1912 The Austrian Monarch had amazingly survied to see the start of another year. War between the European powers had been prevented only due to the fact that the rulers of the countries had seen the wisdom of making sure that there was no war. The Bavarian Royal family that ruled Germany had little desire to see another war. While it had some disagreements with its French neighbor none was likely to lead to war. The Kingdom of Italy on the other hand did not like the French and were bitter over being pushed out of Tunisia .