The Indian Review November 1914 A Monthly Periodical devoted to the discussion of all topics of Interest

In the same way nobody believes that the war of 1870-71 was caused by Bismarck's doctoring " of the Ems telegram ; or that the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-78 was caused by the murder of the two consuls at Saloniki or that the present great war was CAUSED by the murder of the Archduke Ferdinand. [...] The expansion of the British and Russian Epires the formation of the Kingdom of Italy and of the German Empire inside the past sixty years are striking proofs of the theory I have ventured to put forward with reference to wars as natural phenomena. [...] the soldier to the cause for which he is fighting ; the want of that individual independence which in any people can only be derived from free institutions ; the ignorance of the rank and file ; the crushing system of discipline which sacrifices individual to collective value ; and the difficulties of language which separate the soldier from the *officer. [...] The night previous to the departure of the Madras Their Excellencies the Governor and Lady Pentland entertained all those to whom the work of medical relief at the bases of operation was entrusted when His Excellency proposed the health of the Madras and associated with it the names of Col. [...] The reasons for their atttude the nature of the interests involved the extent to which belligerents are affected and the ultimate effects of the war are points which are fill of interest to the students of politics.