Postcard of Kaiser Wilhelm II and Kaiser Franz Joseph, in the Secessionist style. Kaiser Wilhelm is wearing the uniform and shako of the Death's Head Hussars.
Völkerkrieg (people's war)1914; In Treue FestPeople's WarFirm in Loyalty
"The lamps are going out all over Europe; we shall not see them lit again in our lifetime."
British Foreign Secretary Grey standing by a window in Whitehall to a colleague as the two looked out at streetlamps being lit in the evening. The afternoon Grey had told the House of Commons that the French fleet had redeployed to the Mediterranean Sea, and that the British Navy was protecting France's Atlantic Coast. He then made the case that British honor and British interests demanded that Britain defend Belgium's neutrality. The next day, Britain delivered an ultimatum that German troops leave Belgium. Tuchman, pp. 140, 141.
The Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman, page 146, copyright © Barbara W. Tuchman 1962, publisher: Dell Publishing Co., Inc., publication date: 1963
Grey, the lamps, lamps, 1914-08-03, August, 1914
