Difficult Negotiations were carried on between France and Germany through the summer of 1911, and at moments the two countries were on the very brink of war.
"A History of the Third French Republic"
C. H. C. Wright
"Negotiations have ended ere they were opened, and war is proclaimed at once," said Massingbred, as he read over this brief epistle.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
It was necessary formally to announce our engagement; the question of marriage was to be a subject for later Negotiations.
"I Walked in Arden"
Jack Crawford