In January 1914 few Europeans imagined that, seven months later, their political and military leaders would plunge the world into a cataclysmic war. Public attention in most capitals was elsewhere. Britain was preoccupied with the Irish home rule crisis and other domestic troubles. Le tout Paris was about to engross itself in the Caillaux affair, in which a French politician’s wife shot dead Le Figaro’s editor, stood trial for murder and was acquitted.
1914年1月的时候，欧洲很少有人能想到，7个月后，他们的政治和军事领袖将把全世界拖入一场灾难性的战争当中。在欧洲大多数国家的首都，公众的注意力正被其他事务所吸引。英国正忙着应付爱尔兰自治运动和国内的其他麻烦。所有巴黎人的注意力即将被“卡约(Caillaux)事件”所吸引，在这一事件中，法国政治家约瑟夫•卡约的妻子开枪打死了《费加罗报》(Le Figaro)主编，以谋杀罪接受了审判，但被判无罪。
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