As it stands now, the
Balkans eliminated for decades to come; Turkey as a potential fighting
stronger today than ever, would and will be used by Germany against
any possible Russian interference; and the Turkish army,
three-quarters of a million strong, in conjunction with the Austrian
armies provides the needed guard against Russia, joining in or making
capital out of any war Germany is likely to enter into in the near
future.
Dr. Armgaard Karl Graves is not known in the Balkans, _but_ among the
gay extravagant army officers of Belgrade, "Count Arthur Zu
Wernigrode" is.
Chapter X. My Mission and Betrayal in England
During 1911 my diplomatic missions piled one upon the other. Of
recent years it was the most tempestuous in European cabinets. The
drama that began with my mission to Monte Carlo and developed through
the swift climaxes of the Moroccan affair, the secret conference
between Germany, Austria and England in the Taunus, that rushed on
through the intrigues that preceded the Balkan War, had now lulled,
gathering its forces perhaps for the final catastrophe, the general
war of all the Powers, which may come this year--or next. To be sure
the terms that the English, German and Austrian ministers had agreed
upon in the Black Forest were now awaiting ratification by their
respective governments. Bear this in mind--"were waiting
ratification"--for it explains the mission that I was called upon to
undertake on November 18, 1911.
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