62 As to rebellion in South Africa 64 As to Indian sedition 65 As to the spirit of the self-governing Dominions 67 Lack of instinct and its consequences 67