HIS103Y1 Lecture : Origins WW1.doc
Document Summary
The neue kurs new course for foreign and domestic policy. Caprivi focus on germany"s connections with her allies and pro-gb. 1890 bois assured by r that if g attacks f. Count on r 1981 agreement to preserve bop. Congo affair 1894 in may g wanted to improve relations with potential enemies. B concluded treaty with belgium by providing exchanges of territory so f access upper nile and b control from cape to cairo strip. G complains that b controls g east africa and congo. G join f in protest = humiliation of cancelling treaty. B mad and vienna and rome in despair. Tension berlin and lord rosebery (prog) question of upper nile. Freie hand bulow keep g out of commitment to other states. Weltpolitik world policy expand and create large navy. 1897 kaiser places bulow as fm and tirpitz as head of navy. Navy intended for north sea colonial empire.
