BISMARCK, ANDRASSY AND THEIR SUCCESSORS. By Count Julius Andrassy. (T.
Fisher Unwin. 25s.)—While Bismarck and Andrassy directed the foreign policy of Berlin and Vienna, all went smoothly in Europe ; their successors, and especially Prince von Billow, made mistakes which contributed to the disaster of 1914. Such, in brief, is the purport of this thoughtful review of pre-War diplomacy by the present Count Andrassy, who held his father's old post for a few troubled weeks in the autumn of 1918. He blames the German Emperor and his Chancellor for rejecting the friendly advances of Lord Salisbury and Mr. Chamberlain at the turn of the century. On the other hand, while he admits that the Austrian Foreign Office was tactless in its handling of Serbia, he denies that it had any aggressive aims in the Balkans. Credal Judaeus Apella ! Yet the author's presenta- tion of his case is temperate and interesting.
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