English Translation

59 - 10 - e that it rises again, but when this danger is over, then the alliance has lost its meaning. The general situation will always change with the constantly changing counter-play of political and economic forces, with the rise of some nations and with the decline of others, with closing or dissolving alliances. In war, the common goal - the destruction of the enemy - will always dominate over all others. However, it does not conclude that there could be no profound differences between allies + even at the height of the crisis. It is better to recognize these differences and to bridge them than to ignore them.The power which ignores them and which does not guard and determined in all shifts and changes of influence and power, which the war also entails among the allies and neutrals, preserves their life interests, will be largely and perhaps to their ruin at the end of the war. Life - important interests must be defended against all - against the enemy by war - and against the allies by the - diplomatic wisdom, firmness and close cooperation with those who have the same life interests. During the First World War there were repeated tensions between Great Britain and the United States, both when the USA were neutral,and during the alliance with them.Both parties had suffered damage for a long time, if not everyone had failed in this field, then they would have demonstrated a sense of duty towards their own nation for the future and for the present. But the joint efforts against the common enemy were not prevented. - 11 -