What did this imply? There was likely a spy from Australasia within the German Army, and they occupied a high position.
This was the truly frightening aspect. While it was normal for nations to dispatch spies to one another, until now, none of the spies the United Kingdom had sent to Germany had managed to infiltrate the upper echelons of the German military.
A significant reason for this was the sudden rise of the current German Chancellor, which directly disrupted the British and French strategies towards Germany.
Originally, Germany should have seen a power struggle between Emperor William II of Germany and President Hindenburg, but after the rapid rise of the current Chancellor, he swiftly secured the loyalty of the military and suppressed Emperor William II, becoming the true ruler of the German government.
Clearly, in these few short years, Britain and France had no way to establish their arrangement and place intelligence personnel under the Chancellor's command.
