Download or read book The Origins of the War (Classic Reprint) written by Raymond Poincare and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-07 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Origins of the War On July 28, 1914, Austria-Hungary declared war against Serbia. On August 1, 1914, at the moment when the clocks of Central Europe stood at 5 p.m., Germany declared war against Russia. On Monday, August 3, 1914, at 6.45 in the evening, the German Ambassador in Paris called on M. Rene Viviani, Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs. On this occasion Baron von Schoen did not display that smiling good temper and familiar affability to which even the attendants at the Quai d'Orsay had long been accustomed. He was gloomy, and an emotion that appeared to be sincere distorted his face. He told M. Viviani, although he did not, however, emphasize his statement, that while he had been on his way to the Foreign Office he had been recognized by two ladies, who had jumped on the footboard of his car for the purpose of insulting him. 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.