"White Book" placed by the German Government before the Reichstag and
the "Orange Book" published by Russia.


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[Illustration: STATE COUNCILLOR SAZONOF
Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs.
(_Photo (C) by American Press Assn._)]




I.

THE RUSSIAN MOBILIZATION.


In a public speech, delivered Sept. 19, the Secretary of the Treasury,
Mr. Lloyd George, according to the report of The Westminster Gazette,
which may be considered as his organ, characterized the quarrel between
Germany and Russia in the picturesque manner which this statesman
prefers, as follows:

GERMANY--I insist that you stand aside with crossed arms while
Austria strangles your little brother, (Servia.)

RUSSIA--Just you touch this little fellow and I will tear
your ramshackle empire limb from limb.