2-710-647 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'Herr Von Bethmann-Hollweg' , (1919). Portrait of Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg (1856-1921), German politician and statesman who served as German Chancellor of Germany from 1909 to 1917. 'The Chancellor of the German Empire, the author of the cynical phrase, "fighting for a scrap of paper", in referring to our solemn treaty obligation to support the independence and liberty of Belgium, to which Germany herself stood signatory.' From "The History of the Great European War: its causes and effects", Vol. II, by W. Stanley Macbean Knight. [Caxton Pulishing Company, Limited, London, 1919]