 Von der Goltz in The Nation in Arms (English translation, page 22) : — If, from humanitarian principles, a nation decided not to resort to extremities, but to employ its strength up to a given point only, it would soon find itself swept onward against...  The Idea of a League of Nations - Page 18by Herbert George Wells, Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount), Lionel Curtis, William Archer, Henry Wickham Steed, Alfred Zimmern, John Alfred Spender, James Bryce Bryce (Viscount), Gilbert Murray - 1919 - 44 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Colmar Von Der Goltz - 1913 - 500 pages
...observe a similar limitation. So far from this being the case, each would immediately avail himself of the voluntary moderation of the other to outstrip him at once in activity. "Philanthropists may think it possible that the disarmament or subjection of the enemy can be effected... | |
 | margaret slattery - 1914 - 138 pages
...finding any other limitation than their own natural counterpoise. The same principle is restated by Vori der Goltz in The Nation in. Arms (English translation,...by a twofold answer. Firstly, the logic of war, the law — as we have termed it — of the utmost effort, had not yet been thoroughly thought out. Primitive... | |
 | John Allister Currie - Canada - 1916 - 340 pages
...observe a similar limitation. So far from this being the case each would immediately avail himself of the voluntary moderation of the other to outstrip him at once in activity." In other words, according to the German conception, war is a game without an umpire or a referee. The... | |
 | Herbert George Wells, Edward Grey Grey of Fallodon (Viscount), Lionel Curtis, William Archer, Henry Wickham Steed, Alfred Zimmern, John Alfred Spender, James Bryce Bryce (Viscount), Gilbert Murray - World politics - 1919 - 56 pages
...all. As the employment of physical force to its fullest extent in no wise excludes the cooperation of intelligence, it follows that he who makes use...by a twofold answer. Firstly, the logic of war, the law — as we have termed it — of the utmost effort, had not yet been thoroughly thought out. Primitive... | |
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