Prince Lichnowsky at the Foreign Office, London, 1914, (c1920). 'The German Ambassador's Last Call - Prince Lichnowsky knocking at the door of the Foreign Office, London, on the eve of the Declaration of War'. Karl Max, Prince Lichnowsky (1860-1928) served as German Ambassador to Britain. He claimed that the failure of German diplomacy directly caused the outbreak of the First World War. From "The Great World War - A History" Volume I, edited by Frank A Mumby. [The Gresham Publishing Company Ltd, London, c1920]