sazanoff

Updated: May 17, 2025

Sazanoff, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, was vainly pleading with England to declare what she would do in case the Triple Alliance started a war with France and Russia. Kings and ministers telegraphed frantically, trying to prevent the threatened conflict. The story was sent out by Germany that Russia was gathering her troops, mobilizing them, as it is called.

Louis Paul Bénézet - The World War and What was Behind It : Or, the Story of the Map of Europe