CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION
Europe since the Fifteenth Century—Machiavellianism—Empire and the
Balance of Power

2. THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE AND THE ENTENTE
Belgian Dispatches of 1905-14.

3. GREAT BRITAIN
The Policy of Great Britain—Essentially an Overseas Power

4. FRANCE
The Policy of France since 1870—Peace and Imperialism—Conflicting
Elements

5. RUSSIA
The Policy of Russia—Especially towards Austria

6. AUSTRIA-HUNGARY
The Policy of Austria-Hungary—Especially towards the Balkans

7. GERMANY
The Policy of Germany—From 1866 to the Decade 1890-1900—A Change

8. OPINION IN GERMANY
German "Romanticism"—New Ambitions.

9. OPINION ABOUT GERMANY
Bourdon—Beyens—Cambon—Summary

10. GERMAN POLICY FROM THE DECADE 1890-1900
Relation to Great Britain—The Navy.

11. VAIN ATTEMPTS AT HARMONY
Great Britain's Efforts for Arbitration—Mutual Suspicion

12. EUROPE SINCE THE DECADE 1890-1900

13. GERMANY AND TURKEY The Bagdad Railway

14. AUSTRIA AND THE BALKANS
15. MOROCCO

16. THE LAST YEARS
Before the War—The Outbreak of War

17. THE RESPONSIBILITY AND THE MORAL
The Pursuit of Power and Wealth

18. THE SETTLEMENT

19. THE CHANGE NEEDED Change of Outlook and Change of System—An International League—International Law and Control