Before going into the difficulties which rendered this way impossible I must briefly point out wherein lay our great dependence upon Germany.

First of all, in military respects.
Again and again we were forced to rely on aid from Germany.

In Roumania, in Italy, in Serbia, and in Russia we were victorious with the Germans beside us.

We were in the position of a poor relation living by the grace of a rich kinsman.

But it is impossible to play the mendicant and the political adviser at the same time, particularly when the other party is a Prussian officer.