Mansion House speech

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The Mansion House speech was a 1911 address by British Chancellor David Lloyd George that signaled the United Kingdom’s firm opposition to German aggression during the Second Moroccan Crisis, heightening pre–World War I tensions in Europe.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf foreign policy statement ⓘ
historical event ⓘ
political speech ⓘ
about Anglo-German relations ⓘ
British foreign policy ⓘ
European balance of power ⓘ
German foreign policy ⓘ
Moroccan Question ⓘ
naval and colonial rivalry ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Lloyd George Mansion House speech ⓘ
audience City of London financial and political elites ⓘ
city London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
context Second Moroccan Crisis ⓘ
country United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfLocation United Kingdom ⓘ
date 1911 ⓘ
deliveredAt annual Lord Mayor’s banquet setting ⓘ
deliveredBy David Lloyd George ⓘ
effect contributed to deterioration of Anglo-German relations ⓘ
heightened tensions between the United Kingdom and Germany ⓘ
increased pre-war tensions in Europe ⓘ
strengthened British commitment to France ⓘ
field British political history ⓘ
European international relations history ⓘ
diplomatic history ⓘ
foreignPolicyStance defense of British interests ⓘ
support for French position in Morocco ⓘ
historicalPeriod Edwardian era ⓘ
pre–World War I era ⓘ
language English ⓘ
location Mansion House, London ⓘ
linked to: Mansion House
motivation concern over German naval and colonial ambitions ⓘ
officeHeldBySpeaker Chancellor of the Exchequer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
politicalAlignment anti-German expansion ⓘ
pro-French ⓘ
precededBy German gunboat Panther’s arrival at Agadir ⓘ
relatedAlliance Entente Cordiale ⓘ
relatedEvent Agadir Crisis ⓘ
Second Moroccan Crisis ⓘ
relatedToCountry France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Morocco ⓘ
signaled firm British opposition to German aggression ⓘ
significance important expression of British resolve against German pressure ⓘ
key marker in the slide toward World War I ⓘ
speaker David Lloyd George ⓘ
year 1911 ⓘ

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Second Moroccan Crisis → diplomaticSpeech → Mansion House speech ⓘ
Mansion House speech → alsoKnownAs → Lloyd George Mansion House speech ⓘ
linked to: Mansion House speech