As to the idea, he said, that all independent action on the part of this great country was to be made chargeable for producing war in Europe, “that is in my opinion a mistake almost more deplorable than almost any committed in the history of diplomacy.” We had a right under the convention.
Morley critiques the notion that a nation's independent actions could be solely blamed for causing war in Europe, calling it a significant diplomatic error.
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