But there is a distinction to be made.
Few even of these, with the admirable and indeed almost magical exception of Dr.Sarolea, saw Germany as she was; occupied mainly with Europe and only incidentally with England; indeed, in the first stages, not occupied with England at all.

Even the Anti-Germans were too insular.

Even those who saw most of Germany's plan saw too much of England's part in it.

They saw it almost wholly as a commercial and colonial quarrel; and saw its issue under the image of an invasion of England, which is even now not very probable.

This fear of Germany was indeed a very German fear of Germany.