It's possible, though, unlikely, that the hatred of Britain could have driven the two sides into some manner of informal alliance. We have to remember that the hatred of Britain in France during the 90's was as great or greater than that against Gemany. A major French newspaper (sorry, forgot the name) few years before Fashoda wrote that, while Germany was an enemy because of A-L, Britain was France's the eternal enemy, bar none. Certainly, the French Right was in an anomalous position in the 90's in that they preferred Germany over Britain, and some called for an alliance against Britain. Anti-Dryfussards actually tried to enlist German aid and some form of alliance, based on return of at least some portion of A-L then and a pledge to revisit the provinces at some future date. The case against alliance, other than the obvious, was twofold: 1) Bismarck was not at the helm. Both Holstein and Wilhelm II were too erratic in their policies and made even the receptive French leery of the "German trap" with their zigzag policies in the 90's; 2) what could the alliance accomplish, even if it happened? Germany had no navy to speak of, thus German help was meaningless and not worth aggravating the Russians over. Still, in the hands of Bismarck, some good could've come out of the whole anti-Britain phase of the French republic.