The Kaiser's Memoirs

by German Emperor William II

ANOTHER GERMAN MISTAKE

This mistake, too, is one of the reasons why the war turned out so badly for Germany. The English and French working classes were rightly directed—i. e., nationalistically—by their leaders; the German working classes were wrongly directed—i. e., internationally.

The German people must rely upon no other people, but solely upon themselves. When self-conscious, national sentiment returns to all the Strata of our people our upward march will begin. All classes of the population must be united in national sentiment, no matter if their ways lie apart in other departments of the nation's life. Therein lies the strength of England, of France—even of the Poles.

If this comes to pass, the feeling of solidarity with all fellow members of the nation, the consciousness of the dignity of our noble land, the pride in being German, and the genuinely German conception of ethics, which was one of the secret sources of strength that have made Germany so great, will come back to us.

In the community of cultured nations Germany will again play, as she did before the war, the rôle of the nation with the greatest capacity for labor, and will once more march victoriously in the van in peaceful competition, offering not only to herself, but to all the nations of the earth, whatever is best in the domain of technical achievement, of science, of art.

I believe in the revocation of the unjust Peace of Versailles by the judgment of the sensible elements of foreign lands and by Germany herself. I believe in the German people and in the continuation of its peaceful mission in the world, which has been interrupted by a terrible war, for which Germany, since she did not will it, does not bear the guilt.

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[FOOTNOTES]

[1] "It is that confounded Congress of Berlin. A serious mistake on the part of the Chancellor. He has destroyed the old friendship between us, sown distrust in the hearts of the Court and the Government, and engendered the idea of a great injustice done the Russian army after its bloody 1877 campaign, for which it wishes revenge. And here we are by the side of that damned French Republic, full of hate for you and of subversive ideas, which, in case of a war against you, will cost us our dynasty."

[2] "I understand perfectly your line of action; the Prince, with all his greatness, was, after all, merely your employee or official. As soon as he refused to follow your orders, it was necessary to dismiss him. As for me, I always distrusted him, and I never believed a word of what he had told me or said to me himself, for I was sure and knew that he was hoaxing me all the time. As to the relations between us two, my dear William, the downfall of the Prince will have the best of results; distrust will disappear. I have confidence in you. You can trust me."

[3] "Once the magnitude of Pan-Germanism dawned on the English and French diplomats, once they became aware of the lengths to which Germany was willing to go, they realized the necessity of strengthening their position, and therefore made overtures to the United States, which resulted, probably before the summer of the year 1897, in an understanding between the three countries. There seems to be no doubt whatever that no papers of any sort were signed, that no pledges were given which circumstances would not justify any one of the contracting parties in denying or possibly repudiating. Nevertheless, an understanding was reached that in case of a war begun by Germany or Austria for the purpose of executing Pan-Germanism, the United States would promptly declare in favor of England and France and would do her utmost to assist them."—Roland G. Usher, Pan-Germanism, chap. x, p. 139.

[4] The Problem of Japan, by an Ex-Counselor of Legation in the Far East, chap. viii, p. 136, note. Published by C. L. Langenhuysen, Amsterdam and Rotterdam. 1918.

[5] Tremendous excitement was caused in England when the incident of the Kruger message became known. On January 3, 1896, the German Emperor telegraphed as follows to the President of the South African Republic:

"I congratulate you most sincerely on having succeeded, with your people, without calling on the help of foreign powers, by opposing your own force to an armed band which broke into your country to disturb the peace, in restoring quiet and in maintaining the independence of your country against external attack."

On January 6th, in conversation with Sir Frank Lascelles, Baron von Marschall protested against the view of the English press that it was an act of hostility against England and an encroachment on English rights for the German Emperor to congratulate the head of a friendly state on his victory over an armed band that had invaded his land in defiance of international law, and had been declared to be outside the pale of the law by the English Government itself. But it was not recorded that he disavowed the Kaiser's responsibility for it.

[6] One of the most startling incidents of the Kaiser's reign was the interview with him printed in the London Daily Telegraph of Oct. 28, 1908. In it he said that "Englishmen, in giving rein to suspicions unworthy of a great nation," were "mad as March hares"; and that "the prevailing sentiment among large sections of the middle and lower classes of my own people is not friendly to England. I am, therefore, so to speak, in a minority in my own land, but it is a minority of the best elements, just as it is in England with respect to Germany." German opinion was, he admitted, "bitterly hostile" to England during the Boer War, and, that the German people, if he had permitted Boer delegates in Berlin, "would have crowned them with flowers." He asserted that he had formulated a plan of campaign in South Africa which Lord Roberts adopted in substance.

The Kaiser was quoted in this interview as declaring Germany needed a large fleet chiefly on account of the Far Eastern situation.

The interview was republished in official German organs, and caused as great a stir in Germany as in England. There were many debates on it in the Reichstag and one or two "investigations."

[7] A German philologist who compiled a well-known book of quotations.

[8] His recent death, which snatched him away in the midst of beneficial labors, is a serious loss to the fatherland.

[9] Concerning the course of events up to the fateful 9th of November and this day itself there are authentic statements by an eyewitness in the book (well worth reading) of Major Niemann, who was sent by the Chief Army Command to me, entitled War and Revolution (Krieg und Revolution), Berlin, 1922.

[10] This letter and the letter from the Field Marshal which preceded it are reprinted herewith. The parts which are most important in relation to the matter in question are underscored in the text.

[11] This has meanwhile been done. The Comparative Historical Tables from 1878 to the Outbreak of the War in 1914 were published in December, 1921, by K. F. Koehler, Leipsic.

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[INDEX]

A
Abdication of Kaiser and Crown Prince, [280]-[288], [320], [321], [322].
Abdul-Hamid, Sultan, and the Albanians, [142], [164], [165].
Achenbach, von, [34].
Adlerberg, Count, [13].
Admiralty, English, [154];
Staff, German, [240], [250].
Agadir affair, [145].
Agrarian Conservatives, [54].
Agreement, Anglo-Russian, [116];
German-French, Morocco, [126], [127].
Airplanes, [276], [334].
Aix-la-Chapelle, [262], [278].
Albania, [142], [163]-[169].
Albedyll, von, [8].
Aldershot, [312].
Alexander II, of Russia, [14], [16], [17], [18], [19], [28].
Alexander III, of Russia, [313], [329].
Alexandra, Queen, of England, [127], [130].
Algeciras Conference, [111], [115], [126], [144], [145], [312].
Alliance, Triple, [8], [251], [253];
Double, [8], [306];
Anglo-Japanese, [69];
Balkan, [170];
German-English, [310], [311].
Alsace-Lorraine, [60], [61], [89], [252], [258], [306].
Althoc, Privy Councilor, [107].
Althoff, von, [183], [198].
America. See [United States].
America, Central, [73].
Anastasia, Grand Duchess, [252].
Andrassy, [5], [273].
Annihilation, policy of, [296].
Antwerp-Meuse line, [275], [279].
Archives, [294], [295], [301].
"Areopagus of the Powers," [165].
Armistice, [274], [278], [284], [285], [286], [289], [290], [298], [319].
Armored ship, first German, [48].
Army, German, [52], [62], [77], [105], [223]-[228], [259], [274], [275], [276], [277], [278], [281], [284], [285], [286], [287], [288], [289], [290], [320], [322], [331];
Russian, [10], [105], [227], [254];
British, [91], [142], [162].
"Asia for the Asiatics," [79].
Asquith, Herbert Henry, [152], [153].
"Assurbanipal," [204].
Assyriology, [203]-[207].
Astrakhan, [254].
Austria, alliance with, [5];
worked with, [8];
threat against, [54];
war begun by Germany on, [71 n.];
if Germany or, should begin war, [72];
ultimatum to Serbia, [248];
Serbia's answer to, [248];
anti-Russian Balkan policy, [251];
"nothing will be left of Austria," [252];
dismemberment of Austria-Hungary, [258];
elimination of the House of Hapsburg, [258];
and the Pope, [265], [266];
Emperor Charles's vacillation, [272];
peace offer of, [273];
deceives Germany, [273];
Russo-Austrian conflict of influence in Serbia, [307];
Germany's ally, [307].
Automobile Club, Imperial 45, [46].
B
"Babel and the Bible," [204], [218].
Baden, [285], [287], [321], [340].
Bagdad Railway, [89], [90].
Balholm, [247].
Balkans, [106], [165], [199], [200].
Ballin, Albert, [3], [107], [146], [147], [148], [150], [151], [152], [153], [154], [158].
Baltic, [105].
Baltisch-Port, [169]-[170], [249].
"Baralong" murderers, [264].
Barrère, Camille, [126].
Battlefields of 1870-71, [330].
Bavaria, [60].
Belgian Documents, [127].
Belgium, [42], [43], [309], [326].
Bender, Herr von, [29]-[30], [31].
Benedetti, Ambassador, [326].
Benedictine monks, [216].
Bennigsen, Rudolf von, [30], [31], [32].
Berchem, Count, [54], [329].
Bergen, [312].
Berlin Treaty, [10], [11], [14];
Congress, [2], [15], [17], [20], [327].
Berlin, University of, [199];
Palace Chapel at, [218].
Bertram, Prince-Bishop, [208].
Beseler, Max, [187].
Bethmann Hollweg, von, Chancellor, [124]-[134];
"the governess," [132];
enjoys confidence of foreign countries, [134];
dismissed, [134];
his diplomatic power, [138], [246];
mistakes in 1914, [328];
wished to avoid war, [328];
tried to keep England out of the Entente, [328].
Beuron Congregation, [216].
Biebrich-Mosbach, [179].
Bismarck, Bill, [3].
Bismarck, Count Herbert, [2], [5], [6], [12], [27], [28], [76].
Bismarck, Prince, Chancellor, [1]-[53];
greatness as a statesman, [1];
services to Prussia and Germany, [1];
creator of the German Empire, [1];
Memoirs, [3], [4];
fight against the Kaiser, [2];
appreciation by the Prince of Prussia (later the Kaiser), [2];
majordomo of the Hohenzollerns, [3];
and the harbor of Hamburg, [4];
the third volume of his reminiscences, [4];
continental preparations, [7];
his Congress, [10];
"honest broker," [10], [11];
"Now I am driving Europe four-in-hand," [11];
retirement of, [18], [53];
and the Socialists, [40];
his labor views, [41];
and the Vulcan shipyards, [48];
succeeded by Caprivi, [54];
fight his successor, [55];
"misunderstood Bismarck," [55], [76];
reconciliation with Kaiser, [92];
eightieth birthday, [93];
"Germany must never become England's dagger on the European continent," [311];
and the Congress of Berlin, [327].
Bismarckian theory, [102].
Björkö agreement, [201], [249], [315].
Bissing, General von, [43].
Black Sea, [105], [191], [192].
Blockade, English, [318].
Boches, [262].
Bolsheviki, [181], [254], [284].
Bonn, [214].
Bonnal, General, [312].
Book of the German Fleet, [184].
Bosmont, [254].
Bosnia, [324], [326].
Bötticher, His Excellency von, [3], [38].
Boyd-Carpenter, W., Bishop of Ripon, [213].
Brandenburg, [196].
Brandenburg, [231].
Breitenbach, Paul von, [180], [181], [182].
Brest-Litovsk, [14], [16], [136], [253], [335];
Treaty of, [335].
Brest mission, [4].
Bucharest, Treaty of, [335].
Buckingham Palace, [142].
Budde, Hermann, [178], [179].
Bülow, Prince von, [68];
Chancellor, [95]-[123], [192], [194], [195], [233], [310], [311], [314], [315].
Burchard, Doctor von, [156], [157]-[158], [159].
Burian, Stefan, [272].
C
Cabinet, German War, [23], [277], [280];
Civil, [25], [35], [134], [136];
English, [310], [311].
Cæsar, [295].
Calmuck Cossacks, [254].
Cambon, Jules, [252].
Cambridge, Duke of, [91].
Canal, Central, [112], [174], [177], [178], [181];
Elbe-Trave, [178];
Kaiser Wilhelm, [163], [181], [238]-[239];
Panama, [181], [238].
Canton, [78].
Cape-to-Cairo Railway and Telegraph line deal, [87]-[88], [89].
Caprivi, General Leo von, [51];
Chancellor, [54]-[58];
opposition of Bismarck, [57].
Carlsbad, [247], [250].
Caro, Professor, [206].
Cassel, Sir Ernest, [146], [147], [150], [152], [159].
Cassino, Monte, [217].
Caucasus, [207], [254].
Causes of the World War, [127], [252].
Centrists, [33], [68].
Central Powers, [81], [257], [316], [317].
Chamberlain, Joseph, [68], [91], [104], [186], [310], [311].
Charles, Emperor, agreement with Kaiser, [272];
secret dealings with the Entente, [273];
"When I go to the Germans, I agree to everything they say, and when I return home, I do whatever I please," [273].
Charlotte, Grand Duchess, [172].
Charlottenburg, [196], [201].
Chih-li, Gulf of, [67].
China, [64], [106].
Chinese Empire, [78].
Chirol, Sir Valentine, [85], [86].
Church, of England, [213];
St. Mary's (Jerusalem), [216].
Churchill, Winston, [150], [152], [153].
"Citizens' Book of Laws," [93], [187].
"Civis Germanus sum," [183].
Clemenceau, Georges, [319], [325].
Clemen, Professor Paul, [260].
Coaling stations, [64], [69]-[70], [73], [74].
Cologne, [180], [288].
Colonial acquisitions, [7], [9].
Colonies, German, [7], [8], [9], [11], [12], [55], [56], [57].
Commerce, world, [310].
Comparative Historical Tables from 1878 to the Outbreak of the War in 1914, [251], [253], [297], [298], [299 n.]
Conference, London, [296], [297].
Conflict, Russo-English, [10].
Conflict of Influence, Russian-Austrian, [306].
Congress of Berlin, [2], [327].
Connaught, Duke of, [102].
Conrad, Consistorial Councilor, [215].
Conservatives, [31], [32], [33], [54], [111], [112], [114], [119], [122], [174].
Constantine, Crown Prince (of Greece), [28].
Constantine the Great, [218].
Constantinople, [10], [14], [15], [16], [28], [90], [105], [106], [253].
Constitution, German, [2], [139]-[141], [293].
Constitutionel, [326].
Conversations with Christ, [215].
Costheim, [179].
Court, international, [295].
Cronberg-Friedrichshof situation, [148].
Crown Council, German, [247], [272];
Russian, [252], [253].
Crown Prince, German, [286], [287].
Cuniberti, [240].
Cuxhaven, [107], [156].
D
Daily Telegraph, London, [118], [120];
"interview," [118].
Dardanelles, offer of, to Russia, [14].
Dar-es-Salaam, [56].
"Debating society," [280].
Delbrück, Klemens von, [282].
Delcassé, Théophile, [108], [257].
Delitzsch, Professor Friedrich, [204], [218].
"Deutschland über alles," [186].
Dirschau, [177].
Disraeli, Benjamin, [11], [327].
Documents, secret, [294].
Dollar, American, [317].
Donaueschingen, [119].
"Dormition," [216].
Dorpat, University of, [200].
Dörpfeld, Professor Wilhelm, [204], [205].
Downing Street, [70].
Dreadnaughts, [238], [239], [240], [241].
Drews, Bill, Minister of Interior, [281].
Dryander, Doctor Ernest, [214].
Duhn, Professor, [206].
Duma, Great, [313], [314];
new, [314].
Durnovo, Madame, [192], [193].
E
Ebert, Imperial Chancellor, [287], [288].
Eckartsau, [119].
Edward VII, of England, [74],

[103], [162];
at Kiel, [115];
invites Kaiser to Windsor, [117];
"policy of encirclement," [45], [115], [126], [128], [257];
visits Berlin, [126];
death of and funeral, [128]-[130], [144];
actions of explained, [310];
political ambitions of, [310];
and the Entente Cordiale, [316].
Egypt, [312].
Eiffel Mountains, [180].
Einem, General von, [151], [161].
Eisenach Conference, [213].
Emden, [181].
Empire, French, [325], [327].
Empress, German, [61], [196], [297], [302], [338].
Ems, [326], [329].
England, [9], [10], [15], [16], [26], [44];
conditions of English workmen, [44]-[45];
and Germany as to coaling stations, [69];
anger at Germany's occupation of Kiao-Chau, [70]-[71];
and France, [71 n.], [72], [73], [75];
and United States, [71 n.], [72]-[74], [75];
naval stations, [78];
and Japan, [78], [82];
Kaiser foresees complications with, [83];
Kruger telegram, [83]-[86];
Russia and France's proposal to Germany to attack, [87], [91];
Kaiser loyal to, [87];
the Kaiser's opinion of Englishmen, [98];
death of Queen Victoria, [103];
Kaiser's reception in England, [102]-[104];
Chamberlain suggests alliance between Germany and England against Russia, [104]-[106];
validity of alliance, [106];
plan fails, [106];
alliance with Japan, [106];
pro-French and anti-German attitude of, at Algeciras Convention, [115]-[116];
Kaiser visits Windsor, [117];
Edward VII visits Berlin, [126];
death of Edward VII, [128]-[130];
funeral, [129]-[130];
unveiling of statue to Queen Victoria, [142]-[143];
Kaiser at, [142]-[143];
festivities, [143]-[144];
comparison of pomp between democratic England and mediæval Germany, [144];
in Egypt, [145];
offer to remain neutral in "unprovoked" attack on Germany, [146];
"verbal note" to the Kaiser, [147];
negotiations, [153]-[155];
repudiation, [159];
Kaiser denounces Haldane, [162];
evolution of the dreadnaught, [240];
fleet, [241], [247], [252];
"two-Power standard," [241];
Tsar's hatred for, [249];
promise of, to side with Russia against Germany, [253];
Germany's progress disagreeable to, [304];
aim to overthrow Germany, [307];
grouping of Russia, France, and, [309];
Germany tries to bring about a rapprochement with, [309];
Germany consents to limitation of naval construction, [309];
political ambitions of King Edward, [310];
German could not satisfy, [310];
secret agreement with France as to Morocco and Egypt, [312];
propaganda in America, [318];
blockade, [318];
Bethmann tries to keep England out of the Entente, [328];
political propaganda, [331]-[333];
working classes, [341];
strength of England, [342].
Enmity, source of Russian, [9].
Entente, [72], [73], [74], [134], [141], [165], [250], [251], [264], [269], [273], [292], [293], [294], [295], [303], [307], [309], [316], [317], [318], [321], [323], [325], [333], [334], [341].
Erzberger, Ambassador, [286].
Essad Pasha, [167], [169].
Eugénie, Empress, [312].
Eulenburg, Count Augustus, [24], [117].
F
"Fairyland Wants Its Prince," [166].
Fatherland, [286], [289], [292], [297], [298], [300], [321], [331].
Faulhaber, Archbishop, [208].
Federal Council, [157].
Fernborough, Castle of, [312].
Figaro, [21].
Fischer, Cardinal, [210].
Fisher, Admiral, [154], [240].
Flanders, [278], [279].
Fleet, English, [10], [105], [241], [247], [248], [305].
Foch, General, [290].
Foreign Office, German, [5], [6], [9], [10], [11], [12], [25], [27], [29], [48], [59], [66], [68], [75], [76], [77], [84], [98], [99], [100], [101], [104], [108], [118], [119], [121], [132], [134], [138], [139], [145], [146], [155], [246], [247], [248], [250], [277], [284], [308].
Foundations of the Nineteenth Century, [186].
Fourteen Points, [318], [319], [320].
France, and Russia, [61];
and Germany, [71 n.];
and United States, [71 n.], [72], [73], [75];
and England, [71 n.], [72]-[74];
at Shimonoseki, [81];
fortifications, [81];
Russo-French proposal to Germany against England, [87], [91];
anger at Kaiser's visit to Tangier, [108];
not yet ready for war, [109];
England's offer of 100,000 men to seize Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, [109];
downfall of Delcassé, [109];
accession of Rouvier, [109];
growing desire for revenge and enmity toward Germany, [126], [305];
German-French Morocco agreement, [126];
confers cross of Legion of Honor on Radolin and von Schoen, [126];
railways, [179];
armistice commission in, [286], [290];
Kaiser understands spirit, [306];
Alsace-Lorraine, [306];
enormous loans to Russia, [307];
aim to overthrow Germany, [307];
grouping of England, Russia, and, [309];
Germany arch enemy of, [311];
secret agreement with England as to Morocco and Egypt, [312];
War of 1870, [325];
working classes, [341];
strength of France, [342].
Franchise, Prussian, [135]-[138].
Frankfort, [181].
Franz Ferdinand, Archduke, [119], [246].
Franz Josef, Emperor, [14], [119].
Frederick II, Emperor, [217].
Frederick Charles, Prince, [102].
Frederick, Crown Prince, [134], [180].
Frederick, Empress, [172], [189], [202], [312].
Frederick the Great, [28], [39], [76], [217].
Frederick, William III, [21], [22], [24], [26], [29], [172], [224].
Free Thinkers, [31].
Friedberg, His Excellency Heinrich, [187].
Friedjung, Heinrich, [128].
Friedrichsruh, Admiral von Tirpitz at, [4];
Kaiser at, [93].
Friendship, Russo-French to replace Russo-Prussian, [11].
Fürstenberg, Prince Max Egon, [117], [119].
G
Gambetta, Léon, [325], [327].
Galician-Polish campaign, [136].
Gallwitz, General von, [274].
General Headquarters, German, [122], [254], [278], [288].
General Staff, German, [6], [61], [161], [177], [178], [180], [226], [227], [247], [248], [250], [331];
English, [161], [162], [175];
Austrian, [167];
Russian, [255].
"Gentlemen's agreement," [74], [308], [316].
George, David Lloyd, [296], [320].
George V, of England, [130], [142], [143], [144], [296], [328].
"German Evangelical Church Union," [214].
Germany, Bismarck creator of German Empire, [1];
constitution of, [2], [139]-[141];
alliance with Austria, [5];
animosity of Russian military circles against, [17];
as peace maker, [20];
maintenance of, [31];
conditions of laboring classes in, [36]-[50];
first armored ship, [48];
merchant marine, [48];
shipbuilding industry, [51], [235];
corps, naval officer, [51], [52], [53], [112], [230];
reinsurance treaty with Russia, [54];
and Kiao-Chau, [64]-[68], [74];
coaling stations, [64], [69]-[70];
and United States, [71 n.], [72]-[74];
difficulty of training up good diplomats in, [76];
English commercial envy of, [79];
Russia and France's proposal to attack England, [87];
Cecil Rhodes's admiration for Berlin and tremendous German industrial plants, [88];
difference between Germans and English, [92];
reform of military punishment procedure, [93];
Naval law, [93], [146], [147];
appointment of Waldersee, [93];
Boxer war, [93];
Tsing-tao, [94];
Yangtse Treaty, [94];
relations with England become more complicated, [95];
France, Russia, and, in the Far East, [105];
validity of an alliance, [106];
failure of plan, [106];
disturbed relations among the parties in the Reichstag, [111];
popular demonstration at defeat of Social Democrats, [114];
Edward VII at Kiel, [115];
Kaiser's Daily Telegraph interview, [118];
press demands Fürstenberg to "tell the Emperor the truth for once," [119];
Conservatives' "Open Letter," [122];
retirement of Bülow, [123];
Bethmann Hollweg appointed Chancellor, [124];
growing desire for revenge and enmity of France, [126];
German-French Morocco Agreement, [126];
Austro-Hungarian allies, [128];
"Nation in Arms," [135], [259];
Chancellor's powers, [139]-[141];
German French agreement, [146];
"A verbal note!" [147], [148];
astonishment at, [149];
discussion and reply, [149]-[150];
negotiations, [153]-[155];
verbal note disavowed by England, [159];
Haldane "cheated" the Germans, [162];
blamed on Kaiser and von Tirpitz, [162];
the Central Canal, [174];
railways, [175]-[182];
schools, [183]-[185];
forests, [189];
science and art, [196]-[207];
must become sword of the Catholic Church, [211];
revolution, [213], [218], [224];
Protestant Union, [214]-[215];
officer corps, [225], [226];
noncommissioned officer corps, [225], [230];
development of Heligoland, [238];
first big fighting ship, [241];
U-boats, [242]-[243];
democratization of, [258];
Germans on all battlefields, [260];
"Germans always defeated by Germans," [260];
"In Germany every Siegfried has his Hödur behind him," [260];
atrocities, [260];
protection of churches, châteaux, castles, and art treasures, [260];
failure of August 8, 1918, [272], [273];
movement for setting up of new government, [274];
inner situation of army, [274], [279];
revolutionary agitation in, [274], [275];
general desire for ending fighting, [275];
achievements of fighters and nation in arms, [276];
army of 1918 cannot compare with army of 1914, [275], [276];
approaching revolution, [284];
people want peace at any cost, [284];
authority of Government zero, [284];
agitation against Emperor in full swing, [284];
abdication of Emperor not to be avoided any longer, [284];
evidence of Russian Bolshevist influence in, [284];
relations between Foreign Office and police, [284];
army no longer to be trusted, [285];
revolution imminent behind front, [285];
Kaiser's abdication demanded, [285];
revolt among troop begins, [286];
Kaiser willing to renounce Imperial throne, but not to abdicate as King of Prussia, [286];
abdication of Kaiser and Crown Prince summarily announced, [287];
conduct of Prince Max, [287]-[288];
sacrifice of Emperor, princes, and Empire, [288];
Kaiser advised to go to neutral country, [288];
foes unwilling to conclude peace with Kaiser, [289];
the question of war guilt, [291], [302];
desire for peace and clean conscience, [291];
Kaiser decides to leave country for country's good, [291], [294];
Entente demands surrender of Kaiser for trial, [292], [300];
state archives thrown open, [294];
demands for Kaiser's surrender rejected, [294];
policy of annihilation of enemies, [296];
general situation before the war, [304];
unprecedented progress in industry, commerce, and world traffic, [304];
navy merely protective, [305];
exports and imports, [305];
Alsace-Lorraine, German soil for centuries, [306];
stolen by France, [306];
retaken in 1871, [306];
and Serbia, [307];
aim of England, France, and Russia to overthrow, [307];
obstacles encountered in foreign policy, [308];
only one political course, [309];
seeks England's friendship, [309];
consents to limitation of naval construction, [309];
blamed for refusing alliance with England, [310];
"Germany must never become England's dagger on the European continent" (Bismarck), [311];
archenemy of France, [311];
traditional friendship between Russia and, [313];
protests against America's violation of right, [317];
and President Wilson's Fourteen Points, [318];
evacuated German territory and surrendered arms on Wilson's guaranty, [318];
revolution as an aid to Entente, [321];
financial and national strength, [323];
War of 1870, [325];
political and diplomatic operations, [325];
English propaganda against, [331]-[333];
wind and whirlwind, [339];
agitators responsible for collapse, [340];
English and French working classes versus German working classes, [341];
German people must rely on themselves, [341];
upward march will begin again, [342];

will again march in the van, [342].
"Germany will be annihilated," [252].
Girandin, Emilie de, [327].
Goethals, Colonel, [238]-[239].
Gorlice-Tarnow, battle of, [136].
Goschen, Sir Edward, [248].
Gossler, Gustav von, [183].
Gramont, Herzog Agénor, [326].
Greatcoats, English soldiers', [256].
Greater Germany, [184].
"Great Orient Lodge," [258].
Greece, [28], [141], [142].
Grey, Sir Edward, [146], [151], [152], [153], [257], [328], [329].
Gröner, General Wilhelm, [281], [283], [285].
Guetant, Louis, [325].
H
Hague, The, [71].
Hahnke, General Wilhelm von, [23].
"Haldane Episode," [160].
Haldane, Lord, [146], [151], [152], [153], [154], [158], [161], [162], [188].
Hamburg, [3], [49], [137], [252].
Hamilton, Sir Ian, [234].
Handbook for English Naval Officers, [154].
Hanseatic ports, [55], [56], [57], [156].
Harden, Maximilian, [102].
Hardinge, Sir Charles, [149].
Harkort, Friedrich, [236].
Harnack, Professor Adolf von, [199].
Hartmann, Cardinal Felix von, [208].
Hayashi, Tadasu, [106].
Headquarters, Great General, [122], [254], [278], [288].
Heavy artillery, [227].
Heeringen, Josias von, [151].
Helfferich, Karl, [128].
Heligoland, [8], [11], [55];
a menace to Hamburg and Bremen, [55];
deal for, [55];
acquired by Germany, [56];
Kaiser at, [86], [117];
development of, [238];
Colonel Goethals enthusiastic over, [238].
Helots, [341].
Henry of Prussia, Prince, [68], [237].
Hertling, Count von, [89], [123], [272].
Highcliffe dispatches, [117], [119], [121].
Hildegard, Convent of Saint, [218].
Hindenburg, Field Marshal Paul von, [181], [275], [277], [281], [282], [285], [288], [295]-[302].
Hinzpeter, Professor George Ernst, [38], [194], [199], [215], [228].
Höchst, [181].
Hohenfinow, [124].
Hohenlohe, Alexander ("the Crown Prince"), [93].
Hohenlohe, Prince, Chancellor, [60]-[94];
governor of Alsace-Lorraine, [60];
Bismarck's opposition, [60], [82], [92];
attitude toward Socialists, [90], [91];
retires, [92], [111].
Hohenzollern, House of, [3], [43], [114], [175], [177].
Holland. See [Netherlands].
Holleben, Ambassador von, [308].
Holstein, Fritz von, [5], [6], [60], [82], [98]-[102].
Hollmann, Admiral, [66], [67], [84], [94], [215], [218].
Hövel, Freiherr Baldwin von, [190].
Homburg, [104], [180].
Hongkong, [78], [79].
Hubertusstock, [61].
Hülsen-Haeseler, Count George von, [119], [204].
Hungary, defection of, [273].
Huns, [262].
I
"Idea of risk," [230], [231].
Illustrated Naval Atlas, [240].
India, [105], [106].
Intze, [197].
Italy, [8], [61];
severs alliance with Germany, [136];
smuggling of arms from, to Albania, [141];
plots against William of Wied, [167];
would break away from Germany and Austria, [253];
and the Pope, [265], [266]-[268].
Isvolsky, [256], [257], [316], [325].
Ivan the Terrible, [313].
Ivangorod, [136].
J
Jagow, Gottlieb von, Secretary of State, [127].
Jameson raid, [83], [88].
Januskevitch, General Nikolai, [255].
Japan, [74];
England and, [78];
watchwords, [79];
growing power of, [79];
menace to Russia and Europe, [79];
reproached by Kaiser, [81];
"Prussians of the East," [81];
sympathies with England, [82];
alliance with England, [106];
war with Russia, [106];
pawn of England, [106];
free hand in Korea and China, [106];
Portsmouth Treaty, [200].
Jaurès, Jean, [109].
Jenisch, Martin von, [118].
Jerusalem, [90];
Church at, [213], [216].
Joachimsthal, [190].
Jubilee, papal, [210];
Queen Victoria's golden, [238].
Jutland, [58], [161], [231], [242].
K
Kaiser, Bismarck's fight against, [2];
his regard for Bismarck while Prince of Prussia, [2];
his grandfather's successor, [3];
in the Foreign Office, [5], [12];
at St. Petersburg, [13], [16], [25], [63];
prophecy of Russian downfall, [16];
conduct of Russian officers toward, [16];
relief at Bismarck's dismissal, [18];
and his father, [21];
he becomes Emperor, [22];
and Queen Victoria, [26]-[27];
conflict with Bismarck on Turkish policy, [28];
impressions of Greece, [28];
Constantinople impressions, [28];
Turkish policy, [28];
attitude of father's friends toward, [29];
his attitude toward parties, [30]-[34];
conflict with Bismarck, [34];
attitude of Bismarck cabinet toward, [35];
handles a coal strike, [36];
and the laboring classes, [36], [322];
his welfare fund, [45]-[46];
and the Vulcan shipyard, [47], [50];
presented with a laurel wreath by workingmen, [50];
"orphaned" young Emperor, [54];
newspaper criticism of, [55], [57];
and Heligoland, [55]-[58];
and Prince Lobanoff, [61]-[63];
finds seed of World War, [71];
Tsar asks opinion as to growing power of Japan, [79]-[80];
reproaches for Japan, [80];
at Shimonoseki, [81];
sees complications with England, [83];
Kruger telegram, [83]-[86];
at Heligoland, [86];
loyalty to England, [87];
Cecil Rhodes consults about Cape-to-Cairo Railway and Telegraph line, [88];
visits England in 1899, [90];
reconciliation with Bismarck, [92];
at Friedrichsruh, [93];
his opinion of Englishmen, [97]-[98];
warns Bülow against Holstein, [98];
his reception in England at Queen Victoria's death, [102]-[104];
at Tangier, [107];
at the Portuguese Court, [107];
declines to visit Morocco, [107];
decides to do so, [108];
reception at Tangier, [108];
at Gibraltar, [108];
visit to Tangier, [108];
the construction of the cathedral and Berlin Opera House, [112];
disagreement with conservatives, [112]-[114];
at Windsor, [117];
Highcliffe dispatches, [117], [119], [121];
"Englishmen are as mad as March hares," [118 n.];
Daily Telegraph "interview," [118]-[119];
visits Eckartsau and Donaueschingen, [119];
"tell the Emperor the truth for once," [119];
his mental anguish, [119];
lectured by Chancellor Bülow, [120];
"The tear flows, Germania has me again," [121];
his attitude, [128];
fury of all parties against, [122];
appoints Bethmann-Hollweg chancellor, [124];
goes to London to funeral of Edward VII, [128]-[130];
his reception, [129];
finds fault with Bethmann, [132];
at Pless, [136];
at Nisch, [137];
at Orsova, [137];
meets Bulgarian Tsar, [137];
his franchise plan, [135]-[138];
at Corfu, [141], [204];
goes to London at the unveiling of statue of Queen Victoria, [142];
surprise at "verbal note" from England, [148];
writes the answer, [149];
and the naval bill, [156]-[159];
defends naval program, [160];
and Albania, [163], [165]-[169];
meets Tsar at Baltisch-Port, [169]-[170], [249];
and von Stephan, [171];
the "White Drawing Room," [172];
and the Academy of Building, [172]-[173];
and the Central (Rhine-Weser-Elbe) Canal, [174];
and the railways, [175]-[182];
and the schools, [183]-[186];
and forestry, [189];
interest in science and art, [196];
Russian foresight, [200]-[201];
Assyriology and the Achæans, [203]-[207];
at Corfu, [204], [205], [206], [249];
relations with the Catholic Church, [208]-[213];
boycotted by Rhenish-Westphalian families, [208];
friendship for Pope Leo XIII, [209];
consecration of portal of Cathedral at Metz, [210];
welfare of Catholic subjects, [211]-[212];
Union of Protestant churches, [213];
Doctor Dryander's influence over, [214];
presents "Dormition" to German Catholics at Jerusalem, [216];
and the Benedictine monks, [216], [217], [218];
letter to Hollmann, [219]-[222];
his theology, [220];
relations with army and navy, [223]-[245];
at Vienna, [246];
his journey to Norway, [247]-[248];
Tsar's treachery toward, [249];
evidence war had been prepared for in France, England, and Russia in spring of 1914, [251]-[257];
his Comparative Historical Tables, [251], [253], [297], [298];
abdication of, [258], [280]-[288];
orders churches, châteaux, castles, and art treasures protected, [260];
receives papal nuncio, [263];
suggests Pope make peace offer, [263];
deceived by Vienna, [272], [273];
goes to the front, [277];
note to Wilson, [277];
rumors of abdication, [277]-[278];
Wilson's armistice note, [278];
orders retreat to Antwerp-Meuse line, [279];
retreat begun, [279];
joyfully received by army, [279];
in danger from aircraft bombs, [279];
hostile attitude of people against, [280], [282];
Minister of Interior Drews suggests abdication, [281];
"fateful consequences of my abdication," [281];
refuses to abdicate, [281];
sends Delbrück to Berlin, [282];
son declines to suggest abdication, [282];
address to the Ministry, [282];
abdication no longer to be avoided, [285];
abdication demanded, [285];
calls conference, [286];
wishes to prevent bloodshed, [286];
willing to renounce Imperial throne, but not to abdicate as King of Prussia, [286];
decision too late, [287];
abdication summarily announced, [287];
as to the abandonment of the army by, [287];
advised to go to neutral country, [288];
sacrifice in vain, [289];
sorrows at disaffection in army and navy, [289];
opinions of German people as to what he should have done, [290];
decides to leave country for country's good, [291], [294];
Entente demands his surrender for trial, [292], [300];
undecided, [292];
surrender debated in German circles, [293];
decides not to give himself up, [294];
letter from Hindenburg, [296]-[297];
the Kaiser's answer, [297]-[302];
silent in the face of lies and slanders, [298];
does not recognize the validity of sentence pronounced by any mortal judge, [300];
toasts the French army, [312];
tries to influence Nicholas II, [313];
Tsar's obstinacy, [314];
receives the Grand Duke Michael, [314];
suggests alliance between Russia and Germany, [316];
opinion of American women, [318], [319];
accuses Wilson of wronging Germany, [319];
counts on American people making good wrong done by Wilson, [319];
sees dark future for America, [319];
Wilson first to demand abdication, [320];
political principles, [322];
policy eminently peaceful, [322];
constant striving for peace, [322]-[331];
legacies of Bismarck and Moltke, [330];
impervious to criticism, [337];
disappointed in German people, [337];
conscience is clean, [337];
has confidence in the Lord, [337];
his sympathy and love for German people, [338];
is homesick, [338].
Kaiser Wilhelm Children's Home, [46].
Kato, Baron Takaaki, [68].
Kiao-Chau, [64]-[84], [82].
Kiderlen, Alfred von, [132], [141].
Kiel, [109], [116], [145], [246], [319], [324].
Kirschner, Miss, [46].
Kluck, General Alexander von, [262].
Knights of Malta, German, [216].
Koehler, K. F., [299].
Kokovzeff, Count Vladimir, [253].
Kopp, Cardinal George, [208], [210], [212].
Korea, [106].
Krieg und Revolution, [285 n.]
Krueznach, [269].
Krug, Archabbot, [217].
Kruger dispatch, [64], [82]-[86], [88], [89], [90], [91], [140].
"Kulturkampf," [2], [33], [208], [209], [212].
L
Labor-protective legislation, [2].
La Gaulois, [109].
Landtag, [138].
Langemark, [187].
Lascelles, Sir Frank, [83 n.]
Law, international, [301].
Legislation, labor-protective, [2].
Lemberg, [136].
Leo XIII, Pope, [209];
receptions of, [209];
friendship between Kaiser and, [209]-[210], [218];
Kaiser asks to make peace effort, [261]-[271].
Leopold, King of Belgium,

[88].
Leopold, Prince, [326].
Le Quesnoy, [257].
Lerchenfeld, Count Hugo, [96].
Liberals, German, [29], [30], [31], [32], [33], [114], [122], [194], [228];
English, [310].
Lichnowsky, Prince Karl Max, [328].
Liège, [257].
Life of the Prince Consort, The, [90].
Lobanoff, Prince Alexei Borissowitsch, [61].
Lochow, Ewald von, [261].
Loë, Freiherr Walter von, [210].
Loebell, Friedrich Wilhelm von, [135], [136].
London, recriminations from, [71];
Kaiser visits, [102], [117], [128], [142];
message to Bethmann from, [159];
Bishop of, [264];
favorite method, [311].
Lonsdale, Earl Hugh Cecil Lowther, [233].
Lotalingen, [68].
Lucanus, Herman von, [24]-[25], [36].
Lucas, Bernard, [215].
Ludendorff, General Erich von, bridge named after, [180];
cannot guarantee military victory, [273];
demands preparations for armistice, [274].
Lusitania, [75], [136].
M
Machine gun, [227], [279].
Mackenzie, Sir Morell, [21].
Madrid Convention, [111].
Mainz, [178], [179].
"Maison militaire," [22], [23].
Man with the Hyena's eyes, The, [5].
Maria Laach, abbey of, [217].
Marienburg, [177].
Market, world, [304], [305];
money, [317].
Marschall, Adolf von, [82], [83 n.], [84], [96].
Martin, Sir Theodore, [90].
Matin, Paris, [109].
Maubeuge, [257], [260].
Max, Prince, Imperial Chancellor, [277], [278], [280], [281], [282], [285], [286], [287], [288], [320], [321], [340].
Maybach, Albert von, [176], [177].
Meinecke, His Excellency, [188].
Melissori troubles, [141].
Memoirs, Bismarck's, [3], [4].
Mensing, Admiral, [107].
Mentality, English and German, [328]-[329].
Merchant Marine, German, [48].
Mercier, Cardinal, [264].
Mesopotamia, [89].
Metternich, Count Paul, [104].
Mexico, [73].
Michael, Grand Duke, [314].
Michaelis, von, [37].
Michell, Robert, [326].
Militza, Grand Duchess, [252].
Miquel, His Excellency Johanna, [30], [174], [189].
Mirbach, Count William, [253].
"Misunderstood Bismarck," [55].
Modlin, [136].
Mokpo, [67].
Möller, Theodore von, [30], [194].
Moltke, Count von, [6], [176], [226].
Moltke, General von, [226], [248], [330].
Monaco, Prince of, [109], [116].
Montenegro, [142];
king of, [252].
Moore, John Bassett, Prof., [71].
Morocco, Sultan of, [107];
question, [107];
negotiations concerning concluded, [111];
Agreement, German-French, [126], [127];
French actions in, [144]-[145];
King George's views on, [145].
Moscow, [253], [312], [313], [324].
Most-Favored-Nation Clause No. 17, [111].
Mountains, Taunus, [178], [181].
Mudra, General Bruno von, [274].
Muravieff, Count Michael, [66], [67].
N
Namur, [257].
Narva, [18].
National Liberals, [29], [31], [33], [194].
Naval bill, German, [146], [147], [150], [151], [152], [155], [156], [157], [159], [160], [163], [229], [231], [232], [233], [235], [236], [242].
"Nation in Arms," [135], [276].
Navy, Germany, [7], [8], [9], [11], [51]-[53], [55], [58], [81], [122], [156], [161], [224]-[245], [289], [305], [320];
English, [10], [105], [241], [247], [248], [305].
Needles, The, [117].
Netherlands, The, and mediation, [272]-[273].
Nicholaievitch, Grand Duke Nicholas, [254], [255].
Nicholas I, of Russia, [172], [193].
Nicholas II, of Russia, [13], [19], [20], [61]-[62], [67], [79]-[80];
visit to Potsdam, [141];
meets the Kaiser at Baltisch-Port, [169]-[170], [191], [201], [249];
"I shall stay at home this year, for we are going to have war," [207], [249];
summer plans, [249];
hatred for England, [249];
his perfidy toward Kaiser, [249];
meets Poincaré, [252];
Sazonoff suggests seizing Constantinople, [253];
vacillation of, [312], [314], [315];
Kaiser tries to influence, [313];
drafts a letter to, [315];
treaties with not endurable, [330].
Niemann, Major, [285 n.]
Nisch, [137].
O
"Oberkommando," [239].
Oberndorff, Count Alfred von, [286].
Officer Corps, German, naval, [51], [52], [53], [112], [230];
noncommissioned, [225], [230];
army, [225], [226];
French, [306];
Russian, [206].
Order of the Black Eagle, [13].
Osten-Sacken, Count Nicholai, [315].
"Our armies will meet in Berlin," [252].
P
Pacelli, Eugenio, Papal Nuncio, [263].
Palace, Imperial, [338].
Paléologue, M., [252].
Pan-Germanism, [71 n.]
Pan-Germanism, [71 n.], [72], [73].
Parliament, British, [45], [106], [310].
Payer, His Excellency Friedrich von, [280].
Peace, offers, by Germany, [274];
by the Pope, [263];
by Austria, [273];
negotiations, [295], [300].
Perels, Privy Councilor Ferdinand, [66], [67].
Peterhof, [67].
"Petit Sucrier" trial, [21].
Pfeil, Count Richard, [10].
Philistinism, [187].
"Piazza," [266], [267], [269], [270], [271].
Pichon, Stephane, [130].
Pinon, Château of, [261], [262].
Pocket Manual for the General Staff, [226].
Podbielski, Victor von, [189], [190], [193].
Poincaré, President, [252], [257], [325].
Poix, Princess of, [261], [262].
Poland, stags in, [191];
union of Galicia with, [258].
Poles, strength of, [342].
"Policy of encirclement," [45], [115], [126], [128], [155], [257], [307], [308], [323].
Politics, intercourt, [12].
Pomeranian Grenadiers, [49].
Pope. See [Leo XIII].
Popo, Gross and Klein, [7].
Port Arthur, [67].
Portsmouth, Peace of, [200].
Posen, [176].
Post-Bismarckians, [111].
Potsdam, [248].
Pound, English, [317].
Powers, great, [303], [306], [309].
Praschma, Count Frederick, [216].
Problem of Japan, The, [71], [72], [73 n.]
Prussia, and Bavaria, [60];
Prussian-Austrian frontier, [80];
eastern frontier threatened by Russian forces, [105];
conditions in olden days, [184];
financial reform, [189];
forestry, [190];
Ministry of Prussian king, [194];
Upper House, [197];
Protestant churches, [213];
kings, [223];
East, [175], [176], [253].
Przemysl, [136].
Psychology, English national, [84].
Pückler, Count Maximilian, [107].
Puttkamer, Robert Victor von, [189].
R
Radolin, Prince Hugo, [109], [126].
Raschdau, Privy Councilor, [11].
Ratibor, Duke of, [46], [92].
Reichstag, [45], [59], [84], [86], [95], [108], [111], [116], [118], [119], [120], [121], [125], [134], [137], [161], [194], [228], [229], [230], [236], [243], [277], [285], [322], [338].
"Reichsverdrossenheit," [55].
Reinsurance treaty, [54], [329].
Reischach, Hugo, Freiherr, von, [262].
Relations, Russo-Prussian, [14], [26].
Renvers, Privy Councilor Rudolf, [116].
Reparations, [318].
Republic, French, [17 n.];
German, [283].
Reval, [126].
"Revolution Chancellor," [280].
Revolution, German, [213], [218], [224], [280], [284], [285], [286], [288], [289], [318], [321], [338], [339];
Russian, [253], [254], [284], [315].
Revue des Deux Mondes, [252].
Rhine, [178], [179], [217], [286], [290], [325], [326].
Rhodes, Cecil, [87]-[89].
Richter, Deputy Eugen, [228], [229], [236].
Richthofen, Ferdinand, Freiherr von, [65], [100].
Ripon, Bishop (Boyd-Carpenter, W.), [213].
Roche, M. Jules, [116].
Roman Catholic Church, interests, [34];
Kaiser's relations with, [208]-[212];
might of, [209];
Germany must become sword of the, [211];
elimination of the Pope and, [258];
Kaiser's views of the power of, [263]-[270].
Rominten, [190], [191].
Roosevelt, President Theodore, [200].
Rosebery, Lord Archibald Philip Primrose, [233].
Roth, Arnold (Swiss ambassador), [39].
Rouvier, Maurice, [109], [111].
Rumania, Bismarck and, [8];
campaign, [137];
Queen of, indorses William of Wied for Albanian throne, [166].
Russia, [8], [9], [10], [11], [14], [15], [20], [25], [28];
reinsurance treaty with Germany, [54], [329];
and France, [61];
and Kiao-Chau, [65], [74];
naval stations, [78];
Tsar and Kaiser, [80];
at Shimonoseki, [81];
Russo-French proposal to Germany against England, [87], [91];
Bülow and, [102];
Chamberlain suggests alliance between England and Germany against, [105], [310], [311];
a menace to India and Constantinople, [105];
France, Germany, and, in the Far East (Shimonoseki, 1895), [105];
army, [105];
Russo-Japanese War, [106], [200];
Tsar Nicholas visits Potsdam, [141];
railways, [179];
Holy Synod, [193], [194];
Portsmouth Treaty, [200];
Björkö agreement, [201], [249];
mobilization, [207], [247], [255];
field kitchen, [227];
Tsar's treachery toward Germany, [249];
he meets Poincaré, [252];
Sazonoff suggests seizing Constantinople, [253];
Italy would break away from Austria and Germany, [253];
France to be trusted absolutely, England probably, [253];
evidence Russian Embassy prepared Bolshevist revolution in Germany, [284];
archives, [301];
clamor for an outlet on the sea to southward, [306];
in continual internal ferment, [307];
possibility of foreign conflict, [307];
enormous demand for loans, [307];
French gold in, [307];
and the French idea of revenge, [307];
aim to overthrow Germany, [307];
grouping of England, France, and, [309];
traditional friendship between Germany and, [313];
weakness of Nicholas II, [312];
Grand Duke Michael visits Berlin, [314];
unreliability of troops in Russo-Japanese War, [315];
alliance between Germany and, [315];
Anglo-Austrian victory over, [327].
Russo-Prussian relations, [13].
S
Saalburg, [183].
St. Cère, Jacques, [21].
St. Petersburg, [13], [16], [25];
Bülow at, [97], [192];
Japanese military mission at, [252];
Poincaré meets Tsar at, [252].
Saint-Quentin, Cathedral of, [261].
Samoan Islands, [89].
San Stefano, Treaty of,

[10], [14], [15];
revanche pour, [18].
Salisbury, Lord, [8], [55], [310].
Sarajevo murders, [75].
Sazonoff, [141], [252], [253], [255], [256], [257], [299].
Scheidemann, Philip, [288].
Schiemann, Professor Theodor, [107], [199]-[200], [201].
Schlieffen, Count Alfred, [226].
Schlutow, Privy Councilor Albert, [49], [50].
Schnidrowitz, Herr, [21].
Schmidt, Professor Erich, [199].
Schmitz, Father Peter, [216].
Schneller, Pastor Ludwig, [215].
Schoen, Wilhelm, Freiherr von, [107], [126].
Scholz, Finance Minister Adolf, [188].
School reform, [186].
Schorfheide, [190].
Schorlemer, Burghard, Freiherr von, [33], [190].
Schulenburg, Count Friedrich von, [286].
Schulte, Doctor Joseph, [208].
Science, German, [196]-[199].
Seas, freedom of, [318].
"Secret treaty" between England, America, and France, [72].
"Sedan, Revanche pour," [18].
Senden, Admiral Gustav von, [234].
Serbia, [75];
Austrian ultimatum to, [248];
note to Austria, [248];
Russian-Austrian conflict of influence in, [306].
Seven Years' War, [121].
Seydel, Herr (Celchen), [30].
Shall It Be Again? [75], [317].
Shanghai, [78].
Shantung, [65], [67], [68].
Sherbatsheff, General, [251].
Shimonoseki, [81], [105].
Shuvaloff, Prince, [329].
Siegfried line, [272].
Sigmaringen, [216].
Silesia, [176].
Simar, Archbishop Hubert, [208].
Simons, Walter, [297].
Skagaraak (Jutland), [58], [161], [231], [242].
Slaby, Professor Adolf, [196]-[197].
Social Congress, Berlin, [39], [44].
Social Democrats, [2], [21], [43], [122], [285], [286], [287], [339], [341].
Socialist law, [35].
Social problems, [40]-[50].
Socialists, [35]-[36], [40]-[41], [42], [43], [44], [45], [90], [111], [114], [122], [268], [269], [283].
Society for the Rights of Man, [325].
Society, Kaiser Wilhelm, [198], [199];
German Orient, [203], [204], [218], [228].
Solf, Wilhelm, [277], [278], [280].
Somme, battle of, [137], [276].
Source of Russian Enmity, [9].
South African Republic, [83 n.]
Spa, [278], [279], [283], [288].
Spain, [73], [326].
Spala, [191], [192].
Spartacus group, [284].
Spithead, [248].
Stephan, His Excellency Heinrich von, [171], [172], [173], [193].
Sternburg, Speck von, Joseph, [190], [191].
Stettin, [47], [49].
Stöcker, Adolf, Court Preacher, [33].
Stosch, Admiral Albrecht von, [47], [48].
Strassburg, [17].
Sukhomlinoff, Vladimir, [256].
Surrender for trial, Kaiser's, [292]-[295].
"Suum cuique" (Hohenzollern motto), [43].
Switzerland, [39], [258], [262], [273].
Sylva, Carmen, [166].
Szittkohnen, [190].
T
Tangier, Kaiser at, [107];
result of visit, [108]-[110], [200].
Tanks, [276], [331], [334].
Tardieu, [325].
Theology, Kaiser's, [220].
Thiel, Bishop, [208].
Thielen, [177].
Three-Emperor-Relationship, [330].
Tientsin, [78].
Tientsin-Peking line, [67].
Times, London, [85].
Tirpitz, Admiral von, at Friedrichsruh, [4], [65];
and fleet, [122];
called into consultation, [149], [150], [151], [153];
takes part in negotiations, [153]-[155];
and the naval bill, [156]-[159];
succeeds Hollmann, [229];
and naval program, [232], [233], [235], [236], [237];
and the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal, [238], [239];
and the dreadnaught, [240], [241];
and the U-boat, [242];
and Tsing-tao, [243];
his temperament, [244];
Bethmann demands his dismissal, [244].
Togo, [7], [56].
Torpedo boat, [237].
Trafalgar, [231].
Treaties, Berlin, [10], [11], [14];
Yangtse, [94];
Shimonoseki, [105];
Portsmouth, [200];
Versailles, [294], [296], [318], [322], [331], [333], [334], [335], [342];
Bucharest, [335];
Brest-Litovsk, [335].
"Trente et quarante," [23].
Tribunal, enemy, and the neutral tribunal, [292].
Trott, von, [183], [198].
Tsaritsin, [254].
Tsarskoe Selo, [252].
Tschirschky, Herr von, [103].
Tsing-tao, [64];
development of, [77], [94], [243].
Tundutoff, Prince, [254].
Turkey, questions relating to the Mediterranean and, [14];
Bismarck and, [28];
Kaiser's policy, [28];
German relations with strengthened, [90];
his dealings with, [96];
and Albanians, [142], [164];
Kaiser's influence on, [203].
Turner, John Kenneth, [75], [317], [318].
U
U-boat warfare, [75].
Ujest, Duke of, [46].
Ultra-Montane party, [208].
Ultra-Socialists, [30], [45].
"Unbeaten on land and sea," [276].
Understanding, Russian-English, [9];
Anglo-French, [146].
United States, and England and France, [71 n.], [72]-[74], [75];
Russian archives made public in, [301];
attitude in the war, [308];
"gentlemen's agreement" assures standing beside England and France in World War, [316];
did not belong to Entente Cordiale, [316];
did not contribute toward bringing on World War, [316];
Germany's unfriendly answer to President Wilson, [316];
effect of entering the war, [316];
her right to choose, [316];
President Wilson's reasons fictitious, [317];
Wall Street's influence, [316];
great financial profit, [317];
Germany protests against America's violation of the right, [317];
denial of Wilson's Fourteen Points, [318];
misled by English propaganda, [318];
Wilson's unprecedented powers, [318];
American women, [318], [319];
Germany evacuated enemy territory and surrendered her weapons on Wilson's guaranty, [318];
Kaiser accuses Wilson of wronging Germany, [319];
counts on American people righting the wrong, [319];
unreliability of Americans, [320];
national egotism, [320];
Wilson not the American people, [322].
"Unser König absolut, wenn er unseren Willen tut," [113].
Usher, Roland G., [71], [72].
V
Valenciennes, [260].
Valentini, Rudolf von, [136].
Varnbuhler, Ambassador Axel von, [107].
Vatican, The, [89], [209], [264], [265], [266], [267], [269].
Vendetta, [163], [164].
"Verbal note," [147]-[156], [159].
Vercingetorix, [294], [295].
Versailles, [294], [296], [318], [322], [331], [333], [334], [335], [342].
Versen, General Maximilian von, [23].
"Viceroy of Christ upon earth," [270].
Victor Emmanuel, King, [216].
Victoria, Queen, of England, [24], [26], [35], [69], [85], [87], [90], [91], [102], [213], [238].
Vienna, [273].
Vindication of Great Britain, [161].
Vulcan Shipyard, [47]-[50].
W
"Waffenstreckung," difference between, and "Waffenstillstand," [277].
Waldersee, Count von, [93], [226].
Wales, Prince of (Edward), [87], [102].
Wallace, Sir D. Mackenzie, [115].
Wall Street, [317].
War and Revolution, [285 n.]
War Academy, St. Petersburg, [251].
War guilt, the question of, [291], [296], [298], [299], [300], [301], [302], [322], [325], [327], [331], [333], [342].
War, Russo-Turkish, [10];
World, [18], [57], [72], [74], [81], [161], [162], [186], [207], [227], [255], [257], [260], [295], [299], [301], [303], [312], [316], [317], [322], [325], [327], [331], [333];
of 1870, [60];
Russo-Japanese, [79], [106], [200], [201], [249], [299];
Boer, [83], [86], [90], [91], [92], [118 n.], [223], [234], [299], [324];
Boxer, [93];
Seven Years', [121];
English declaration of, [134];
Balkan, [164];
causes of the World, [304];
of 1914 a consequence of the War of 1870, [325];
civil, in Germany, [286], [288]-[289], [294], [298], [320].
Warsaw, [136].
"Welfare work" at the German Court, [45].
Werner, Admiral Reinhold, [184].
Westphalian coal strike, [36]-[37].
"White Drawing Room," [172].
"White men together against colored men," [79].
Wied, Prince William of, and the Albanian throne, [165]-[169];
selects an English and an Italian secretary, [167].
Wiesbaden, [178], [179], [180], [181].
Wilhelmshafen, [87], [248].
Wilhelmstrasse, [249].
William I, [176], [326].
William the Great, [8], [14], [16], [22], [25], [39], [40], [63], [176], [201].
Wilmowski, His Excellency von, [25].
Wilpert, Monsignor, [218].
Wilson, President, against Germany in 1915, [75];
notes to by Germany, [277];
armistice note of, [278];
unfriendly answer of, [316];
unprecedented powers, [318];
his Fourteen Points, [318];
and the English blockade, [318];
double dealing, [319];
unreliability of, [319];
gigantic wrong done Germany, [319];
trapped by Lloyd George and Clemenceau, [319];
flagrant breach of faith, [320];
first to demand withdrawal of reigning dynasty, [320];
Kaiser convinced reasons were good, [320];
President's heavy guilt, [321].
Windthorst, Ludwig, [33].
Winterfeldt, General Henry von, [286].
Wittenberg, Schloss Church at, [214].
Wittich, General Adolf von, [23].
Witu, [55].
Wolter, Archabbot, [216].
Women, American, [318], [319].
World, Anglo-Saxon, [308].
Worthley, General Stewart, [117].
Württemberg, [153].
Y
Yacht Club, Imperial, [46].
Yangtse Treaty, [94].
"Yellow peril," [79], [80], [81].
"You will take back Alsace-Lorraine," [252].
Z
Zanzibar, [55], [56].
Zedlitz, Count, [58].

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Alternate spellings "Skagerrak," "Skager-Rak," and "Skagaraak" retained as in the original text.

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Alternate spellings "Wilhelm" and "William" retained as in the original text.

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