Read the excerpt from a treaty between france and russia. explain how treaties like this one led to world war i. in your opinion, is this the most important cause of the war? why or why not? support your conclusions with well-organized historical evidence. (5 points)
france and russia, being animated by a common desire to preserve peace, and having no other object than to meet the necessities of a defensive war, provoked by an attack of the forces of the triple alliance against either of them, have agreed upon the following provisions: