Assumed heredity animosity between France and Germany: all have been referred to order to make war appear as an event from which there is no escape to it. When mobilization was declared on August 1st, Frenchmen rallied to the cause of national defense in the face of aggression German aggression.
Some people in France regretted that there was no alliance with Germany, because the world would be safe. However, the mood in London and Paris changed as the likely hood of war increased.