No France-Russia alliance, no WWI.==
It meant a domination Germany then at this time. Germany had beaten France in 1870 war and took a chunk of her territory and could go further. Germany will completely beat up France in one-to-one fight. 1870 war and 1940 war proved that. But in a coalition France may survive like WW1 proved.
France truly was afraid of Germany and obviously wanted revenge on Germany. Russia also didn’t want a one dominative power in Europe. SO as UK.
So? Was Germany really much worse than France, who themselves tried to take over the continent earlier?
Also, odds are had the Germans gone into Russia, ultimately they would have been weakened, just as Napoleon was.
Czar Nicky wasn’t worth the trouble.
Seems to me Britain and France just didn’t like the fact that there was a new kid on the block.