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If we again slink out of this affair with our tail between our legs, if we cannot pull ourselves together to present demands which we are prepared to… - Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
" "If we again slink out of this affair with our tail between our legs, if we cannot pull ourselves together to present demands which we are prepared to enforce by the sword, then I despair of the future of the German Reich.
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About Helmuth von Moltke the Younger
Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Graf von Moltke (25 May 1848 – 18 June 1916), also known as Moltke the Younger, was a German general who served as the Chief of the German General Staff from 1906 to 1914. He was a nephew of Field Marshal Helmuth Karl Bernhard von Moltke who is commonly called "Moltke the Elder" to differentiate the two.
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Helmuth Johann Ludwig von Moltke
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Helmuth Johannes Ludwig Graf von Moltke
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Graf Helmuth Johannes Ludwig von Moltke
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Helmuth von Moltke
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One should not comment on the actual motivating factor of the whole expedition, for if we were completely honest it is greed [Geldgier] which has encouraged us to cut into the big Chinese cake. We wanted to earn money, build railways, run mines, bring European culture, that means in one word, earn money. In this we are not an ounce better than the English in the Transvaal.
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