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Julio shrugged his shoulders testily as though asking to be left out of all international discussions.
"It is war," asserted the Counsellor, "the preventive war that we need.
Russia is growing too fast, and is preparing to fight us.

Four years more of peace and she will have finished her strategic railroads, and her military power, united to that of her allies, will be worth as much as ours.

It is better to strike a powerful blow now.

It is necessary to take advantage of this opportunity.