Question

Read the message below from the Russian tsar to his cousin, the German kaiser.

Answer 1

He feared Russia will be forced into war by forces outside his control.

Answer 2

My answer is that he fears Russia will be forced into war by forces outside his control.  The Russians were ill-prepared for war.  Many of the soldiers died in the fighting and had little provisions that they carried with them into war.  Soon these soldiers rebelled and together with the people overthrew the monarchy.