... The Transvaal state had also accepted British control over its external relations in 1884. The British press as a result treated the Kaiser's action as a massive interference in British's imperial affairs. To summarise the Germans hoped they could be able to unite with France and Germany against Britain and claim some more land in Africa. They used the excuse that their people working there were in jeopardy because of the illegal uprising in Johannesburg by Cecil Rhodes. The Germans thought they could pressurise Britain into joining the triple alliance by interfering in their affairs this only made Britain even more irate with the Germans. This event could be to blame for bad relations between Germany and Britain in the run up to the war and the big division between the two alliances. It also could be used to see why Britain leapt into the war even thought they didn't ...

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