ABSTRACT
After the Napoleonic Wars, the Industrial Revolution began to take root on the continent of Europe, first in Alsace, northeastern France and Belgium, but in Germany and other countries it can hardly be said to have done so until the 1840's. The causes of the Russo-Japanese War were Russia's eastward expansion, which aimed at absorbing Korea, and the rise of Japanese imperialism. In October 1904, a convention was drawn up between France and Spain for the partition of Morocco, and a copy of it sent to the British Foreign Secretary. According to Sir William Robertson, plans for co-operation with France were discussed between the Director of Military Operations and the French military attaché in London in 1905. From the close of the Franco-Prussian War until his dismissal in March 1890, Bismarck's policy was to stabilize the peace Germany had won, and to assure it he set out to win the friendship of Russia, and, in order to isolate France.
