But Germany turned out to be a formidable competitor to England. While Bismarck will always be part of a policy of European equilibrium which suited the English very well, William II will have a real world policy, Germany will experience great economic growth, and its production will increase from 13 to 16 percent then that of England will fall from 32 to 16 percent and France from 10 to 6 percent.
and especially Germany will build a formidable navy.
At the end of the First World War England will obtain the abandonment of the freedoms of the seas and the German navy will no longer be a threat to them.
Of course, we must not neglect the other causes of the war but I see in this rivalry between England and Germany one of the main causes of the First World War.