Transcriber’s Notes

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This book did not have a Table of Contents. The one below has been prepared by the Transcriber, using the actual Chapter headings.

CONTENTS

[INTRODUCTORY] v
[CHAPTER I]
THE CAREFULLY LAID SCHEME 1
[CHAPTER II]
THE MANY-TRACKED LINES OF GERMAN DIPLOMACY 15
[CHAPTER III]
THE PLAN AND ITS EXECUTION 27
[CHAPTER IV]
FORCING THE QUARREL 40
[CHAPTER V]
GERMANY’S PROGRAMME 69
[CHAPTER VI]
THE POSITION OF ITALY 78
[CHAPTER VII]
THE TWELFTH HOUR 98
[CHAPTER VIII]
THE EARTHQUAKE 127
[CHAPTER IX]
BRITISH NEUTRALITY AND BELLIGERENCY 141
[CHAPTER X]
THE INFAMOUS OFFER 154
[CHAPTER XI]
JUST FOR “A SCRAP OF PAPER” 177
[APPENDIX]
DIPLOMACY AND THE WAR 205

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Dr. E. J. DILLON

A SCRAP of PAPER

THE INNER HISTORY OF
GERMAN DIPLOMACY
AND HER SCHEME OF
WORLD-WIDE CONQUEST