It seemed back then that a Britain-Germany alliance would have made more sense, but Britain was suspicious of Germany’s rise.
But were the Germans all that much worse than Britain’s traditional enemy, France? Why the sudden love affair between Britain and France? I guess the two neighborhood bullies, couldn’t stand having a new bully on the block.
In the years prior to the war Germany had begun building a blue water navy which Britain took as a direct challenge. This naval arms race is considered one of the causes of “The Great War”.