CONTENTS

CHAPTER I.
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KING EDWARD AT ISCHL—THE PARTING OF THE WAYS [1]
CHAPTER II.
THE EMPEROR’S ILLNESS [11]
CHAPTER III.
ARCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND [18]
CHAPTER IV.
COUNTESS CHOTEK [27]
CHAPTER V.
VIENNA [37]
CHAPTER VI.
SALONICA [44]
CHAPTER VII.
KAISER WILHELM IN VIENNA [53]
CHAPTER VIII.
AFFAIRS IN TURKEY [61]
CHAPTER IX.
THE ANNEXATION [67]
CHAPTER X.
PRINCE EGON FÜRSTENBERG AND COUNT TCHIRSKY: HOW THE KAISER “WORKED” VIENNA [76]
CHAPTER XI.
THE “GREAT SERVIA” IDEA—SERVIAN ORGANISATION [84]
CHAPTER XII.
ALBANIA AND MACEDONIA [92]
CHAPTER XIII.
THE BALKAN WAR [101]
CHAPTER XIV.
KING FERDINAND OF BULGARIA, THE VAINEST MAN IN EUROPE [111]
CHAPTER XV.
THE PRINCE OF WIED [120]
CHAPTER XVI.
THE KING OF THE BLACK MOUNTAINS [132]
CHAPTER XVII.
EMIGRATION PROMOTED BY GERMANY—SOCIAL QUESTIONS IN THE DUAL MONARCHY [139]
CHAPTER XVIII.
THE AGRARIANS AND THE SHORTAGE OF FOOD [147]
CHAPTER XIX.
COUNT LEOPOLD BERCHTOLD AND COUNT STEPAN TISZA, THE MEN WHO DECIDED ON WAR [157]
CHAPTER XX.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY AS A MILITARY AND NAVAL POWER [171]
CHAPTER XXI.
ARCHDUKE CARL FRANCIS JOSEPH [180]
CHAPTER XXII.
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY FACED BY REVOLUTION OR WAR—THE FINANCIAL FACTOR [192]
CHAPTER XXIII.
THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN CONSTITUTION [203]
CHAPTER XXIV.
WHO MURDERED THE ARCHDUKE? [211]
CHAPTER XXV.
WHY GERMANY DECIDED UPON WAR [222]
CHAPTER XXVI.
DIPLOMATIC METHODS: A COMPARISON [231]
CHAPTER XXVII.
PUNITIVE EXPEDITION OR WORLD-WAR? [244]
CHAPTER XXVIII.
WHAT WOULD ENGLAND SAY? [255]
CHAPTER XXIX.
AUSTRIA’S AWAKENING [263]