Show SLIGHT CAUSES FOR WAR t bloodshed often begun witia very little provocation at least it was no small matter that brought russia and japan to hosutt ties there was a good deal ol 01 truth in the saying that england drifted into the crimean war without knowing exactly it did so no less accor ate as lord palmerston s familiar declaration concerning the schleswig Sch leswig holsted troubles only three men in europe he said ever knew what those war making troubles were two 0 tho men d ed before the war broke out and the third forgot what was the point in dispute A slighting reter ence by the great to pompadour was one ot the exciting causes of the seven years war an overturned glass of water was one of the elements to another the omission of a simple etc was the peg upon which an earlier one was hung the theft of a lady s petticoat brought moors and spaniards to blood shed the smashing of a mandarin s teapot was the basis of a war between the imperial forces of china and hill tribes wh rh I eted for |