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[WHO BEGAN THE WAR, AND WHY?
THE CASE FOR GERMANY] 209

[Speeches by Kaiser Wilhelm II.]209

[FORGIVES ENEMIES.] 210

[SPEECH FROM THE THRONE.] 210

[TO THE GERMAN ARMY AND NAVY.] 211

["TO THE LAST BREATH OF MAN AND HORSE."] 212

[TO GERMAN WOMEN.] 211

[JOY IN GLORIOUS VICTORY.] 212

[FIRST SUCCESSFUL BATTLE.] 212

[A PRAYER FOR VICTORY.] 212

["UP AND AT THE FOES."] 212

[ON VICTORY NEAR METZ.] 213

[THE SPIRIT OF THE MEN.] 213

[HIS INDISCRETION WAS "CALCULATED."] 213

[WILHELM II.'S LETTER TO LORD TWEEDMOUTH.] 216

[The Mighty Fate of Europe] 219

["YOUR HEARTS FOR GOD, YOUR FISTS ON THE ENEMY."] 219

[AS ONE MAN FOR THE KAISER.] 219

[DECLARES FOR WAR.] 219

[STATEMENT TO AMERICA.] 222

[GERMANY'S ARMAMENTS.] 223

[Austria-Hungary's Version of the War] 225

[MANIFESTO.] 226

[DECLARATION OF WAR.] 226

["DAYS OF WORLD'S HISTORY."] 226

[WILL OF WILHELM II. THAT SWUNG THE SWORD.] 226

[A PURELY DEFENSIVE WAR.] 227

[A DISCORDANT NOTE.] 227

[A German Review of the Evidence] 228

[I. THE RUSSIAN MOBILIZATION] 229

[II. GREY'S OMISSIONS AND ERRORS] 233

[III. THE AGREEMENT WITH FRANCE] 239

[IV. BELGIAN NEUTRALITY] 242

["Truth About Germany"] 244

[HOW THE WAR CAME ABOUT.] 247

[REICHSTAG AND EMPEROR.] 251

[THE GERMAN MOBILIZATION.] 253

[ARMY AND NAVY.] 255

[THE ATTITUDES OF GERMANY'S ENEMIES.] 260

[LIES ABOUT GERMANY.] 263

[GERMANY AND THE FOREIGNER.] 267

[COMMERCE AND TRADE RELATIONS] 269

[WHO IS TO BE VICTORIOUS?] 271

[Speculations About Peace, September, 1914
Report to President Wilson.] 273

[WHO BEGAN THE WAR, AND WHY?
CASE FOR THE TRIPLE ENTENTE] 276

[FIRST WARNINGS OF EUROPE'S PERIL.
Speeches by British Ministers.] 276

["A CLOUD OVER EUROPE."] 277

[AUSTRO-SERVIAN CRISIS.] 278

[A GRAVE SITUATION.] 278

[RISK OF A CATASTROPHE.] 279

[OPPOSITION CONCURS.] 279

[PEACE THE GREAT OBJECT.] 279

[RUSSIA'S MOBILIZATION.] 280

[THE GERMAN INVASION.] 280

[PEACE OF EUROPE CANNOT BE PRESERVED.
Sir Edward Grey's Speech in the House of Commons
Aug. 3.] 282

[GERMANY AND BELGIUM.] 290

[UNHESITATING SUPPORT.] 291

[CHANGED IRISH FEELING.] 291

[GREAT BRITAIN'S ULTIMATUM TO GERMANY.] 292

[PENETRATION OF BELGIAN TERRITORY.] 293

[Great Britain's Mobilization] 294

[KING TO BRITAIN'S FLEET.] 294

[NAPOLEONISM ONCE AGAIN.] 295

[PACT OF TRIPLE ENTENTE.] 297

[A COUNTERSTROKE.] 298

[IMPERIAL MESSAGE TO THE BRITISH DOMINIONS.] 298

[438,000 MEN RECRUITED.] 299

[EARL KITCHENER'S SPEECH ON RECRUITS] 304

[PARLIAMENT PROROGUED.] 307

[Summons of the Nation to Arms] 308

[PRIME MINISTER'S LETTER.] 309

[MR. ASQUITH IN LONDON.] 309

[GERMANY SPEAKS.] 314

[GREAT BRITAIN REPLIES.] 314

[MR. ASQUITH AT EDINBURGH.] 316

[MR. ASQUITH AT DUBLIN.] 320

[MR. ASQUITH AT CARDIFF.] 325

[LORD CURZON'S EXPERIENCE.] 329

[NOW THE WAR HAS COME.] 331

[THE GREAT WAR.] 336

[Teachings of Gen. von Bernhardi] 343

[Entrance of France Into War] 350

[NEUTRALIZED STATE RESPECTED.] 350

[THE NATION IN ARMS.] 351

[POSITION OF THE REPUBLIC.] 351

[BEFORE THE MARNE BATTLE.] 357

[Russia to Her Enemy
Slav Emperor Announces New Policies.] 358

[A MANIFESTO.] 358

[CZAR AT THE KREMLIN.] 359

[APPEAL TO THE POLES.] 359

[THE POLISH RESPONSE.] 359

[NO ALLIANCE WITH GERMANY] 360

[POLISH AMERICAN OPINION.] 360

[RUSSIA AGAINST GERMANY.] 361

[DUMA'S MESSAGE TO BRITAIN.] 361

[NEW POLICY AND THE JEWS.] 361

[WAR ON GERMAN TRADE.] 362

[FOE TO GERMAN MILITARISM.] 363

[NOT A QUESTION OF SLAV PREDOMINANCE.] 363

[RUSSIA'S "LITTLE BROTHER."] 365

["The Facts About Belgium"] 365

[Belgo-British Plot Alleged by Germany] 369

[GREAT BRITAIN'S DENIAL.] 370

[REPLY TO GREAT BRITAIN.] 371

[GRAY BOOK'S TESTIMONY.] 371

[BELGIUM'S ANSWER.] 372

[WHO BEGAN THE WAR, AND WHY?
Atrocities of the War] 374

[THE POPE'S DYING WORDS.] 374

[GERMAN KAISER'S PROTEST.] 374

[REPLY TO THE KAISER.] 375

[CHARGE AGAINST GERMANY.] 375

[M. DELCASSE'S NOTE.] 376

[THE BELGIAN MISSION.] 376

[M. DE WIART'S ADDRESS.] 376

[PRESIDENT WILSON'S REPLY.] 377

[OFFICIAL SUMMARY.
Belgian Royal Commission Report presented to President Wilson at Washington, Sept. 16.] 378

[I. Acts at Linsmeau and Orsmael.] 378

[II. Report on Aerschot.] 379

[III. Destruction of Louvain.] 381

[FURTHER REPORTS.] 385

[A SUPPLEMENT.] 385

["NOT A WORD OF TRUTH."] 388

[GERMANY'S VERSIONS.] 388

[LOUVAIN'S ART TREASURES.] 390

[Bombardment of Rheims Cathedral] 392

[POPE BENEDICT SILENT.] 392

[ATTACK NOT WILLFUL.] 392

["SPARE THE CATHEDRAL."] 392

[THE FRENCH ARE BLAMED] 393

[THE DAMAGE DONE.] 393

[WHO BEGAN THE WAR, AND WHY?
The Socialists' Part] 397

[HOW INTERNATIONAL SOCIALISTS ARMED AGAINST EACH OTHER.] 397

["ENVOY OF MY PARTY."] 398

[MINISTER JULES GUESDE.] 398

["REVOLUTION!"] 399

[COMPOSURE IS NECESSARY.] 400

[PRESSURE FOR PEACE.] 401

[HUGO HAASE AT BRUSSELS.] 401

[HAASE IN THE REICHSTAG.] 401

[GERMAN SOCIALISTS DIVIDED.] 402

[SOCIALISTS STILL GERMANS.] 402

["CRITIQUE OF WEAPONS."] 405

[SOCIALISTS OF ITALY FIRM.] 408

[BRITISH MANIFESTO.] 409

[KEIR HARDIE'S QUESTIONS.] 410

[REPLY TO MINISTER GREY.] 411

[MR. MACDONALD REPENTS.] 411