Documents - Germany in International Affairs

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1.	Terminating the Reinsurance Treaty with Russia (1890) The Reinsurance Treaty, a secret treaty between Russia and Germany signed in 1887, was an....
2.	Bernhard von Bülow's "Dynamic" Foreign Policy (December 11, 1899) Bernhard von Bülow (1849-1929) was Reich chancellor from 1900 to 1909. In this speech before the Reichstag,....
3.	Perceptions of German Foreign Policy in England (January 1, 1907) The following document, a memorandum from Eyre Crowe (1864-1925) of the British Foreign Office, draws attention to the tensions between Germany and Great Britain that resulted from Germany’s 1897....
4.	Alfred von Kiderlen-Wächter on his Foreign Policy Goals (1911) Germany used a diplomatic dispute with France over the status of Morocco to force concessions from France in the Congo. German diplomats such as Alfred von Kiderlen-Wächter, who was foreign minister....
5.	Another View of Things: Rosa Luxemburg (1913) In this speech delivered in Leipzig, Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) speaks of the consequences of European imperialism not....
6.	Anglo-German Treaty [Heligoland-Zanzibar Treaty] (July 1, 1890) This treaty temporarily settled colonial disputes between Germany and Great Britain. It recognized Tanganyika as a German colony; in return, the Germans abstained from further encroaching into British....
7.	Bernhard von Bülow on Germany's "Place in the Sun" (1897) Bernhard von Bülow (1849-1929), who served as Reich chancellor from 1900 to 1909, gave his famous speech....
8.	An "Unequal Treaty": Lease Agreement between China and the German Empire (March 6, 1898) German colonial ambitions eventually extended to East Asia. After occupying Kiaochow Bay, the German....
9.	The Kaiser on Southwest Africa: Reichstag Speech by Wilhelm II (November 28, 1905) In January 1904, a revolt by native Africans began against German colonial rule in Southwest Africa (Namibia). The revolt was led by a Herero tribe, which overran several settlements, killing over....
10.	Rosa Luxemburg, "Does Germany Need Colonies?" (1899) With the help of trade statistics, Rosa Luxemburg (1871-1919) simply asks whether acquiring German colonies was really....
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