... a strong navy there can be no welfare for us" (Prince Von Bulow, 1899). The main core of the Weltpolik was Bernard von Bulow, Johannes von Miguel and Alfred Von Tripitz. However is Weltpolitik essentially an element in the solution of Germanys economic problems? Another worry was the German build up of their fleet, if they to succeed in rapid colonial expansion they needed a naval fleet to back this up. This worried the backbone of European stability, all powers felt threatened by this. However the Kaiser sent a private memo to a member of his government in July 1919, "built one ship a year in the pious hope that we would reassure England!"(The Kaiser, July 1914, Source 4) The Kaiser was trying to reassure the English that there was no need to be alarmed. The second navy law of 1900 doubled the size of the projected German fleet, giving rise to ...

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