ABSTRACT
Europe during ten years of preceding the World War I, was a period in which the Entente between France, Russia, and England was formed and consolidated, over against the existing Triple Alliance between Germany, Austria, and Italy. Neither of these combinations is in its origin and purpose aggressive. It is impossible in the European anarchy that any arrangements made between any states that do not arouse suspicion with others. The policy of the Entente did, on a number of occasions, come into collision with that of Germany. The arming and counter-arming is continuous. The accession of Great Britain to what became known as the "Triple Entente" is determined by the treaty of 1904 with France, whereby France abandoned its opposition to the British occupation of Egypt in return for a free hand in Morocco, and by the treaty of 1907 with Russia, whereby the two powers regulates their relations in Persia, Afghanistan, and Thibet.
