Face to Face with Kaiserism

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JAMES W. GERARD
LATE AMBASSADOR TO THE GERMAN IMPERIAL COURT, AUTHOR OF MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY
NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY COPYRIGHT, 1918, BY THE PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY COPYRIGHT, CANADA, 1918, BY THE PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO COLONEL EDWARD M. HOUSE STATESMAN AND FRIEND THE AUTHOR DEDICATES THIS BOOK
FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE KAISER'S VISITING CARD
THE VISITING CARD OF THE CROWN PRINCE, REPRODUCED IN FACSIMILE
THE KAISER AND VON TREUTLER TAKEN IN THE NORWEGIAN TOWN OF ODDE IN 1910
In some measure this book is a continuation of MY FOUR YEARS IN GERMANY, the narrative here being carried up to the time of my return home, with some observations on the situation I have found in the United States.
What I want especially to impress upon the people of the United States is that we are at war because Germany invaded the United States—an invasion insidiously conceived and vigorously prosecuted for years before hostilities began;—that this war is our war;—that the sanctity of American freedom and of the American home depend upon what we do NOW .
James W. Gerard.