ABSTRACT
The Anglo-Russian Agreement was signed on 18/31 August 1907. The repercussions of the Anglo-Russian agreement belong to the general history of Europe in the seven years between 1907 and 1914. The effect of the new grouping of the Powers upon the problem of Anglo-German naval rivalry was extremely serious. German diplomatists, politicians, and writers were unable to see in the action of the Liberal Government at The Hague Conference anything more than a hypocritical attempt to secure British naval predominance without additional cost to the British taxpayer. The Foreign Office memorandum pointed out that the German press often used the British navy as an illustration of the need for increasing the German navy. The supplementary law had an important effect upon the strength of the German navy in modem ships. The ill-timed assurances of the German Emperor carried even less conviction when British public opinion turned to the question of the relative rate of building ships in England and Germany.
