Leaders of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Empire" id="mwYw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German Empire">German Empire</a> hold an <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Imperial_War_Council_of_8_December_1912" id="mwZA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="German Imperial War Council of 8 December 1912">Imperial War Council</a> to discuss the possibility that war might break out.